Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans  —  President Trump worked the phones and welcomed Republicans to the White House to cajole them into supporting his megabill.  They left with signed merchandise and photos of the Oval Office.  —  A conga line of angsty Republican …

Trump's Lawfare Against the Free Press  —  He suggests prosecuting CNN, while pressuring a settlement out of CBS.  —  Click for Sound  —  President Trump has taunted the media for years, and some of his jibes are deserved given the groupthink in most newsrooms.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison … The Salvadoran prison where Abrego was initially housed, known as the Anti-Terrorism Confinement Center or by its Spanish-language acronym CECOT, is reputed to be rife with gang violence and human rights abuses.

Trump Is Bragging That He Planted the Elon Musk Drug Abuse Story in the New York Times: Author  —  KETAMINE CLASH  —  Trump biographer Michael Wolff says the feud is in “blood score” territory now.  —  Donald Trump is getting personal in his war on Elon Musk, according to author Michael Wolff.

'There's Just Too Much Lawlessness': Three Legal Experts on an Embattled Supreme Court  —  Kate Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Will Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown and the author of …

Justice Dept. Explores Using Criminal Charges Against Election Officials  —  Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system.

Republicans are quietly winning the political fight on guns  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia — a gun shop owner …

Hiring Defied Expectations in June, With 147,000 New Jobs  —  Revisions showed hiring was stronger in previous months than initially thought , and unemployment fell to 4.1%  —  U.S. job growth continued at a steady pace last month, surprising economists who had predicted a slowdown …

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza  —  American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.

Trump allies caught off guard by Pentagon's Ukraine weapons freeze … Even allies of President Donald Trump were frustrated by the move, and accused officials such as Colby — who led a review of U.S. munitions stockpiles that preceded the freeze — of pushing the move forward without notifying the rest of the administration or others.

How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy  —  For years, the United States labor market has been undergoing a structural transformation.  As jobs in manufacturing have receded, slowly but steadily, the health care industry has more than replaced them.  —  The change has been particularly visible …

“Big, beautiful bill” gives some seniors hefty tax break  —  The “big, beautiful bill” features a new tax break for older Americans who pay taxes on Social Security income.  But there's a significant catch. … In the Senate version, the new deduction is $6,000 for individuals and $12,000 for couples.

Illegal Border Crossings Plunge to Lowest Level in Decades  —  Border Patrol agents made just over 6,000 arrests in June, according to government figures, a sign that President Trump's hard-line immigration policies are working to keep people out.  —  The number of people crossing …

The megabill's war on the poor is built on a decades-old lie  —  Ronald Reagan's mythic “welfare queen” turned voters against social programs.  —  When President Ronald Reagan was trying to justify massive cuts on social programs, he would often invoke the so-called welfare queen.