Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa leading to feud  —  President tells reporters he cut off contact with Epstein because he was poaching employees from his club … President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship …

Maxwell offers to testify before Congress but with major conditions, including immunity  —  Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress, but with major conditions, including immunity, according to a list of her demands sent to the House Oversight Committee by her attorneys.

In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding  —  The proposal is President Trump's most consequential step yet to derail federal climate efforts and appears to represent a shift toward outright denial of the scientific consensus.

There was no “missing minute” in the original Epstein jail video, government source says  —  The “missing minute” from the surveillance video at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 may not be missing after all, CBS News has learned.

Burchett kicked by horse, breaks rib  —  Rep. Tim Burchett is on the mend after suffering a horse-related snafu.  —  The Tennessee Republican was “accidentally kicked by a horse” while working on his farm over the weekend, according to his office.  —  While the 60-year-old Congress member's …

Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu  —  The Scoop  —  New York City's Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza and that the United States should stop arming the Jewish state, according to new polling from a pro-Palestinian group and shared first with Semafor.

170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg  —  DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in “misconduct” would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

Top Generals Nominated for New Positions Must Now Meet With Trump  —  The move is a departure from past practice and has raised worries that it could lead to the politicization of the military's top ranks.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has begun requiring that nominees …

Nominations pileup has Senate Republicans threatening rules changes  —  Senate Republicans are privately discussing whether to change the chamber's rules amid growing frustration with Democrats' slow-walking of President Donald Trump's nominees.  The discussion, which came to a head during …

Gunman who killed 4 at NYC building was targeting NFL offices but took wrong elevator, mayor says  —  A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.

Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week  —  The U.S. Navy will permanently cut its stream of data from three weather satellites essential to hurricane forecasters this Thursday, with the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season just weeks away.

Trump lawsuit against Murdoch and ‘Wall Street Journal’ turns personal  —  President Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its powerful owner has taken a personal turn.  —  In the legal filings — and on social media — Trump says he personally told media mogul Rupert Murdoch …

Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says  —  Tae Heung Kim, a Korean citizen studying in the United States, is being held in San Francisco after returning from his brother's wedding overseas.  —  A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident …

We texted nearly 1,100 Americans about Trump and the Epstein files.  Here's what they said.  —  How closely are Americans following news about government files from the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, and what do they think about President Donald Trump's handling of the issue?

FTC eyes trans youth care providers, seeking input on alleged deceptive practices investigation  —  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday launched a public inquiry into whether providers of gender-affirming health care are violating federal consumer protection laws.

The Democratic image is underwater — but they're not losing  —  Polls show the party near a 30-year low, yet they're favored in the House popular vote.  —  ∙ Paid … A new poll from the Wall Street Journal has Democrats in a panic.  According to the WSJ's pollsters …

Exclusive: Inside the Preparations for Trump's Next Supreme Court Nominee  —  Updates on Manhattan shooting, Gaza, and more  —  White House officials and a close circle of conservative lawyers are preparing for President Donald Trump to be able to hit the ground running if a Supreme Court vacancy opens …

Trump-CBS deal is even worse than you thought  —  Every so often there comes a moment of clarity about what immigration really means in America, often wrapped in tragedy.  The essential work that immigrants do was hammered home last year when six of them perished in the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge.

Judiciary Democrats demand probe after third Bove whistleblower  —  Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee want the Justice Department's top watchdog to probe allegations against a contentious judicial nominee.  Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) …

Chris Kluwe, fired as football coach, sues Huntington Beach Union High School District  —  High school football practices started all across Southern California on Monday.  —  One person not on the gridiron this year at Edison High is former NFL punter Chris Kluwe.

The Biggest House GOP Bullies Are Now Impotent  —  From the moment they formed in early 2015, the far-right House Freedom Caucus has been a pest, but one to be reckoned with on Capitol Hill.  Any time government funding was in jeopardy, or a fiscal cliff loomed, or a Republican party boss …

Voters See Dems as More Corrupt Than Republicans Despite Trump's Grifting  —  The poll, taken by a respected liberal firm, is another sign of trouble for the Democratic brand  —  On Tuesday morning, the White House posted a livestream of the “Grand Opening Ceremony” of his newest golf club …

The FBI's Leaders 'Have No Idea What They're Doing'  —  A casualty of Trump's purge speaks out.  —  michael feinberg had not been planning to leave the FBI.  But on May 31, he received a phone call from his boss asking him about a personal friendship with a former FBI agent who was known for criticizing President Donald Trump.

Hawley Introduces Legislation to Send Rebate Checks to Working Americans  —  Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the American Worker Rebate Act, legislation that would send rebate checks to working Americans following the historic revenue accrued through President Trump's tariff policy.

Renaming the Kennedy Center for Donald and Melania Trump would violate the law that created it  —  The Kennedy Center can't include new memorials or plaques — for donors or presidents — under U.S. law.  Republicans would need to change that to rename it for the Trumps.

Jeffries will meet with Texas Democrats amid congressional map battle  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will meet with Democrats in Texas on Wednesday, his office told POLITICO on Tuesday.  The move comes as President Donald Trump urges lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map in Republicans' favor.

Senators agree to strip hemp language from ag funding bill  —  Senators have agreed to strip out language that would close a hemp regulatory loophole from their agriculture funding bill, following a clash between Kentucky GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.