Biden plots new course to get relief for student loan borrowers  —  President Biden on Friday announced new actions to offer student loan borrowers some forgiveness, reintroducing his forgiveness plan grounded in the Higher Education Act (HEA).  —  Using the HEA to provide student debt relief …

Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth  —  Gorsuch hands a victory to the Christian right by making false claims about an important First Amendment case.  —  On Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch released a 26-page opinion venting outrage about a legal dispute that does not exist, involving websites that do not exist.

Fox News Agrees to Pay $12 Million to Settle Hostile Workplace Suit  —  The settlement with a former producer, Abby Grossberg, is the latest development in a series of legal battles involving Fox.  —  Fox News has agreed to pay $12 million to Abby Grossberg, a former Fox News producer …

Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama's home had guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van  —  WASHINGTON — A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol wearing a “Make Space Great Again” hat had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested Thursday near former President …

Biden administration failed to foresee Afghanistan mayhem, review finds  —  A State Department report released Friday finds fault with the Biden administration's crisis management and awareness before and during the fall of Afghanistan, an affirmation of critics who have said that bureaucratic lethargy …

Brazil Set to Bar Bolsonaro From Office for Election-Fraud Claims  —  Brazil's electoral court had enough votes to block former President Jair Bolsonaro from office until 2030 for spreading false claims about voting.  —  Jack Nicas, The Times's correspondent in Brazil …

Hunter Biden attorney says WhatsApp message cited by Republicans is fake  —  In a purported 2017 message to a Chinese businessman, Hunter Biden allegedly threatened retaliation from his father, who was then a former vice president.  —  An attorney for Hunter Biden says purported screenshots …

Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis  —  In America, no person should face discrimination simply because of who they are or who they love.  The Supreme Court's disappointing decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis undermines that basic truth …

Alan Arkin, Oscar Winner for ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ Dies at 89  —  Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has confirmed.  He was 89.

He's The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer.  It's His Turn To Speak.  —  Renton Sinclair's mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life.  That's exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World.  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Renton Sinclair texted …

Protesters Blast Moms For Liberty Summit in Philly: ‘Klanned Karenhood’  —  “For people to come out here and stand against this kind of fascism is absolutely necessary.”  —  Moms for Liberty, the conservative organization that's pushed book bans across the country, descended on Philadelphia …

18 Hasidic Schools Failed to Provide Basic Education, New York City Finds  —  An eight-year investigation determined that the religious schools were breaking the law by not offering thousands of students adequate instruction in English and math.  —  Eighteen private schools run …

Why Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote about babysitters in her student loan opinion  —  Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a concurrence to Friday's ruling striking down President Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, defended the Supreme Court conservative majority's use of a controversial legal theory and …

Republican candidate Chris Christie: ‘Trump wants to be Putin in America’  —  The former New Jersey governor on his mission to stop the ex-president returning to power  —  I arrive a quarter of an hour early at the Tick Tock Diner to discover that Chris Christie is already there.

Ukraine Slams Russian Helicopter Base in Likely British Storm Shadow Missile Strike  —  Use of the high-tech British Storm Shadow is probable but unconfirmed.  Satellites photographed 29 Russian military helicopters parked at Berdyansk airport two weeks ago.

Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence  —  The court, which has decided very few Second Amendment cases, will consider whether the government may disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse.  —  Reporting from Washington

White women have helped sink the affirmative action ship  —  A very sweaty greeting from the Dallas heat dome.  Temperatures here have risen to make my home city hotter than 99 percent of the rest of the planet.  So far, our notorious power grid has held up.

This Has Been a Very Bad Week for the Supreme Court … The Supreme Court had a banner week: overturning affirmative action, ruling that it's OK to discriminate against gay people, and blocking President Biden's plan to relieve up to 43 million Americans from crippling debt.

Soros' Foundations to Cut 40% of Staff After Handover to Son  —  Open Society Foundations, the nonprofit founded by billionaire George Soros, plans to cut at least 40% of its staff in the coming months.  —  The charity, which earlier this month confirmed Soros, 92, was handing control to his son Alex …

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Jim Crow-era Mississippi voting law  —  The 1890 state constitutional amendment was intended to disproportionately remove voting rights from Black people convicted of certain crimes.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge …

CIA Chief William Burns Called to Reassure Kremlin After Wagner Mutiny  —  Russia's spy boss was told U.S. had no role in uprising  —  WASHINGTON—CIA Director William Burns quietly reached out to his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of a failed mutiny by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin …