Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago  —  The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain the Justice Department's urgent response.

Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers  —  Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump's 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.

Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’  —  In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges the company misled regulators about lax security and spam

White House leaning toward canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000  —  . CNN's Blake Essig reports.  —  ' data-duration="02:56" data-source="CNN" data-affiliate-source-link="https:// www.cnn.com/" data-show-name="" data-show-url="" class="video-playlist__item" >

Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer.  Here's How.  —  In a first, the measure legally defines greenhouse gases as pollution.  That'll make new regulations much tougher to challenge in court.  —  When the Supreme Court restricted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency …

Exclusive: Justice Department issues new subpoena to National Archives for more January 6 documents  —  Why new Trump lawsuit shows disagreement behind the scenes 03:35  —  The Justice Department has issued a new grand jury subpoena to the National Archives for more documents as part …

Is This a List of ‘Banned Books in Florida Schools and Libraries’? … Amid a push by U.S. Republican legislators to limit children's access to books in schools and libraries about sensitive topics, some social media users in August 2022 posted a list that allegedly contained titles of …

State Department advises U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine now, says Russia is ‘stepping up efforts’ against civilians  —  Russia is “stepping up efforts” to strike civilian infrastructure “in the coming days,” the State Department said in an alert late Monday, marking the first time the U.S …

Matt Gaetz Fraudster Gets Five Years for $25 Million Scheme  —  ALFORD PLEA  —  A federal judge on Monday sentenced Florida man Stephen M. Alford to 63 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release for his role in a scheme to defraud the family of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

The biggest special election since Dobbs: What to watch on Tuesday's primary day  —  Some of the biggest elections of the summer are happening Tuesday, including a closely watched New York special election that's also an opportunity to gauge the nation's political environment ahead of November.

Colorado GOP Sen. Kevin Priola switches party affiliation to Democrat, citing election conspiracies and climate denialism  —  Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola, a Henderson Republican, announced Monday morning that he is changing his party affiliation to Democrat.  —  Priola, considered …

Pentagon again denies Bowser request for National Guard help for migrants  —  The Defense Department on Monday again said it will not help the District deal with the thousands of migrants who have arrived on buses from Texas and Arizona, upholding the department's previous denial …

Despite Newsom's veto, S.F. might push ahead with supervised drug consumption sites anyway  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed pilot programs where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles …

California congressman becomes latest Republican to invoke Nazis to defend Trump, bash Biden  —  Rep. Mike Garcia, a Republican who faces one of the most competitive House races in the country, likened the Biden administration to the Nazi regime during an interview on a conservative podcast last week.

ICE officials under Trump told to wipe phones when leaving agency  —  The phones of several top Trump-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were deactivated when they left their positions and the data contained on them likely wiped, a court filing released late last week shows.

David Kay, weapons inspector who helped disprove Iraqi WMDs, dies at 82  —  He concluded that no weapons of mass destruction existed in Iraq and that intelligence agencies had badly misjudged the available evidence  —  David A. Kay, the weapons proliferation expert who led a CIA-run operation …

How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts  —  In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump's Supreme Court picks …

U.S. Warns of Potential Attacks by Russia on Civilian Targets … The U.S. warns that civilians face a heightened threat of Russian strikes in coming days.  —  American intelligence agencies believe Russia is likely to step up its efforts to attack civilian infrastructure and government buildings …

NYC could spend $300M annually to house migrants in hotels  —  The Big Apple could be on the hook for more than $300 million per year to provide shelter space in hotels for newly arrived migrants, a Post analysis shows.  —  City officials have either rented or announced plans …

These celebrities are accused of drought restriction violations  —  They're among the biggest names in entertainment and sports: Sylvester Stallone, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Hart, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.  —  And as Southern California struggles with a third year of punishing drought …