Republicans, Once Outraged by Mar-a-Lago Search, Become Quieter as Details Emerge  —  In the minutes and hours after the F.B.I.'s search of former President Donald J. Trump's residence in Florida this month, his supporters did not hesitate to denounce what they saw as a blatant abuse of power …

Trump Inquiry Fueled in Part by Concern Over Intelligence Sources  —  Documents related to the work of clandestine sources are some of the most sensitive and protected in the government.  F.B.I. agents found some in boxes retrieved from Donald J. Trump's home.

Truth Social faces financial peril as worry about Trump's future grows  —  Payment disputes and a dwindling audience have fueled doubts about the former president's Twitter clone  —  Former president Donald Trump's Truth Social website is facing financial challenges as its traffic remains puny …

Exclusive: Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College  —  Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College …

Of all the legal threats Trump is facing, is this the one that could take him down?  —  The quiet workings of a Georgia grand jury hearing evidence of election fraud could represent the ex-president's greatest danger  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are earning their keep.

Promoting His Memoir, Kushner Offers Tortured Defenses of Trump  —  Jared Kushner, who spent his years in the White House evading responsibility for his father-in-law's most extreme moves, has had to answer for some of them on his book tour.  —  WASHINGTON — Making the rounds promoting his new memoir …

In DeSantis's Florida, Teachers Navigate Curriculum Restrictions  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis is battling what he calls “indoctrination” in schools.  New laws have left many teachers questioning everything from pride flags to “The Great Gatsby.”  —  Erin Brown, a teacher in St. Johns County …

Roland Mesnier, White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century, dies at 78  —  He was a confident and methodical patissier who took as his motto ‘perfection is no accident’  —  Roland Mesnier, the French-born pastry chef who whipped up desserts for five presidents and dignitaries …

Retired FBI boss disassembles Trump search warrant: Feds ‘going to regret this’  —  The FBI's former intelligence chief declared Friday the agency should not have criminalized the records dispute between Donald Trump and the National Archives and that the bureau appears to have failed to meet …

Woman carrying fetus without a skull to seek abortion in another state following Louisiana ban  —  Louisiana woman denied an abortion despite baby's fatal birth defect  —  A Louisiana mother said she was denied an abortion even though doctors told her that her baby had a rare birth defect and would not survive.

The Biden White House gets feisty on Twitter  —  This administration's tweets, long bland, have become punchy and even viral as the president has shown more willingness to go after Republicans  —  The White House Twitter account under President Biden has not been the most exciting corner of the internet.

If Prosecuting Trump Sets a ‘Dangerous’ Precedent—So Does Letting His Crimes Slide  —  Stop bowing to threats of right-wing violence—it's time for the institutions of constitutional democracy to make their stand. … America is grappling with an unprecedented choice: Should we, or should we not, indict an ex-president?

The Real Student Debt Debate  —  It's about the social order.  —  I have a new piece up for Slate on the history of debt relief as an essential safety valve for a functioning credit-based economy.  Hillary Frey is running a great shop over there, and I encourage you to read Mark Joseph Stern's piece …

Russia blocks UN nuclear treaty agreement over Zaporizhzhia clause  —  Failure to agree a joint statement after weeks of debate at UN marks latest blow to hopes of maintaining an arms control regime  —  Russia has blocked an agreement at the United Nations that was aimed at bolstering …