Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" to playing Holly Hunter's husband in "The Piano," has died. He was 78. read more
Department of Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin said he's willing to go to extreme lengths to fight the nonexistent scourge of voter fraud in the upcoming midterm elections. read more
Robert Reich publishes writings by Richard Gephardt, who represented Missouri in the United States House from 1977 to 2005, who lays out the case that Trump is preparing for a coup:
"No statute authorizes the federal government to treat protected political speech as terrorism; NPSM-7 does it anyway. It tasked the FBI, the IRS and the Treasury Department with tracking the funding sources and supporters of organizations suspected of directly or indirectly facilitating political unrest, with no reference to the First Amendment." read more
Inflation accelerated in May as rising energy costs contributed to pain for consumers, though underlying pressures were less intense.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Thursday released the party's autopsy report on the 2024 election after facing intense pressure to do so. read more
By attempting to remain distant from the Miller scandal, Johnson is allowing Miller to claim, as he did in an interview last night, that "Speaker Mike Johnson, everyone else"they're standing behind me."
Johnson probably told him privately he supports him.
This is just the easiest way to publicly deal with it as Miller is likely telling the truth but there's nothing in writing to pin them down on.