Live updates: Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump's restrictions  —  EDITED BY LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA, BERNARD MCGHEE AND BRIDGET BROWN  —  The trans teenager at the center of the Supreme Court's decision on sports  —  Becky Pepper-Jackson is at the center …

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires  —  Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the Supreme Court's opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, is retiring, the court announced Tuesday.  —  Alito was nominated to the court in 2005 by President George W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Supreme Court loosens campaign finance laws, opening up flood of midterm cash … The decision is a blow to Democrats, who argued that eliminating the limit on coordination would put more power into the hands of large donors who can cut bigger checks to party committees than to candidates.

Trump is using a $500M no-bid contract to build his White House ballroom  —  The secret agreement was routed through a White House office that typically handles repairs and furnishings and is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.  —  Summary  —  White House officials …

Here's the latest.  —  The court's decision involving laws from West Virginia and Idaho has implications for 25 other states with similar restrictions on transgender female athletes joining women's sports teams.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld two state laws barring …

House GOP hard-liners continue to threaten floor blockade ahead of crucial vote  —  Hours ahead of a crucial floor vote, hard-right House Republicans threatened to continue blocking legislative business Tuesday in a bid to force action on a stalled GOP elections bill backed by President Donald Trump.

University of Tennessee to pay $1.9M to professor fired over Charlie Kirk comment  —  The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a settlement with former assistant professor Tamar Shirinian, agreeing to pay the fired faculty member $1.9 million.

Putin Faces Increased Pressure as Moscow Is Again Attacked by Drones  —  The Russian authorities said 419 drones were shot down across Russia, including in the capital, and in Crimea.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia faced a fresh round of pressure on Tuesday as Ukraine launched another attack …

Trump's Supreme Court wins hit one wall: the economy  —  The Supreme Court this term gave President Trump powers over the federal government that no modern president has held.  But it blocked his administration on two of the biggest issues for markets: the Fed and tariffs.

Trump's “Swiss Army” tools on Iran: Vance and Rubio  —  As he tries to hammer out a peace deal with Iran, President Trump has a dovish adviser in Vice President Vance perched on one figurative shoulder — and a hawkish Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the other.

Chris Rufo, MAGA's Top Activist on the Right, Has a Conspiracy Problem  —  This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.  —  You could really make a case that Christopher Rufo is the most successful activist of this era, certainly on the right.

The Christian right is emboldened and on the march  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝  —  Last Friday, the right-wing majority on the Texas board of education voted to approve new social studies standards …

Trump begins construction of unannounced White House helipad  —  The project, funded with a Lockheed Martin donation, is intended to resolve a years-long problem with the new Marine One helicopters: They run the risk of scorching the White House's grass.  —  President Donald Trump …

A Tied Senate Race Gives Democrats a Shot in Deep Red Texas, Poll Finds  —  James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.  —  The Democratic Party has a serious chance to win a Senate seat …

Can Democrats outrun their party's brand problem?  I tested three proposed fixes  —  A new survey experiment finds Democrats outrun the party baseline by showing they're independent of it — using issue positions, biography, or otherwise  —  The Democratic Party has a brand problem.

Montana GOP Senate Nominee Kurt Alme Let Child Sex Offender Off The Hook  —  As U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old.  —  WASHINGTON ― Montana Republican Senate nominee Kurt Alme …

Election deniers reach a fever pitch calling for a “national emergency” declaration so Trump can give himself “king-like powers” over the midterms  —  Tina Peters: “I believe Trump could sign an executive order to get rid of the machines and say ... that a vendor cannot have that much influence over our elections”

Trump now ‘hates’ his own trade deal.  But he'll have a hard time killing it. … When Trump signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in early 2020, he called it “the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history.”  Congress approved the pact …

Supreme Court will consider striking down assault weapons bans, in Connecticut and the Chicago-area  —  A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment.

Trump posts apparent AI-generated image of large, golden eagle affixed to Truman Balcony  —  President Donald Trump Monday evening posted what appeared to be an AI-generated image of a large, golden eagle affixed to the Truman Balcony of the White House.  —  “A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!”

Five reasons why the CBS ombudsman is a blatant sham  —  Plus: JD Vance thinks Watergate-style corruption is A-OK.  He's disgustingly wrong.  —  Soon after CBS News got a new (Trumpy) owner and new (right-leaning) editorial management last year, the company appointed someone to supposedly keep …

To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk  —  Down a dirt road in northwest Oklahoma, only a few hundred yards from where the city of Enid draws its drinking water, a company injects the toxic byproduct of oil production deep underground.

Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction … “When I came here, I said: 'I have a tummy ache, I need to go to the bathroom, I don't feel well,'” Guo said through an interpreter of his courthouse arrival.  Later, Guo wiped his mouth repeatedly with a tissue.

Cross-Tabs: June 2026 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Texas  —  Results of a New York Times/Siena poll of 656 likely voters conducted from June 19 to 27, 2026. … ‹ ›  —  Do you think the United States is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?

After mysterious four-month absence, GOP congressman arrives back on Capitol Hill  —  One day before Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. returned to Capitol Hill for the first time in months, the long-missing congressman sat on the steps of his tidy Tudor-style home in North Jersey, sifting through mail beside his wife.