Supreme Court says Fed's Cook can keep her job for now, but it upholds other Trump firings  —  The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump's firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception, the Federal Reserve.

Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge  —  The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.  The decision rejected a Republican-led attack …

Supreme Court rejects Trump's push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case  —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury's finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.

Rick Scott says he's just trying to help … “There won't be a vote,” he said, adding that he's “fine” with Thune continuing in the position.  —  “Here's what I don't get,” Scott continued, expressing exasperation with the palace intrigue.  “Other people get to put out their position.

America's most (and least) popular politicians in 2026  —  Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani top the list, while Tucker Carlson and Chuck Schumer bring up the rear … Our June Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll asked Americans to rate a dozen political figures on a scale from 0 to 100 …

Yoo to advise diGenova on probe into inquiries of Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia … “As far as I know, I'm just signing on as a consultant on any kind of constitutional law issues they may encounter,” Yoo said Sunday.  “I've known Joe and [his wife] Vicky [Toensing] for more than three decades …

Fine, Don't Prosecute President Trump.  But Release Jack Smith's Report.  —  Three years ago this month, the Justice Department indicted Donald Trump under the Espionage Act for concealing and refusing to return classified documents after his departure from the White House.

Platner Has Slight Edge Over Collins in Tight Maine Senate Race, Poll Finds  —  The Maine race, which both parties see as key to winning control of the Senate, is extremely close as the sprint to fall begins, a Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll found.  —  Senator Susan Collins …

Trump Reflecting Pool Arrests Take Unnerving Turn—and Officials Go Mum  —  Donald Trump has insisted six people have been arrested and many more have been given citations for vandalizing the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  This allegedly includes carving a 350-foot gash …

Putin's fuel shortage admission signals growing strain on Russia's energy infrastructure … Russian President Vladimir Putin has conceded that the country is facing fuel shortages following a barrage of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes on key energy infrastructure, although he insisted the Kremlin was dealing with them.

Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal … President Donald Trump bought as much as $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise — maker of Tasers, body cameras and policing software — two weeks before Immigration and Customs Enforcement sought a five-year …

UC Berkeley to Open Nancy Pelosi Institute Aimed at Advancing Democracy  —  Former House speaker says the center will be nonpartisan  —  The University of California, Berkeley plans to launch a new institute named for Nancy Pelosi and intended to strengthen democracy.

Pro-Trump groups to tell Brendan Carr to yank Disney's TV licenses … Carr this spring took the highly unusual step of calling in the licenses for all eight Disney-owned ABC TV stations for renewal years ahead of schedule, citing allegations that the entertainment and media giant had failed …

Fox News' Not-So-Wonderful Apology … On Friday and Saturday, Fox News hosts awkwardly did something that the network had long resisted—even after paying $787 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit over the 2020 election: They apologized.

The PDF of The Reconstruction Papers Is Now Free to the Public … If you've been waiting to read The Reconstruction Papers, wait no longer, for the PDF is now open to the public: … I urge you not to settle for this, however.  As you will see from the PDF, it is beautifully designed with print in mind.

American Pride Falls to 25-Year Record Low  —  43% in the U.S. say they display the American flag outside their home  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, 33% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be an American, the lowest reading in Gallup's trend dating back to 2001.

How Warsh Has Begun to Change the Fed … Kevin M. Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve, campaigned for the job on the basis of “regime change.”  Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times  —  Shortly after taking over as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin M. Warsh wrote to the central bank's …

What if the MAGA Vibe Shift Was Just a Mirage?  —  Remember the vibe shift?  In 2024, first as the election approached and then after Donald Trump's victory, pundits and political strategists lined up to declare its cultural meaning quite expansive — a shift not just in electoral politics …

Inside Republicans' Plan to Win the Midterms  —  Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 by turning out multitudes of people who usually don't vote, in no small part because his campaign built an entire strategy around aggressively courting their support.  —  Republicans, including some involved …

Voters Think A.I. Is Terrible.  In Campaigns, It's Everywhere.  —  A.I.-generated images are the public face of this election overhaul.  Behind the scenes, campaigns are using the technology to analyze voter data, craft campaign materials and write custom messages.

Thomas, Gorsuch say Supreme Court should revisit landmark libel ruling  —  Justice Clarence Thomas renewed his calls for the Supreme Court to revisit its 1964 landmark decision that makes it difficult to bring defamation suits against public figures.  —  The conservative justice's urging came …

I'm a Democratic strategist.  I won't stay silent about Graham Platner.  —  I am not a voter in Maine.  Which is fortunate, because if I were, I don't know what I would do.  —  Last week, Planned Parenthood, an organization whose entire mission is protecting women, endorsed Graham Platner for the U.S. Senate.

Donald Trump and how strongman leaders fall  —  The downfalls of would-be autocrats in Hungary, Brazil and the Philippines hold lessons for America  —  The “Save America Act” sounds hard to oppose.  But, much to US President Donald Trump's frustration, the legislation is stuck in Congress.

Trump-backed ‘Freedom Trucks’ tell a sanitized story of the country's founding  —  At a time of fierce debate over how to teach American history, the mobile exhibits weigh in squarely on one side of the argument.  —  NaN  —  Summary  —  In a mobile exhibit traveling the nation, slavery is a testament to American values at work.