THE SUPREMES: A 6-3 Supreme Court majority yesterday dismissed the ultra-conservative “independent state legislature” theory that would have given state lawmakers nearly unfettered power to set rules for federal elections.   The Court’s three most conservative members, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and …

THE TIME OF TROUBLES: Russian state media reported today that the investigation into YevgenyPrigozhin’s brief rebellion has been dropped and that Prigozhin’s Wagner Group private army is beginning to hand over its military equipment.   President Vladimir Putin and Prigozhin issued conflicting stories yesterday …

THE TIME OF TROUBLES: The world is wondering “what next?” after Russia stepped back from civil war over the weekend.   Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries were 125 miles from Moscow and barely opposed by regular forces when he struck a deal to turn …

THE WAR ROOM: Russia is at the brink of civil war.   Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group mercenary army have taken control of the city of Rostov-on-Don, a key Russian military headquarters, after he claimed that the regular military attacked his forces …

20,000 LEAGUES: A debris trail found on the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic tells searchers that the submersible Titan which went missing last Sunday probably imploded at the moment it lost communication with the surface, instantly killing the …

THE ETHICS DOCKET: On the eve of ProPublica publishing a report on how he accepted an expense-paid trip from a billionaire with cases before the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. took the unusual step of placing a pre-emptive defense in …

HUNTER PLEADS: President Biden’s troubled son Hunter has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor federal charge of late filing of taxes while being excused from a charge of lying about his drug use when he bought a handgun.   This comes …

We’re back, but breaking in a new computer, so we’re going to be brief today. 20,000 LEAGUES: In a scenario out of a horror movie, a mini submarine with five people on board that went down for a visual tour of …

BREATHING LESSONS:  A Justice Department review sparked by the police murder of George Floyd accuses the Minneapolis police of discriminating against Black and Native American citizens, killing people without reason, and violating the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists. The …

CODE ORANGE: The judge appointed to oversee Donald Trump’s trial on charges of illegally retaining national defense secrets has ordered that any lawyer taking part in the case must get security clearance to handle the classified documents that are part of …