CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey  —  CIA had doubts about Israeli intelligence on a threat to Trump in Turkey that prompted an extraordinary secret flight.  —  Summary  —  U.S. intelligence officials were skeptical of an Iranian assassination threat …

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say  —  Annabelle Loma has spoken with her husband only a few times since he attempted to jump overboard from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during his current deployment.

How the Polls Got it So Wrong in Wisconsin  —  Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, had a double-digit lead in polls as recently as last week.  Then she lost.  What happened?  —  For months, polls indicated that Francesca Hong …

Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies  —  The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.  —  The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to scale …

Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission  —  Introduction  —  On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new attorneys and staff members in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division …

Republicans fear Hegseth's Democrat brushoff could backfire  —  The Pentagon is shutting congressional Democrats out of classified briefings — and even Republicans are shocked by the brazen partisanship.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth trekked to Capitol Hill at least twice in recent weeks …

I Was Dick Cheney's Cardiologist.  Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why.  —  Dick Cheney's heart problems were never a national secret.  —  I was Mr. Cheney's cardiologist for 27 years, including his two terms as vice president.  During his time in the White House …

Exclusive: Former employee at Southern Poverty Law Center arrested on fraud charges  —  A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of White supremacist groups, one of whom she was allegedly living …

Leavitt to depart the White House  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role at the end of August, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.  —  The president, in a post on Truth Social, said Leavitt is departing to spend more time with her family, but will remain one of his …

Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment  —  Randall Lane, the magazine's chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.  —  The top editor of Forbes was fired …

Rep. John Larson, a Longtime Lawmaker, Loses a Primary in Connecticut  —  In an upset, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, won the Democratic nomination, capitalizing on calls for generational change.  —  Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, defeated Representative John Larson …

Trump Says Hormuz Is Under U.S. Control.  Few Ships Are Listening.  —  With limited bursts of firepower, Iran is able to make the waterway too risky to cross  —  President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has total control of the Strait of Hormuz.  The reality on the water tells a different story.

ICE Agent Who Pushed Activist to the Ground Pleads Guilty  —  The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration's crackdown there.  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pleaded guilty …

The Iran War Is a Whole New Level of Quagmire for the US … No one seems to have a solid strategy to win the war in Iran.  —  The situation is reminiscent of the darkest days of the Iraq war, in the mid-2000s, when the U.S. seemed unable to pull that country back from insurgency and civil war.

Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife sues after sensitive image of child was publicly shared  —  The Ohio Republican had released documents through a publicly accessible Dropbox account this month, seeking to fend off allegations of domestic abuse.  —  Summary  —  Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife filed …

Robinson's Defense Team: Shooter ‘Hit the Intended Target’  —  It has been clear for quite a while now that Tyler Robinson's defense team is really only trying to do one thing: Get the death penalty off the table.  They have delayed the trial, tried to have the prosecutors removed from the case …

Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN's Independence  —  Talks about an oversight committee began before a lawsuit to block the Warner deal was filed  —  Paramount in recent months has discussed creating an editorial board for CNN and other safeguards to ease concerns …

Why House Dems may go easy on one of GOP's most vulnerable members  —  Rep. Mike Lawler's (R-N.Y.) fight to hold on to a key battleground seat is getting a behind-the-scenes assist — for now, at least — from an unlikely group: House Democrats. … - “If you're going to have a Republican …

Kansas town settles reporter's suit over raid on newspaper offices  —  TOPEKA, Kansas — A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper's offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom.

Should the M.M.R. Vaccine Be Split Into Three Separate Shots?  —  President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.  —  President Trump issued an executive order …

U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise.  Ukraine's Drones Won.  —  Battlefield drill shows U.S. military hasn't fully absorbed lessons of Russia's war  —  U.S. Army troops faced off against Ukrainian drone operators at a military exercise in Germany earlier this year.

Fox News Poll: New matchup, same result: Maine Senate race stays locked  —  Maine voters are weighing concerns about both U.S. Senate candidates, with anxieties over Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins' ties to President Donald Trump outpacing concerns about Democratic challenger Troy …

A Third Immigrant Detained at Delaney Hall Dies After Medical Emergency  —  A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.  —  A Guatemalan immigrant who had been taken to a troubled detention center in Newark …

Controversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant children  —  The Trump administration has awarded a controversial anti-human trafficking organization a no-bid $158 million contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied migrant children, according …