Hunter Biden's Daughter and a Tale of Two Families  —  The story surrounding the president's grandchild in Arkansas, who has not yet met her father or her grandfather, is about money, corrosive politics and what it means to have the Biden birthright.  —  Katie Rogers reported from Batesville, Ark.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Washington.

I'm not a lawyer.  But I see what the same-sex wedding website case will mean.  —  In 2014, a year before the Supreme Court established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, two friends of mine held a wedding celebration near their home in Laramie, Wyo. Their planning involved …

Trump takes over small city in South Carolina show of force  —  His appearance was a shot across the bow in a critical primary state with two home-grown contenders.  —  PICKENS, S.C. — Donald Trump built his 2016 campaign on the ability to pack supporters into arenas and fields.

Shell still trading Russian gas despite pledge to stop  —  Shell is still trading Russian gas more than a year after pledging to withdraw from the Russian energy market.  —  The company was involved in nearly an eighth of Russia's shipborne gas exports in 2022, according to analysis from campaign group Global Witness.

Chris Christie Takes On Donald Trump  —  I offered to help prep Chris Christie for the debate with Donald Trump.  —  Christie helped prep Trump in 2016, saying he played Hillary Clinton very aggressively so that Trump would think the real thing was “a cakewalk.”

DeSantis, Seeking Attention, Uses L.G.B.T.Q Issues to Attack Trump  —  The Florida governor sought to contrast his record opposing gay and transgender rights in a video highlighting comments made by the former president during the 2016 campaign — but has gotten some pushback.

Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada.  Here's why they aren't being put out  —  Another wave of wildfire smoke has drifted into the US, dimming blue summer skies and igniting troubling concerns regarding the increasing frequency of fires, and what they have to do with climate change.

US attorney investigating Hunter Biden defends probe in letter to House Judiciary panel  —  David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware overseeing the criminal probe into Hunter Biden, has pushed back on claims that he had been unable to bring charges against President Joe Biden's son in certain areas …

The New York City pizza stove controversy, explained  —  The New York Post ignited a controversy Sunday when it published a story titled “NYC rules crack down on coal-, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%.”  The article accused climate change activists of threatening a beloved culinary staple.

A ‘Cage Match’ Between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg May Be No Joke  —  Talks over a matchup between the two tech billionaires have progressed and the parameters of an event are taking shape.  —  Ryan Mac reports on Twitter and Mike Isaac covers Meta.  They have both vowed to work out more frequently in 2023.

White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun's rays to slow global warming  —  A Biden administration report required by Congress outlines research options for a last-ditch effort to slow the heating of the planet.  But the White House says it's not changing its climate strategy.