Former Olympic canoeist indicted by a grand jury after arrest at the Reflecting Pool  —  David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington, DC, Superior Court, after being arrested last month when he reached into the Reflecting Pool, a source familiar with the charges told CNN.

Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops and invalidates sacraments  —  The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church.

Donors were misled by Trump-backed Freedom 250, House Democrats allege  —  The lawmakers' report alleges that Trump allies worked to divert funds away from America250, a bipartisan effort to mark the nation's semiquincentennial.  —  Summary  —  Some donors who intended to give money …

The GOP's dirty little secret about the SAVE America Act … Instead, Johnson and other House leaders have stuck with an older version of the SAVE America Act that focuses on proof-of-citizenship requirements but otherwise lets states run their elections as they see fit.

U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators  —  Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.  —  U.S. officials believed that Israel might …

White House Officials Reportedly Deleted Photos of Trump Rally After President Became ‘Enraged’ by Poor Attendance  —  President Donald Trump became so enraged by photos of a small crowd at his rally kicking off the Great American State Fair that White House officials deleted the images …

What is the Great American State Fair like?  —  I stopped by the Great American State Fair on Tuesday.  The website listed the day's theme as “Innovation, Technology & Progress.”  It doesn't get more on-theme for The Future, Now & Then than that.  —  I documented the trip in a bluesky thread …

FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say  —  A personnel surge supporting Kash Patel's “priority effort” is underway, tasking intelligence experts with running tens of thousands of records checks by mid-July.

Steady but not strong: US job growth slowed in June  —  US job growth settled down after a spring surge, as employers added a lower-than-expected 57,000 positions last month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday.  —  June's tally is a marked cooldown …

The Great American State Fair's Main Exhibit Is Trump Corruption  —  WASHINGTON, DC - I visited the Great American State Fair on several days over the past week.  Yes, it's empty.  Security is extremely tight, with no clear reason as to why.  Federal marshals, Oklahoma state troopers …

Trump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pause  —  The disclosure, more than 14 months after the purchases occurred, is the latest revelation to fuel calls for greater scrutiny of the president's financial assets.

Transcript: Trump Shows New Signs of Midterm Panic as Brutal Polls Hit  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 2 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

The Onion's new parody of Alex Jones' Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families  —  The satirical news site The Onion isn't waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ' conspiracy platform.  —  More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars …

Canada aims to announce 10 countries backing global defence bank at NATO summit  —  Canada is aiming to announce around 10 founding nations for a global defence bank at next week's NATO summit in Turkey, the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday.

Supreme Court Allows Reporter to Be Fined for Failing to Disclose Source  —  Catherine Herridge, a former Fox News reporter, was held in civil contempt by a lower court after she refused to reveal her sources for articles she wrote about a scientist who was investigated by the F.B.I.

Air Force major arrested after calling for Trump impeachment on Capitol steps  —  An Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday after calling for President Trump and Vice President Vance's impeachment.  —  Peaceful demonstrations are permitted on Capitol grounds …

There Are Very Few Socialists in America  —  But most of us are social democrats  —  Fox News has a poll supposedly showing “socialism gaining ground with young voters.”  But I don't believe it.  Young people may be more receptive to the word socialism, but that's only because right-wingers constantly use …

Two Maine Polls Just Dropped.  Is It Time to Fret About Graham Platner? … Two major polls of the Maine Senate race dropped this week, and they told the same story: The race is incredibly close, and Democrat Graham Platner has real work to do among the working class.

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race  —  The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.

Tucker Carlson, Who Broke With Trump, Plans to ‘Help Build a Third Party’  —  The influential conservative commentator's relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran.  Now, he says he is charting a new course.  —  Tucker Carlson, the influential conservative …

OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake  —  Sam Altman's start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  OpenAI has discussed giving a 5 per cent stake to the US government as the $852bn AI start …

Appeals court reverses order requiring removed signs to be restored at National Park sites  —  A federal appeals court reversed a lower court's order requiring the National Park Service (NPS) to restore signs and exhibits that were removed by the Trump administration.

Democrats demand HHS reinstate canceled teen pregnancy prevention grants  —  Democrats across both chambers of Congress are demanding the Trump administration reinstate tens of millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) grants that were suddenly canceled last week.

Trans gunman caught in alleged casino terror plot with huge cache of weapons — as cops release chilling footage  —  Las Vegas cops busted a transgender gunman who allegedly planned a casino massacre using a huge cache of weapons.  —  Allison Howlett, 36, who was born a man but lives as a woman …

House Ethics says it doesn't have information to share on lawmaker sexual misconduct settlements  —  The House adopted a resolution Tuesday requiring the House Ethics Committee to release information on taxpayer funds used to pay out sexual misconduct settlements with lawmakers …