Trump's Boxes and Clinton's Sock Drawer  —  A president chooses what records to return or keep and the National Archives can't do anything about it.  —  Although the indictment against Donald Trump doesn't cite the Presidential Records Act, the charges are predicated on the law.

A Deflated, Low-Energy Trump, Now Twice-Indicted at 77: ‘Some Birthday’  —  He grumbled about his arraignment.  He ate McDonald's.  Then he went back to his New Jersey club for an event that was a blend of a summer garden wedding and a political victory party.  —  Reporting from Bedminster, N.J.

Jack Smith's indictment unmasks Trump as a complete and utter buffoon  —  The emperor has no clothes, but he does have boxes in his bathroom.  —  Aaron Rupar and davidrlurie  —  ∙ Paid … The greatest political gift for Donald Trump's Republican rivals this primary cycle …

U.S. Launches Quiet Diplomatic Push With Iran to Cool Tensions  —  Talks in Oman seek release of American prisoners as Iran wants billions of dollars trapped overseas  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has quietly restarted talks with Iran in a bid to win the release of American prisoners held …

G.O.P. Rebels Are Breaking the Rule on Rules, Upending How the House Works  —  Those challenging Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the far right are violating a longstanding House tradition, fundamentally changing the nature of the chamber in ways that point to major dysfunction ahead.  —  Reporting from Capitol Hill

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 …

Larry Summers Was Wrong About Inflation  —  There aren't many Americans who've benefited from the past two years of inflation.  But Larry Summers is probably one of them.  —  In February 2021, the celebrated economist warned that Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was excessively large …

Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Beer  —  What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?

Hunter Biden Ghosted Baby Mama During Pregnancy, Texts Show  —  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.  He screened her calls.  He ignored her messages.  Six weeks after their daughter's birth, she tried one more time.

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 …

Sesame Allergy Sufferers Wanted Warning Labels.  They Got More Sesame.  —  Required to label sesame in food, some companies chose to add the food allergen  —  Congress passed legislation intended to make life better for people allergic to sesame seeds.  Instead, it made things worse.

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 …

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 …