PHOTOS: Christie, family soak up sun on N.J. beach he closed to public  —  Gallery: Gov. Chris Christie and family on closed Island Beach State Park in N.J.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  BERKELEY TOWNSHIP — People hoping to visit Island Beach State Park this holiday weekend …

Scoop: Bannon pushes tax hike for wealthy  —  Steve Bannon is causing a stir inside the administration by pushing an idea that's anathema to most Republicans: raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans to pay for steep middle and working-class tax cuts.  (Some officials who've heard Bannon's idea …

Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’ to the Ground  —  President Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.  —  The video, about 28 seconds long …

Trump Foot Soldier Sidelined Under Glare of Russia Inquiry  —  Just over a decade ago, Donald J. Trump was locked in conflict with a group of apartment owners who had taken control of the condominium board at his new glass tower across from the United Nations.

Deportation a ‘Death Sentence’ to Adoptees After a Lifetime in the U.S.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Phillip Clay was adopted at 8 into an American family in Philadelphia.  —  Twenty-nine years later, in 2012, after numerous arrests and a struggle with drug addiction, he was deported back to his birth country, South Korea.

How the Left Lost Its Mind  —  Last month, Democratic Senator Ed Markey delivered what seemed like an explosive bit of news during an interview with CNN: A grand jury had been impaneled in New York, he said, to investigate the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia.  —  The only problem: It wasn't true.

A Reddit user who wrote about stabbing Muslims is claiming credit for Trump's CNN video  —  The user whose screen name is an unprintable corruption of “Han Solo” spent about a year on Reddit before attaining stardom, courtesy of a share from President Trump.  —  Some posts were unpopular.

Why the media has broken down in the age of Trump  —  MORE FROM: … I've been a journalist for a long time.  Long enough to know that it wasn't always like this.  There was a time not so long ago when journalists were trusted and admired.  We were generally seen as trying to report the news in a fair and straightforward manner.

Independent Press Is Under Siege as Freedom Rings  —  Happy Birthday, America, I guess.  —  You're old enough to know that you can't always have a feel-good birthday.  And let's face it: This Fourth of July just isn't going to be one of them.  —  How could it be when one of the pillars …

WH official endorses Cruz-Lee health care efforts  —  A top White House official suggested the Trump administration supports Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee's proposal to add more health insurance choices to the Senate health care bill — including plans that might not include …

Heller caught between distrustful left and angry right  —  Dean Heller is dead, one in a series:  —  One week after I entombed him, dirges for the Nevada's senior senator are still playing.  I use the plural because this is a cacophonous symphony, with one mournful melody from the left …

Sasse warns of ‘weaponizing distrust’ after Trump's media attacks  —  (CNN)Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said Sunday that he is troubled by President Donald Trump's latest attacks on the news media because he is concerned about the danger of “weaponizing distrust,” which can harm the freedoms that define a democracy.

Senate GOP pressures budget refs for better score on ObamaCare replacement  —  Senate Republicans are working the referee as they try to salvage their shot at repealing and replacing ObamaCare.  —  They are specifically turning up the heat on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) …

Thousands march in L.A. for impeachment of President Trump; his supporters hold their own rally  —  Sunday's march began at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  —  Thousands of protesters marched down 5th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday …

Justice Gorsuch Delivers  —  Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has had a rough couple of weeks.  Yet, however many setbacks he might suffer over health care reform or other parts of the Republican agenda, he knows he has already won the biggest fight of all: the theft …

Trump's Leaner White House Payroll Projected To Save Taxpayers $22 Million  —  If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president's commitment to shrink government then voters have a reason to cheer.  Projected four-year savings on the White House payroll could top $22 million.