The Best of the Week’s News

• Pentagon hires pardoned J6er for top-secret anti-terrorism job as new investigation reveals that at least one in fifteen insurrectionists has been convicted of a new crime. (WaPo, Lawfare)
   

• Bill Pulte was a degenerate conspiracy theorist, now he’s the acting Director of National Intelligence. (Bulwark)
   

• How a pro-worker bill might advance in the House. (Prospect)
   

• Four migrant workers burned alive in Italy amid rampant exploitation. (NYT)
   

• Disgraced former Rep. George Santos threatens NPR reporter for exposing his alleged insider trading on Kalshi. (NPR)