Mike Pence Reads the Trump Indictment  —  He 'can't defend' the conduct but thinks the case is also political.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Tap For Sound  —  As Mike Pence walked into the Journal's New York conference room Tuesday afternoon, the cable-TV chyron was carrying news from South Florida …

What Actually Happened at Trump's Arraignment?  —  Monday afternoon around 12:00 p.m. finds me outside the entrance to the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal courthouse in Miami-where Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  Like a lot of journalists …

The NCAA Has a ‘Hot Girl’ Problem  —  We're in the Cavinder Twins' apartment eight floors above the sun-dappled sprawl of South Florida.  A blender whirrs, mixing kiwi-yogurt-almond butter smoothies.  A photographer takes pictures.  A representative from the Twins' sports-marketing agency …

L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price charged with embezzlement and perjury  —  Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a years-long parade of elected city officials …

Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89  —  “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.  —  Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia …

Leader says Belarus now has Russian nuclear weapons, wouldn't hesitate to use them  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that his country has received Russian nuclear weapons and would not hesitate to use them if provoked.  —  “We have got the missiles and bombs from Russia …

UPS drivers on track to get air-conditioned trucks for the first time  —  The package carrier reached a tentative deal with Teamsters leaders representing 340,000 employees to address long-standing heat-related concerns as part of contract talks now underway.

Hunter Biden Ghosted Baby Mama During Pregnancy, Texts Show  —  President's crackhead son yanked health insurance from mistress shortly after birth of daughter  —  For months in 2018, a very pregnant Lunden Alexis Roberts was unable to reach Hunter Biden, the father of her soon-to-be-born daughter.

Insider's top editor caught tearing down union posters in NYC as strike drags on  —  The top editor of the Insider news site was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters as a labor strike dragged into its second week.  —  In the video obtained by The Post …

After Brinkmanship Over Debt, House GOP Tees Up Potentially $1 Trillion In Tax Cuts  —  House committee approves bills to extend parts of the temporary tax cuts approved in 2017.  —  Less than two weeks after the end of the debt limit fight that Republicans said they started because they worried …

AMA strengthens its policy on protecting access to gender-affirming care  —  Endocrine Society-proposed resolution passes with overwhelming support in House of Delegates  —  Newswise — CHICAGO—The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today passed the Endocrine Society's resolution …

U.S. Warned Ukraine Not to Attack Nord Stream  —  CIA pressed Kyiv weeks before explosions sabotaged the natural-gas pipelines bringing Russian gas to Europe  —  The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency warned the Ukrainian government not to attack the Nord Stream gas pipelines last summer …

The GOP's new Muslim outreach  —  In late March, after the Montgomery County, Md. school district announced that students could not opt out of reading books with LGBTQ themes, the local chapter of Moms for Liberty started to organize.  County organizer Lindsey Smith arrived at a school board meeting …

Dan Patrick's $125,000 loan to Ken Paxton adds to conflicts in Senate impeachment trial  —  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has cast Attorney General Ken Paxton's upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate as like a real-world courtroom, with senators sitting as jurors and Patrick serving as judge.