Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute  —  The sum sought by the government is more than twice as much as the $200 million fine that Columbia University said it would pay when it settled its clash with the White House last week.

Donald Trump's tariff blitz brings US levies to highest levels since 1930s  —  Washington has locked in tariffs on almost 45% of American imports  —  Donald Trump has pushed US tariffs on foreign goods to the highest level since before the second world war as he enacts his sweeping protectionist agenda.

Playbook: Trump's turning point on Gaza  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Good morning.  It's Tuesday, and I'm Adam Wren.  Let's get to it.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — The populist right has run roughshod over countless Republican orthodoxies.

Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate  —  A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.  —  A new whistleblower has come forward to challenge …

More than 60,000 people killed in Gaza war, local health officials say  —  The toll announced by the Gaza Health Ministry is likely to be an undercount as Israel pursues its war and starvation spreads.  —  The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli military campaign against Hamas …

Brave NYPD officer killed in Midtown shooting identified as Didarul Islam — 4-year force veteran with a family  —  The brave NYPD officer who was shot and killed by a deranged gunman inside a Midtown skyscraper Monday was identified as a dad and nearly four-year veteran of the force …

Trump Says He Declined Epstein's Invitation to Visit His Island: ‘I Never Had the Privilege of Going’  —  The comments came as part of the president's efforts to distract, deny and deflect from his long-running relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.  —  President Trump said on Monday that he had …

Justice Department Scrutinizes George Mason Faculty's Diversity Stance  —  The Faculty Senate at George Mason University in Virginia adopted a resolution supporting the school's president and his work related to diversity.  The Justice Department says it will investigate.

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.

Bondi DOJ files complaint alleging misconduct by Federal Judge James Boasberg  —  Second official complaint against a federal judge since Bondi took office as Attorney General  —  The Department of Justice has filed an official complaint alleging misconduct by US District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg.

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 …

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.

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Trump blocks Taiwan's President Lai from New York stopover  —  Move comes as US and China hold trade talks and seek to stabilise relations  —  Donald Trump's administration has denied permission for Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te to stop in New York en route to Central America …

Federal data has been disappearing under Trump … Government data is at risk.  Federal funding for the main statistical agencies — like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Commerce Department — has been tight for years.  —  But since the Trump administration took office in January …

North Korea says relations with Donald Trump are ‘not bad’  —  Pyongyang signals openness to talks with Washington even as it spurns Seoul's efforts to engage  —  North Korea has said relations between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump are “not bad”, signalling potential willingness …

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?

Duke University Probed by Education Department Over Civil Rights Violations  —  The US Education Department said Monday that it has launched an investigation of Duke University and the Duke Law Journal over allegations of civil rights violations, the latest move by the Trump administration …

Trump Admits He Has Much More Important Things to Do Than Play Golf as He Plays Golf  —  TEEING OFF  —  The president vowed to address various “fires” raging around the world—right after he's finished on the fairway.  —  Donald Trump admitted he's got much more important things to be doing …

Another Trump clash with the courts is already spinning out into criminal cases … In a nine-page filing, Mirigliano said his client is “facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority” and asked for the charges to be thrown out or that Habba and her assistants …

Obama Official Files Bombshell Demand for Epstein Files and Secret Trump Messages  —  OBAMA DARE  —  Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics chief, has filed a wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act request.  —  One of President Donald Trump's most persistent legal foes is going after the Epstein files.

The case against debate  —  It's a skill, but it's not the same as truth-seeking or persuasion  —  Like the rest of the internet, I've been watching viral clips of Mehdi Hasan debating 20 far-right knuckle draggers for nearly two hours.  —  It's an impressive display of stamina, poise …

‘Why I Was So Cagey’: Mark Green Reveals Why He Left Congress  —  “Ethics is not set up for us to go out and start our own businesses,” Green said.  — Copy  —  As of last week, Mark Green is no longer a member of Congress.  But before he resigned — and in the months leading …

Judges press Trump administration on deportation quotas … “Not to my knowledge, your honor,” replied DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth, who urged the court to lift the order focused on surprise immigration enforcement at places like home improvement store parking lots and car washes.

Chasing the Runaway Carr … For months, Seth Stern had weighed whether to take the extraordinary step of filing a disciplinary complaint against the country's top communications regulator.  As director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Stern had watched with alarm …

Meet the out-of-state investors funding a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee  —  For the politically connected investors behind the project, our NewsChannel 5 investigation has now discovered, it's about business, power and creating an alternative view of America.

Apple's iOS 26 text filters could cost political campaigns millions of dollars, top GOP group warns … iOS 26 includes a new feature that allows users to filter text messages from unrecognized numbers into an “Unknown Senders” folder without sending a notification.

Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents  —  Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed.  Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals  —  US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports …