Trump's income topped $2 billion in 2025, boosted by crypto, coin ventures  —  Almost 1,000 pages of financial disclosure forms show that the president's earnings far outpaced his $600 million total income in 2024.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump's reported income soared …

Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship  —  The Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Trump's attempt to unilaterally deny citizenship to children born in the United States to foreign nationals, a plan that would have sharply altered who can vote in American elections.

Michael Bennet Loses His Bid for Governor  —  Attorney General Phil Weiser was projected Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination in Colorado's gubernatorial primary over Sen. Michael Bennet.  —  It's a stunning loss for Bennet, who was long considered the front-runner in the race.

A Tabloid Story Gives Talarico a New Opening to Test Attacks on Paxton  —  After a salacious report about Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, his Democratic rival, James Talarico, seized on the news — but focused on corruption and affordability.

NPR retracts story about Alito retirement  —  NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg misheard an announcement about retirements as she was leaving the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.  As a result, an NPR headline erroneously claimed that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

House GOP leaders cancel votes, start recess early after member rebellion … Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters earlier Tuesday Republicans would work for the “next day-and-a-half” to settle the disputes and move on with the scheduled business.  —  But he and other leaders later determined …

Tom Kean Jr. kept his depression a secret.  Colleagues are questioning that decision. … “You give up the right to privacy in a certain respect when you run for office and represent that many people,” she said.  “And so I do challenge our colleagues to be more transparent when these things happen.”

White House drops restrictions on Anthropic AI models after two-week ban  —  The company can once again provide its powerful Mythos and Fable AI models to customers after the Trump administration lifted export controls that were applied earlier in June.  —  Summary

Trump Briefed on All-Out War Options in Iran but Opts to Stick With Talks  —  The president has told aides that he is fine if negotiations with Tehran blow past an Aug. 18 deadline for a nuclear deal, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has weighed a return to all-out war with Iran …

BREAKING: SCOTUS Upholds Sex-Based Restrictions in Sports - Unanimously?  —  Two miracles took place at the Supreme Court today in two cases involving Title IX and women's sports.  The first miracle is that common sense and biology prevailed.  The second miracle is that the decision was unanimous ... at least in part.

A Verdict on (the) Slaughter  —  Never mind the Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship — that was a foregone conclusion given that it is a totally unambiguous provision of the Constitution (although three Republican justices voted against it!).  The important decision was handed down yesterday …

Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately  —  Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.  —  Is there anything more annoying than leaving the house in shorts and flip flops, only to get caught in an unexpected downpour?

Trump's Historical Yarns Often Stretch (or Disregard) the Truth  —  We fact-checked the president's colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the Unabomber.  —  FACT CHECK  —  We fact-checked the president's colorful — and inaccurate …

Trump's Mount Rushmore fireworks show reignites fire fears … “Fireworks at Mount Rushmore is a terrible idea,” said Jay Davis, chair of the Sierra Club's South Dakota chapter.  “We are enduring a serious drought.”  —  Fire conditions are especially concerning this year because of the widespread drought …

House votes to disclose which members settled sexual misconduct allegations with taxpayer funds  —  The House approved a measure Tuesday compelling the public release of records showing which House members have used taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct charges levied against them and how much money was spent.

Trump honors Village People and ‘Y.M.C.A.’ singer Victor Willis after death announcement  —  President Donald Trump mourned Village People singer Victor Willis, who died at age 74.  —  Trump, who has turned the Village People's “YMCA” song into his theme song, voiced his condolences to the music group and his family.

Scoop: Harris reaches out to Mamdani, pro-Palestinian activists in run-up to 2028  —  Kamala Harris privately called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week and has been holding lengthy, closed-door meetings with other prominent progressives — including pro-Palestinian activists.

The left won big in NYC.  Now it has to survive a redistricting effort. … “You had people yelling 'you're next' at a screen showing Hakeem,” said Basil Smikle Jr., the former head of the state Democratic Party, referring to democratic socialists calling for Jeffries' defeat at a primary night watch party.