Trump Campaign Paid Don Jr.'s Lawyer $50,000 Two Weeks Before Email Scandal … About two weeks before the release of emails showing Donald Trump Jr. seeking opposition research from attorneys representing the Russian government, his father's reelection campaign began paying the law firm …

Comey's Writing a Book, and Publishers Are Eager to Pay Big Money for It  —  James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director who was fired in May by President Trump, is writing a book about his experience in public service, including his tumultuous and brief tenure in the Trump administration.

‘Simply Unworkable’: Insurers Blast New Provision In Senate Health Bill  —  The industry sounds just as angry as the patient advocates.  —  Two organizations representing the U.S. health insurance industry just called a new provision of the Senate Republicans' health care proposal …

Kamala Harris meets with Democratic elite in Hamptons  —  MORE FROM: … The Democrats' “Great Freshman Hope,” Sen. Kamala Harris, is heading to the Hamptons to meet with Hillary Clinton's biggest backers.  —  The California senator is being fêted in Bridgehampton on Saturday …

Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford mathematician and Fields Medal winner, dies  —  Stanford mathematics professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and to-date only female winner of the Fields Medal since its inception in 1936, died July 15 after a long battle with cancer.  Mirzakhani was 40 years old.

Huge Manafort Payment Reflects Murky Ukraine Politics  —  KIEV, Ukraine — Paul J. Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, recently filed financial reports with the Justice Department showing that his lobbying firm earned nearly $17 million for two years of work for a Ukrainian political party with links to the Kremlin.

Lessons on Labor Economics for the Owner of a Roofing Company in Nebraska  —  The NYT shows us that the skills shortage is real in an interview with Sarah M. Smith, the owner of a roofing company in Nebraska.  In the interview, Ms. Smith explains why she needs foreign workers, on H2-B visas …

Sandoval unmoved on health bill after meeting with White House officials; Price advises governors to disregard CBO  —  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said a closed-door breakfast meeting on Saturday between Trump Administration officials and a large number of governors hasn't changed his position …

Teen who blasted ‘F-k Tha Police’ at cop's funeral booted from apartment  —  Julien Rodriguez (left) and Miosotis Familia  —  A cop-hating Bronx teen has been kicked out of his apartment for repeatedly blasting the rap song “F-k Tha Police” from the window as thousands of NYPD cops gathered …

Iran Dominates in Iraq After U.S. ‘Handed the Country Over’  —  BAGHDAD — Walk into almost any market in Iraq and the shelves are filled with goods from Iran — milk, yogurt, chicken.  Turn on the television and channel after channel broadcasts programs sympathetic to Iran.  —  A new building goes up?

Dropping the Bluster, Trump Revives Banter With Reporters  —  WASHINGTON — The Donald J. Trump who turned up in the press cabin of Air Force One on Wednesday evening, as his plane crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the way to Paris, was starkly different from the one who publicly pillories …