The Network Against the Leader of the Free World  —  Jeffrey A. Zucker hasn't been getting a lot of sleep lately.  But he says that's nothing new.  —  “I don't sleep that much anyway,” Mr. Zucker, the president of CNN, said on Wednesday in his fifth-floor office, just off the network's glassy Midtown Manhattan newsroom.

The Note: Trump vs. Trump as foreign trip gets busy start  —  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY  — President Trump's trip to Europe is off to a newsy start.  In a news conference with the Polish president, Trump attacked some U.S. news outlets as “fake news,” and blasted former President Obama …

Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress  —  Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection.  His condition is listed as serious.  We will provide another update tomorrow, July 6.

Trump's aides build their own empires in the West Wing  —  President Donald Trump won office on promises to shake up how Washington works, and so far that's been most apparent in his own West Wing, where his top advisers have built up personal staffs to support their own agendas instead …

Back to the Center, Democrats  —  The path back to power for the Democratic Party today, as it was in the 1990s, is unquestionably to move to the center and reject the siren calls of the left, whose policies and ideas have weakened the party.  —  In the early 1990s, the Democrats relied …

Voter fraud commission may have violated law  —  President Trump's voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states.  —  The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked all 50 states …

United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby  —  Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates  —  Earlier today, the United States filed …

Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe  —  Felix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partners  —  Read next … Donald Trump faces renewed scrutiny of the riches that flowed into his real estate empire from the former Soviet Union …

Ted Cruz Has an Idea for How to Cover High-Risk Patients  —  The health care bill that passed the House a few months ago called for Americans with a history of serious illnesses to be covered in their own, special high-risk insurance pool.  —  When the Senate unveiled its health legislation in June …

Photo ‘showing Amelia Earhart’ is not the US aviator  —  A photo of a woman claimed to be missing US aviator Amelia Earhart is said today to be proof that she survived a crash into the Pacific Ocean 80 years ago - but the picture has a major flaw, it can be revealed.

Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar  —  So Neil M. Gorsuch, the aw-shucks humble servant of the law whom the country encountered during his mind-numbing confirmation hearing, turns out to be a hard-right conservative.  No real surprise there, and by now, no real news either …

CREW FILES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST JARED KUSHNER  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington, D.C.—White House Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Jared Kushner appears to have failed to make the required disclosure of his ownership interest in an online real estate investment company called Cadre …

Rosen officially announces Senate bid, says Reid encouraged her to run  —  Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen announced today she is officially running for U.S. Senate, culminating weeks of deliberations that — once again — began with a phone call from Nevada's political godfather Harry Reid.

A Graceless President, a National Betrayal  —  Unlike Trump, Reagan understood the power of humility and graciousness.  —  For leaders as well as friends, spouses and colleagues, grace is a precious characteristic.  Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump's policy choices, our nation has never had a president more lacking in grace.

How Many Jobs Does ObamaCare Kill?  —  We surveyed managers at small businesses and put the count at 250,000.

Government supporters attack Venezuelan congress, injure opposition lawmakers  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan lawmakers who oppose President Nicolás Maduro were beaten and bloodied in the halls of congress Wednesday as a pro-government mob stormed the building, apparently facing little or no resistance from security guards.