CBS News reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is holding another public hearing on Tuesday, this time focusing on the role of extremists in the assault and the links between former President Donald Trump’s associates and the far-right groups. While aides said the committee would not disclose who would be appearing in …

The Hill reports: A Washington, D.C., federal judge tossed out former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s lawsuit against President Biden over his dismissal from the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors last year. In a six-page order filed Monday, U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich found that federal law “did not insulate” Spicer from removal from his position. Therefore, …

Law & Crime reports: A Maryland man who counted himself among the first Donald Trump supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was convicted on Tuesday of a felony and six misdemeanors. Nicholas Rodean, a 28-year-old from Frederick, broke windowpanes next to the Senate door, leading to his felony charge of destruction of government property, prosecutors say. U.S. …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump should have conceded the 2020 election, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. Cipollone, who served as Trump’s White House counsel in the last years of his administration, gave testimony to the committee on Friday. The footage was shown during Tuesday’s committee …

The Daily Beast reports: Hell hath no fury like a pissed off drag queen. In a new ad from American Focus PAC, which is not affiliated with any candidate, a drag queen drags Trump-endorsed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake through the mud. Rather than criticizing her for being too far right, the ad does the opposite, accusing Lake of being …

The New York Times reports: When the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to an abortion last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was among the many Republicans who celebrated. “The prayers of millions have been answered,” he tweeted. But while other Republican leaders vowed to charge ahead with new restrictions — or near-total bans — Mr. DeSantis offered only …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Kelly Tshibaka, a Trump-endorsed candidate who is seeking to unseat Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Republican primary, spoke in May at North Kenai Chapel in Kenai, Alaska, in May, where she declared that “God created government” and that she has been “sent to the harvest field of government.” “Do you know who created …

Mediaite reports: Like everyone’s favorite Borscht Belt comedian, former President Donald Trump returned to one of his old chestnuts Tuesday morning, releasing a ragetastic statement that went full ALL CAPS in disgust with the New York Times. By pure coincidence, the New York Times published a new poll earlier in the day on Tuesday morning which revealed that just over …

“You’re up against, as you’ve heard me say before — way back in 1972, Peter White wrote that the liberal ideology had become a liberal theology, and that’s what you’re up against. “This is now a religious cult. And it’s a complicated cult, it’s a cult of environmentalism, it’s a cult of transgenderism. It’s a cult of income redistribution. You’ve …

Corpus Christi’s NBC affiliate reports: William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, was booked in the Nueces County Jail early Monday morning. Robinson is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony. The arrest affidavit states that allegations were made against Robinson during a forensic interview. Sexual contact with the …

Seattle’s NBC affiliate reports:  According to Seattle Police Department documents, a man made his first appearance in court on Monday after allegedly committing a hate crime against Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-7th District) on Saturday night. A 48-year-old man allegedly drove past Jayapal’s West Seattle home three times, yelling obscenities, according to neighbors. One neighbor told police she heard the man …

ABC News reports: An Ohio man who accused Joe Biden, other Democrats, and the mainstream media of “treason” is set to testify in a public hearing Tuesday before the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year, according to a source familiar with the matter. The hearing is expected to focus on the rise of radical extremism …

The Associated Press reports: The Jan. 6 committee is set to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some now face rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack and effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege …

The New York Times reports: By focusing on political payback inside his party instead of tending to wounds opened by his alarming attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, Mr. Trump appears to have only deepened fault lines among Republicans during his yearlong revenge tour. A clear majority of primary voters under 35 years old, 64 percent, as …

Axios reports: Music from the 1990s is more popular than music from any other decade right now — even current tunes, according to data that Luminate shared with Axios. Savor this moment … a rare point of cross-generational consensus. They may not agree on bangs or jeans styles, but Gen Xers, millennials and “zoomers” (Gen Z) all appear to love …

The New York Daily News reports: The United Nations said Monday it expected the world’s population to hit the 8 billion mark on Nov. 15. The organization’s report, released on World Population Day, also said that while population is growing slower than anytime since 1950, partially due to falling fertility rates, India is set to become the most-populous country in …

Reuters reports: Russian lawmakers have proposed extending a ban on the promotion of “non-traditional” sexual relationships to minors to include adults as well, a senior legislator said on Monday. Russia’s existing “gay propaganda” law, passed in 2013, has been used to stop gay pride marches and detain gay rights activists. Under the proposed changes, any event or act regarded as …

Politico Europe reports: Boris Johnson’s premiership will end on September 6 under a timetable agreed Monday evening by Conservative Party bosses. The U.K prime minister is set to step down from his role in eight weeks’ time, after a new Tory leader is elected in a ballot of party members ending September 5. Johnson’s anointed successor is likely to take …

The Independent reports: Right-wing conspiracy theorist is known for making wild claims to followers of his Infowars network, but a Sunday episode of The Alex Jones Show took his brand of out-there entertainment to shocking new heights. Mr Jones unsheathed a knife and said he wanted to cut off one of his fingers to show how grateful he was to …

Yahoo News reports: Elon Musk said on Monday it was time for Donald Trump to “hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” days after the former U.S. President mocked the billionaire at a political rally and called him a “bullshit artist.” Writing on Twitter, Musk said, “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang …