The outcome focused attention on whether Hunter Biden got a better deal than the average person would get.  —  Under a deal with the Justice Department, the president's son agreed to probation for filing his taxes late, and he can avoid a charge that he lied about his drug use when he purchased a handgun.

CNN Poll: Trump's GOP support appears to soften post-indictment, but he holds lead in primary field  —  Former President Donald Trump's support appears to have softened following his indictment and arrest on federal charges, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors  —  The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on transition care for minors, enacted by more than a dozen states, could withstand challenges.  —  Reporting from Atlanta

Team Trump Suspects His Former Chief of Staff Is a ‘Rat’  —  The former president is sending his attorneys and allies on ‘fact-finding’ missions about what Mark Meadows is up to.  They've returned with no answers but lots of suspicions  —  EARLIER THIS YEAR, Donald Trump sent some of his lawyers …

Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To  —  The tourist submersible that went missing while exploring the Titanic wreck was previously the target of safety complaints from an employee of OceanGate, the parent company that owns the sub and runs tourist expeditions of the wreck.

Scientists on Twitter head for the exit  —  A feud broke out on Twitter over the weekend between popular podcaster Joe Rogan and prominent vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, with the podcaster challenging the scientist to a debate about vaccines in an online skirmish that drew fire from a few billionaires.

Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip state Supreme Court  —  Leonard Leo, the key architect of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority, led the advisers who helped DeSantis reshape the state court  —  For decades, the ambitions of Florida's Republican governors were stymied by the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court.

Judge in Trump Documents Case Sets Tentative Trial Date as Soon as August  —  The judge, Aileen M. Cannon, set an aggressive schedule for moving the case forward, though the proceedings are likely to be delayed by pretrial clashes.  —  The federal judge presiding over the prosecution …

New York Passes Bill to Shield Abortion Providers Sending Pills Into States With Bans  —  The measure is one of several recently enacted by states aiming to expand access to medication abortion for patients who live where it is outlawed.  —  The New York State Legislature gave final approval …

Pentagon says Ukraine accounting error revealed last month is much bigger than previously stated  —  The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the accounting error revealed last month was significantly more than previously stated and aid provided to Ukraine was overvalued by $6.2 billion rather than $3 billion.

Most Say Fundamental Rights Under Threat  —  Partisan identity determines which specific rights people feel are at risk  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans are worried that their fundamental freedoms could be at risk according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.

RFK Jr.: A Threat Assessment  —  This isn't a primary campaign.  It's a Fifth Column.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. It's Not a Primary Campaign  —  There are two fundamental truths about the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. primary campaign.  —  (1) RFK Jr.'s polling is real.

George Santos bail backers will be revealed Thursday, judge orders  — The identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos' $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed this week, a federal judge ordered.  —  The identities of the people who guaranteed …

No elections takeover: Georgia board clears Fulton County  —  State Election Board cites improvements in Fulton elections since 2020  —  A unanimous vote by the State Election Board on Tuesday scuttled a potential state takeover of elections in Fulton County following Georgia's contentious 2020 presidential race.

Andrew Tate, brother indicted on charges of rape, human trafficking  —  Romanian prosecutors announced Tuesday that internet personality and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother have been indicted on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group.

Gannett CEO: Here's why we are suing Google for deceptive business practices  —  Google is a serial violator of U.S. antitrust and consumer-protection laws.  —  Mike ReedGannett CEO and chairman  —  This morning, Gannett, the largest news publisher in the United States including USA TODAY …

Marianne Williamson loses second campaign manager in two months  —  Other staff departures have also been rampant.  —  Marianne Williamson has lost her second campaign manager in as many months in what has proven to be a rocky 2024 presidential bid.  —  Roza Calderon's departure …

U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak  —  Identification of three who worked at Wuhan Institute of Virology fuels suspicion for proponents of lab-leak theory  —  A prominent scientist who worked on coronavirus projects funded …

DA pushes back against Trump's effort to get judge to step down from criminal case  —  Judge Juan Merchan's daughter works for a company aligned with Democrats.  —  Former President Donald Trump “has a prolific history of baselessly accusing state and federal judges around the country of bias” …

The tedious demand that everything be subjected to made-for-TV ‘debate’  —  Debate is one of the cornerstones of the American political system.  It's rooted in the noblest of sentiments, that the population should hear from candidates and, duly informed, decide between them.  —  It's what Abraham Lincoln did, right?