Fox's Brit Hume Torches Trump's Explanations for Why He Took Documents: They ‘Verge on Incoherent’  —  Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume is not buying Donald Trump's excuses for why he took government documents to his Mar-a-Lago estate when he left the White House in January 2021.

Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case  —  The president's son would get about two years probation and enter a diversion program, people familiar with the negotiations said  —  President Biden's son Hunter has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors …

Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking  —  Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women.  —  His brother Tristan and two associates also face charges.  All have denied the allegations.

RFK Jr. claims chemicals in the water are turning boys transgender  —  Democratic presidential candidate known for pushing conspiracy theories  —  In a recently unearthed video interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the noted anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and a Democratic challenger …

Lawyer Eastman faces disciplinary hearing over plot to keep Trump in power after 2020 election loss  —  An effort to disbar conservative attorney John Eastman, who devised ways to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat in the 2020 election, will begin Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Revealed: New Orleans archdiocese concealed serial child molester for years  —  Lawrence Hecker confessed to superiors he had molested multiple teenagers but he was never prosecuted, secret documents show  —  The last four Roman Catholic archbishops of New Orleans went to shocking lengths …

Rescuers race against time to find the missing sub in the Atlantic bound for the Titanic site  —  Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find a missing submersible carrying five people on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic …

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.

US murder rate declines dramatically in 2023 — but you probably haven't heard about it  —  In 2020, along with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dramatic spike in murders in the United States.  This increase in lethal violence, understandably, was covered extensively in national and local media outlets.

Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns  —  Details of the former president's agreement to work with a Saudi firm to develop a hotel and golf complex overlooking the Gulf of Oman highlight the ways his business and political roles intersect.  —  Reporting from Yiti, Oman

Federal Policy on Homelessness Becomes New Target of the Right  —  The approach known as Housing First has long enjoyed bipartisan support.  But conservatives are pushing efforts to replace it with programs that put more emphasis on sobriety and employment.

Democrat, Republican team to limit Chinese purchase of U.S. farmland  —  Sens. Ernst and Stabenow said they responding to a possible threat to the U.S. food supply and to keep China from buying farmland near military installations.  —  A bipartisan pair of senators hopes to limit China's ability …

6 teens shot near Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee  —  A half-dozen teens were shot and injured during a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee on Monday afternoon, according to local police.  —  The victims varied in age from 14 to 19 years old.

‘Too Painful’: Trump Says Ivanka Won't Serve In A 2024 Administration  —  The former president commiserated that his daughter had to step back from her clothing brand when he gave her a job in the White House.  —  Donald Trump said his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner …

Donald Trump trial: Classified documents hearing set one week before first GOP debate  —  Judge Aileen Cannon has set the first court date for former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial, a little over a week before the first GOP primary debate.

Beijing Plans a New Training Facility in Cuba, Raising Prospect of Chinese Troops on America's Doorstep  —  Biden administration scrambles to forestall China's ambitions in the Caribbean  —  WASHINGTON—China and Cuba are negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island …

What Republicans Say About Their Risky Balancing Act on Abortion  —  The historic Dobbs ruling has hurt the party electorally, but G.O.P. lawmakers are still moving to pass more restrictive laws.  These two realities represent the defining political fallout of the end of Roe v. Wade.

Alexei Navalny calls on Russians to back new anti-war campaign  —  Latest trial of opposition activist could lead to him being held in prison for decades  —  Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition activist, urged his countrymen to join a new information campaign against the war …