Trump All But Confesses to Mishandling Classified Docs on Fox News  —  The former president, facing charges of mishandling classified information, nearly confessed to the crime — while blaming his “golf shirts” … But he ended up essentially confessing to the crime of which he's accused …

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 …

Former Navy officer, US congressman calls for deployment of nuclear sub to search for missing Titanic tour  —  The tourist submersible went missing Sunday with five people on board  —  EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. congressman who served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy is calling …

Romanian prosecutors send Andrew Tate to trial for human trafficking  —  Romanian prosecutors sent divisive internet personality Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and two other suspects to trial on Tuesday on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

North Carolina GOP House speaker ‘engaged in group sex with people seeking political favor’: lawsuit  —  The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is being accused to using his position to secure sexual favors.  —  As WSOC-TV reports, a new lawsuit filed …

How Classified Evidence Could Complicate the Trump Documents Case  —  Prosecutors and defense lawyers appear to be preparing for a pretrial fight over showing sensitive evidence to the jury and the public.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump …

The charlatan who has Trump's ear  —  Tom Fitton is no lawyer, but Trump listens to him.  Why?  Because he's saying what Trump wants to hear.  —  ∙ Paid … During his sordid, lengthy legal history, Donald Trump has had some terrible lawyers — Roy Cohn, Rudy Guiliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis.

A Year After Dobbs, Republicans Push Into Risky Territory on Abortion  —  The historic 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.

China's Rebound Hits a Wall, and There Is ‘No Quick Fix’ to Revive It  —  Policymakers and investors expected China's economy to rev up again after Beijing abruptly dropped Covid precautions, but recent data shows alarming signs of a slowdown.  —  When China suddenly dismantled its lockdowns …

Biden calls Tuberville hold on military nominations ‘bizarre’  —  LOS GATOS, Calif. — President Biden on Monday called Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) hold on military nominees over the Department of Defense's abortion policy “bizarre.”  —  Biden, during a fundraiser in Los Gatos, Calif. …

Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today's climate disaster  —  Once upon a time, the mainstream Republican Party did not deny the reality of climate science and even saw the environment as something to be valued and protected, not exploited.

What Americans Get Wrong When They Talk about Race  —  On Juneteenth, we celebrate black progress.  But if we want to achieve more of it, writes Tomiwa Owolade, we need ideas that aren't born in the U.S.A.  —  On this day in 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect …

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 …

Saudi Arabia is quietly changing its textbooks.  Could that lead to acceptance of Israel?  —  Editor's Note: A version of this story appears in CNN's Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region's biggest stories.  Sign up here.  —  Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi CNN —

Biden Says His Foreign Policy Knowledge Equals Even Kissinger  —  President Joe Biden praised his own experience in foreign policy on Monday, saying it was the equal of anyone — including veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger.  —  “I'm going to say something outrageous.

New Hampshire State Senator Keith Murphy Arrested for Bar Fight  —  ‘AGGRESSIVE MANNER’  —  A New Hampshire state senator has been arrested after allegedly slapping and spitting on a man in a bar, police say.  Keith Murphy, 47, a Republican lawmaker who was elected in 2022 …

Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights  —  Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’  —  With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from LGBTQ+ people and others …

Sen. Josh Hawley Shares His Mindblowingly Stupid Thoughts on Juneteenth  —  “Today is a good day to remember: Christianity is the faith and America is the place slavery came to die,” the Missouri senator tweeted.  Who's gonna tell him?  —  On June 19th, 1865, Union Civil War soldiers …

House GOP moves to ban public access to service members' military records  —  The proposal comes after the Pentagon erroneously released the personal information of several Republican politicians who were current or former members of the armed forces.  —  House Republicans are attempting …