Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro  —  Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.  —  Jeanine Pirro had had it up to here with Doug Burgum.

Michigan Senate Primary Results 2026  —  With former Rep. Mike Rogers unopposed in the Republican primary, all attention has been on a bruising Democratic primary battle between physician Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens.  Stevens has rallied the Washington and Michigan Democratic establishments …

Chilling details emerge about heavily armed suspect at California Trump golf club before arrest  —  An armed man, said to be creeping around and monitoring “security-planning activities,” was arrested Sunday with a pistol and ammunition outside Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles …

Kansas Rejects Measure to Elect Its State Supreme Court Justices  —  The rejection of a measure to begin electing justices was a victory for abortion rights groups who defended the Kansas high court's ruling that abortion was protected in the state constitution.

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard.  Now she's suing  —  Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed …

Maryland Lawmakers Open the Door for 2028 Redistricting  —  Maryland lawmakers took a first step toward redrawing their congressional map during a special session on Tuesday, passing a constitutional amendment that could open the door for Democrats to pick up the only Republican seat …

Rep. Wesley Bell defeats progressive Cori Bush for second time  —  Rep. Wesley Bell has defeated Cori Bush in a primary rematch that was defined by clashes over Israel.  A former county prosecutor who unseated Bush in 2024, Bell won Tuesday's rematch for Missouri's 1st District …

Democrat exits Senate race in South Dakota, clearing way for independent  —  Julian Beaudion withdrew after resisting pressure to step aside, making South Dakota's contest the third Senate race without a Democratic candidate.  —  Summary  —  Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee …

Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work  —  Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has directed contractors …

Max Miller doubles down on staying in Ohio House race  —  Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he won't drop his reelection bid despite facing allegations of domestic abuse and violence from his ex-wife and two other women. … - “In 2016, when President Donald J. Trump faced …

White House AI vetting plan to exempt lower-cost ‘open’ models  —  The White House framework for vetting the cybersecurity risks of advanced artificial intelligence models would focus on the top-tier products from U.S. developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic — while exempting a rising breed …

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court  —  The Department of Health and Human Services quietly unveiled a multimillion-dollar contract Tuesday with a small Texas law firm, entrusting it with representing thousands of children who came by themselves …

Arizona's Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate  —  Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.

The Ellison Credibility Crisis … Early Tuesday morning, The New York Times published a guest essay from David Ellison, in which the Paramount boss and Oracle scion made his case—yet again—for his proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Susan Collins opposes Todd Blanche for attorney general  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday she will vote against Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general. … But it makes every remaining undecided Republican that much more important.  — With Sen. Mitch McConnell …

Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador to US in spat with Lula  —  The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil's denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead …

Max Miller's lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter  —  A lawyer for Rep. Max Miller took responsibility Tuesday for inadvertently releasing sensitive photos of the Ohio Republican's daughter in a trove of material Miller published Sunday in a bid to defend himself against domestic abuse claims.

An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran's Defiant Leaders  —  Iran's leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.  —  President Trump's angry claim on Monday that Iran was being “unbelievably duplicitous” in its dealings with the United States …

Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender  —  Four professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System's restrictions on teaching about race, gender and sexuality and to reinstate courses canceled under the policy.