Joe Biden Mocks Donald Trump Over Claim He ‘Declassified Everything’  —  President Joe Biden has mocked former President Donald Trump for claiming that he secretly declassified all of the classified documents that were recovered by the FBI during the Mar-a-Lago raid.

Intel officials to assess national security fallout from Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents  —  The U.S. intelligence community will evaluate the potential national security risks stemming from former President Donald Trump's possession of top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence …

‘This will change everything for me’: Americans react to Biden's plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt  —  Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden's decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers.

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 …

Trump legal team says redacted affidavit raises ‘more questions than answers’  —  Trump's legal team claims that heavily redacted document is evidence that a neutral third party is necessary to monitor DOJ handling of evidence  —  What did we learn from the heavily redacted affidavit?

First on CNN: Motorist charged with threatening Utah Senate candidate with gun  —  Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin has accused a motorist of brandishing a firearm and pointing it at him and his wife as the couple was driving home from a campaign event in April.

Sydney Sweeney's Hoedown Party for Mom Branded Right-Wing, MAGA-Leaning  —  SYDNEY SWEENEY Hoedown Party for Mom BRANDED AS RIGHT-WING, MAGA-LEANING  —  UPDATE  —  4:08 PM PT — Sydney has addressed the controversy, writing ... “You guys this is wild.  An innocent celebration …

As DeSantis Campaigns on Education, Crist Picks Teacher as Running Mate  —  Karla Hernández-Mats, head of the largest teachers union in the region, criticized the Republican governor for attacking educators.  “This is what dictators do,” she said.  —  MIAMI — In choosing the head …

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 …

As Republicans stumble - could Democrats really hold on to the Senate?  —  Republicans need just one seat to regain the chamber, but recent failures mean things are looking up for the Democrats  —  Things appear to be looking up for Democratic Senate candidates.

One year in, parenting has taught us about vulnerability and gratitude  —  Note: This piece is in my voice, but Chasten and I worked on this together and I'm thankful for his help.  —  One sunny afternoon a year ago, I answered the phone and my whole life changed.

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 …

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 …