Top Trump campaign aide identified as key individual in classified docs indictment: Sources  —  Susie Wiles, a trusted adviser, is helping lead Trump's reelection effort.  —  One of the top advisers on Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named …

National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers  —  The magazine, which remains among the most read in the U.S., has struggled in the digital era to command the kind of resources that fueled the deep reporting it became known for  —  Like one of the endangered species whose impending extinction …

Human remains and debris from sub returned to land after fatal implosion near Titanic site  —  The Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with its home ship on June 18 off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.  All five people on board were killed.

Russia detains ‘General Armageddon’ in crackdown on pro-Wagner elites  —  Sergei Surovikin was known to have had good relations with warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin  —  Top Russian army general Sergei Surovikin has been detained as the Kremlin cracks down on Wagner sympathisers following the militia's failed mutiny last week.

For some Republicans who endorsed Biden in 2020, the next election looks bleak  —  Several who backed Biden said they never heard from him or his staff again.  —  WASHINGTON — Right after Joe Biden's election victory in 2020, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman got a phone call.

Inside Biden's dramatic backchannel to Russia as a near-coup unfolded  —  The U.S. reached out to Russia at a critical moment to ensure there was no confusion about its lack of involvement.  —  Last weekend, as President Joe Biden and top national security aides watched a dramatic …

Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said he would seek to abolish the departments of education, commerce and energy, as well as the IRS.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that if elected president …

If ‘Bidenomics’ works, it will be a very big deal  —  President Biden might not seem like a revolutionary, but he is presiding over a fundamental change in the nation's approach to economics.  Not only is he proposing a major break from the “trickle-down” policies of Ronald Reagan …

Chinese Balloon Used American Tech to Spy on Americans  —  Preliminary U.S. findings show the craft collected photos and videos but didn't appear to transmit them, officials say  —  The Chinese spy balloon that floated over the U.S. early this year was loaded with American-made equipment …

Biden Has Begun Using CPAP Machine to Aid With Sleep Apnea  —  President Joe Biden has begun using a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine to treat longstanding sleep apnea, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  As Biden departed the White House on Wednesday …

A Record 100,000 People in New York Homeless Shelters  —  An influx of migrants has contributed to record numbers of people entering the city's shelter system.  —  New York City passed a woeful milestone this week, spurred by an influx of migrants from the nation's southern border …

The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook  —  Inspired by Jewish groups that cast criticism of Israel as antisemitism, Hindu American organizations are advancing a concept of “Hinduphobia” that puts India beyond reproach.  —  EVERY AUGUST, the township of Edison, New Jersey …

Tucker's New Mediaco  —  Life inside the Fox News bunker, the Watters-Hannity-Gutfeld Cerberus, and news on Tucker Carlson's new media ambitions.  —  On Monday morning, while Fox News C.E.O. Suzanne Scott was announcing the network's new evening lineup—confirming Jesse Watters' long-anticipated ascension …

DOJ questions Raffensperger for Trump election probe  —  Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's efforts to cling to power following the 2020 election interviewed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in Atlanta on Wednesday.  —  Few other details about the meeting …

Biden warns top aides against offering him political advice about Hunter  —  The president's message, as one source described it, was: “Hands off my family.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has made it clear to his closest aides in no uncertain terms that he not only will reject …

RFK Jr.: 'I'm proud that President Trump likes me'  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to criticize former President Trump on Wednesday night and said he was flattered by recent comments from Trump praising him as a “common-sense guy.”  —  Asked by moderator Elizabeth Vargas what Kennedy thinks about Trump …

Multiple deputies fired after 2 Black men file lawsuit alleging torture and attempted sexual assault in Mississippi  —  The Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Mississippi has fired multiple deputies after two Black men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging six White deputies entered …

McCarthy confronts a spending mess that will test his speakership  —  The speaker faces a monumental challenge over the next three months: bringing his conservatives and more centrist members together on a workable plan to fund the government.  He's not there yet.

DeSantis agency sent $92 million in covid relief funds to donor-backed project  —  Mori Hosseini, who lent a golf simulator for the governor's mansion, championed a new exchange on Interstate 95 that feeds into his housing and shopping center project  —  The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …

Senate Republicans try to stop messy Montana primary  —  GOP leaders are working to clear the field for former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.  —  Senate GOP leaders got their dream recruit in Montana.  Now they have to work to keep their 2018 loser out.

Tucker Carlson claims hypocrisy in Ukraine's war for ‘democracy’  —  Tucker Carlson claimed there is hypocrisy behind calling the war in Ukraine a war for “democracy” in the latest episode of his podcast.  —  Since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, lawmakers in Congress …

Biden administration announces more than $3 billion in funding to tackle homelessness with veterans focus  —  The Biden administration announced new actions Thursday to help prevent and reduce veteran homelessness across the country, including $3.1 billion in funding to support efforts to quickly rehouse homeless Americans.

Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO's cancer research agency to say - sources  —  One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process …