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 …

Why Trump Might Free Ghislaine  —  For a guy who's absolutely furious that everyone keeps talking about the Epstein story, Donald Trump sure does keep making a lot of news about it that keeps it stuck to the headlines.  One of these days, we're going to manage to get you a Morning Shots item off this news—but today is not that day.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Justice Department files misconduct complaint against judge in key deportations case  —  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found cause to initiate contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration violated court orders.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed …

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?

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 …

Ghislaine Maxwell plays hardball with lawmakers on giving Epstein testimony  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted co-conspirator of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is asking to postpone her scheduled congressional deposition — and making a series of other demands as conditions of her cooperation with Hill investigators.

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 …

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.

Israelis Begin to Question the Morality of Their War in Gaza  —  The news on Israel's main TV channel had just finished a segment on how hunger in Gaza is portrayed around the world when the anchor looked up and said: “Maybe it's finally time to acknowledge that this isn't a public relations failure, but a moral one.”

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.

EPA seeks to cancel scientific basis for climate regulations  —  EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Tuesday he's issuing draft plans to overturn the agency's 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare — a move guaranteed to spark litigation.

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 …

A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death.  Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.  —  Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival.  They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

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.

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.

Trump Used Your Tax Dollars to Open His New Scottish Golf Course  —  The president continues to profit off of the office in increasingly blatant — and costly — ways  —  President Donald Trump continued his Profit-Off-The-Presidency World Tour this week with a stop in Scotland, where he opened a new private golf course.

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He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court.  Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison.  —  Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

ICE arrests illegal alien serving as a local police officer after attempting to unlawfully purchase firearm in Maine  —  Jamaican national attempted to illegally purchase firearm for his employment as a local police officer  —  BIDDEFORD, Maine - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers …

Wiley Nickel ends short-lived Senate campaign in NC  —  Former Rep. Wiley Nickel dropped his bid for North Carolina's open Senate seat Tuesday and endorsed Roy Cooper, all but clearing the field for the former Democratic governor.  “I proudly endorse Governor Cooper for US Senate and look forward …