Amid relentless school shootings, scrutiny now extends beyond the shooter to parents, school administrators and gun makers/dealers. Great piece by Laura Meckler Hannah Natanson and justin jouvenal No paywall here: wapo.st/3JiL0Jy

“Are these pills legit?”
“Could I be arrested?”
“I’m totally alone.”

I spent months talking to women about the anxiety & panic they experienced, taking pills in states where abortion is illegal.

Their harrowing stories capture the true fallout of Dobbs.
washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

Justice Dept. finalizes rules to close ‘gun show loophole,’ requires sellers to get federal firearm licenses, by Perry Stein washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

A fact-filled reminder to Maria Bartiromo and her chums: Trump was the beneficiary, not the target, of 2016 and 2020 interference, by Philip Bump washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Some Jan. 6 rioters win early release, even before key Supreme Court ruling, as judges anticipate high court may invalidate “obstruction of an official proceeding” charge, by ⁦Spencer Hsu⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

“I guess the only thing I’m guilty of is admitting to doing something I never did.” Or, lying.
Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015, by Liz Goodwin washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

RFK Jr. downplays Jan. 6 attack, says he wants a special counsel to review related cases. Just a ridiculous set of misstatements and lies, some of which he later withdrew (rioters 'carried no weapons'), by Azi™️ and Rachel Weiner washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

X promoted a trending story on Thursday via its homepage with the headline:
“Iran Strikes Tel Aviv with Heavy Missiles”

one problem: the story was fake

even worse: the headline + story was created by a new feature powered by X’s own AI chatbot, Grok mashable.com/article/elon-m…

There it is:

Rep Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduce bill to change the name of the federal prison in Miami, Florida to the Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution

Days after House GOP members offered bill to rename Dulles Airport for Trump

We wanted to understand what caused today’s earthquake in New York City. So we talked to three unvaccinated Trump Media investors at a Chick-fil-A in Staten Island.

Breaking: Fla. judge rejects Trump’s claim that Presidential Records Act overrides the Espionage Act, enabled him to keep classified docs, by Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

One thing we've seen a lot is Jan. 6 rioters lying about their actions, even after pleading guilty. So Judge Royce Lamberth is sending his sentencing memo to the family of Taylor Johnatakis, reminding them he led the charge at Capitol. by Spencer Hsu washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

7 MINUTES: That's how long it took this morning before Arlington Fire & EMS was dispatched to DC to assist DC Fire and EMS on a reported crash at the T.R. Bridge. DC was dispatched at 6:50 a.m. with ACFD getting notified at 6:57 a.m. The DC units had already been to Rosslyn on I-66 and…

THREAD

Donald Trump keeps calling Jan. 6 defendants 'hostages.' He did so again last night.

But an NBC News review of J6 cases identified just 15 current pretrial detainees ordered held by a judge.

Among them are defendants who (allegedly):

- set off an explosive device
-…

🚨 SENTENCE: Taylor James Johnatakis sentenced to 87 months in prison for helping to lead the mob against police on the Capitol's southwest stairs.

Johnatakis represented himself at trial — using what Judge Lamberth called sovereign citizen 'gobbledygook.'

New: After a police chief objected to a Chinese signature on her new officers’ police academy graduation certificates, the academy booted her department: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Nancy Mace demonstrates how easy it is to fear-monger on crime. Analysis by Philip Bump washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Hope springs etc. Nats home opener 2024. #GoNats

I cant watch another season like this. I’m going to home opener tomorrow, per tradition, but that may be it as Rizzo and the Lerners make us watch another 65 win season with no pitching.

The last hours of Baltimore’s Key Bridge: Dark. Quiet. Then chaos & tragedy. Incredible reporting by ⁦Emily Davies⁩ ⁦Peter Hermann⁩ ⁦Jasmine Hilton⁩ ⁦Tom Jackman⁩ ⁦justin jouvenal⁩ ⁦William Wan⁩ & editing by ⁦Paul Duggan⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…