Las Vegas Shooter Wired $100,000 to Philippines Last Week  —  Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to an account in his live-in girlfriend's home country of the Philippines in the week before he unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.

Puerto Rico hasn't updated the Hurricane Maria death toll in 6 days  —  The outdated death count is a sign the government is broken.  —  Twelve days ago, Hurricane Maria trashed Puerto Rico, demolishing its already weak power, communications, and transportation infrastructure.

White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group  —  The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was shocking in its scale — but it wasn't a surprise that it was committed by a white male.  —  Statistics show that since 1982, the majority of mass shootings — 54 percent …

Ryan asked White House to reconsider ousting Price  —  Speaker Paul Ryan last week urged the White House to reconsider ousting Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, his longtime friend who had come under fire for often using a taxpayer-funded private jet for travel, according to two people with knowledge of the call.

GOP Congressman Met in Moscow With Kremlin-Linked Lawyer at Center of Russia Investigation  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Moscow with Natalia Veselnitskaya two months before she met with Donald Trump Jr.  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during …

Supreme Court eyes partisan gerrymandering  —  The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with a case that has the potential to halt or even reverse an increasingly common phenomenon of American political life: Republicans' ability to tilt the political playing field in their favor through the tedious task of redrawing district lines.

Exclusive: Jared Kushner's personal email moved to Trump Organization computers amid public scrutiny  —  President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump moved their personal email accounts to computers run by the Trump Organization as public scrutiny intensified over their use …

Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons  —  Dreeben defended more than 100 U.S. cases to Supreme Court  —  Criminal law expert could bulletproof Mueller team's work  —  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a distinctly modern problem.

Pence's chief of staff floats ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors  —  Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff railed against congressional leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a “purge” if GOP lawmakers don't quickly rally behind President Donald Trump's agenda.

IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax  —  The no-bid contract was issued last week, as the company continued facing fallout from its massive security breach.  —  The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under …

The GOP Tax Plan Is Already Hitting Speed Bumps  —  Corker questions whether GOP has fortitude for tax overhaul  —  Republicans split on whether tax plan can add to the deficit  —  The White House is showing “softness” on ending a $1.3 trillion federal tax deduction filers get for their state …

Nikki Haley hit for Hatch Act violation over Trump retweet  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley violated the law by retweeting President Donald Trump's endorsement of a South Carolina congressional candidate, according to the federal Office of Special Counsel.

Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's top aide flew on a hedge fund billionaire's private jet to Palm Beach several months ago, people familiar with the trip said, the latest example of senior Trump administration …

This Is What It Looks Like When the President Asks People to Snitch on Their Neighbors  —  In April, the Trump Administration launched what it called the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) hotline, with a stated mission to “provide proactive, timely, adequate …