Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  — Trump's approval rating falls to 38%, weighed down by cost of living concerns, Epstein  — Only 26% approve of Trump's handling of everyday expenses

Trump's Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats  —  In a decision that could potentially reshape the 2026 midterm elections and cement the Democratic Party's future control of the US House, a federal court just struck down the gerrymandered Texas maps …

Who Is Attending Trump's Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince?  —  The New York Times identified some of the guests invited to President Trump's dinner for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.  —  The world's richest man.  One of the world's most famous soccer players.

Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field  —  The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press. … The news of journalist Olivia Nuzzi's affair with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. …

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say  —  More than a dozen men have been arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say.  —  According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5.

Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.  —  The Education Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts …

Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom  —  Coinbase donated to President Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event on Tuesday.

Plaskett's Epstein defense  —  Del. Stacey Plaskett is defending her conduct ahead of a House vote Tuesday evening to censure her and remove her from the House Intelligence Committee for secretly communicating with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 Oversight Committee hearing.

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation  —  Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show.  Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say  —  Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.  —  A man pardoned by President Donald Trump …

Final Schedule F regulations to describe civil service protections as ‘unconstitutional overcorrections’  —  OPM officials told agency HR leaders Tuesday that President Trump has Article II constitutional authority to remove tens of thousands of career federal workers in jobs over potential “resistance to policy.”

Legalizing Single-Family Home Conversions to Duplexes, Triplexes, or Townhomes in Washington, DC's, New Comprehensive Plan  —  We propose that the District of Columbia adopt what we call light-touch density policies in the next version of its Comprehensive Plan.

Report: Trump Judge Emil Bove Pushed For Airstrikes On Boats  —  Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.  —  Over the past several months, the Trump administration has launched some two dozen airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea …

Good work if you can get it: Elon Musk is set to make more than every elementary school teacher COMBINED  —  Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for the world's richest person  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story

Long a coveted voice, Larry Summers withdraws from a half-dozen groups amid Epstein ties.  Harvard's not among them.  —  For decades, former Harvard University president Larry Summers has been recognized as a leading voice on the American economy, regularly consulting for think tanks …

Trump Said to Authorize C.I.A. Plans for Covert Action in Venezuela  —  The president has signed off on possible operations inside Venezuela but has also reopened back-channel communications with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.  —  With the largest U.S. aircraft carrier …

Court settlement calls for NPR to get $36M in government funds to operate US public radio system  —  National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation's public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement …

Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’  —  Gov. Greg Abbott said the state could now take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations.  The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.  —  Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas declared …

She was blacklisted during McCarthyism.  Now she's speaking out against Florida's teaching standards  —  At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet.  One of the last surviving actors to be blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare …