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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees ceasefire, ends Gaza suffering  —  The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.”

Trump's trade deals for ‘the world’ will be ‘done by Friday,’ but China will take longer: Lutnick … Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted Tuesday that President Donald Trump's upcoming Friday deadline to impose major tariffs on a slew of trading partners won't be delayed any further.

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.

Russia's Oil Shipments Have Quietly Slumped Over the Past Year  —  Moscow's shipments dropped by almost 30 million barrels in the first seven months of 2025  —  Russia is shipping less oil to the world.  —  In the first seven months of 2025, Moscow exported 4% less crude …

Husband of Wisconsin Trump Delegate Charged With Child Porn  —  In 2024, Scott Soucek said he voted for Trump “to fight against human/child trafficking”  —  A politically active couple in Wisconsin is facing intense public scrutiny following the arrest of Scott Soucek, 56, of Sturgeon Bay …

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 …

Exclusive: Trump administration slashed federal funding for gun violence prevention  —  The Trump administration has terminated more than half of all federal funding for gun violence prevention programs in the U.S., cutting $158 million in grants that had been directed to groups in cities like New York …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First Republican Lawmaker to Call Gaza Crisis a ‘Genocide’  —  Ms. Greene is the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, two years after she led the push to censure a Democrat for speaking out against conditions there.