The Mayor Had a Photo of a Fallen Officer.  Was His Story About It True?  —  Mayor Eric Adams has often talked about a wrinkled photo of a fallen police officer that he kept in his wallet.  Now that photo and the story have been called into question.  —  In Mayor Eric Adams's first month in office …

Trump aide Nauta pleads not guilty in Florida classified documents case  —  Nauta hired Florida lawyer Sasha Dadan after his previous hearings were postponed because he didn't have a local attorney.  —  Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case

How DeSantis is Making Trump Look More Electable  —  The FL Governor is running a race designed in a lab to strengthen Trump  —  The largest drivers of electoral outcomes are beyond anyone's control — the mood of the country, the state of the economy, world events, etc.

A New Poll on the Trump Indictments Has a Surprising Result  —  A new POLITICO Magazine/Ipsos poll finds one thing that unites people on the Trump indictments.  —  Not much unites the country when it comes to Donald Trump.  And the public's reaction to the former president's two historic indictments …

Why a sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists  —  Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures  —  A remarkable spate of historic heat is hitting the planet, raising alarm over looming extreme weather dangers …

Belarus leader claims Wagner chief is in Russia, adding uncertainty about his fate after revolt  —  The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his Wagner troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions …

Former U.S. officials have held secret Ukraine talks with prominent Russians  —  The aim of the discussions is to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations to end the war, people briefed on the talks tell NBC News.  —  LONDON — A group of former senior U.S. national security officials …

Bypassing Biden: Democrats Think of What Could Have Been  —  In Michigan, a governor with a powerful message seems ready for the next step, but an octogenarian president stands in her way.  —  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — At the very moment last month that images of President Joe Biden falling …

My Deeply Unsettling Return to the Moms for Liberty Conference  —  Beneath the “joyful warrior” cosplay was a startlingly dark agenda.  —  Last Friday morning, at the beginning of a hot June day in Philadelphia, I walked through a phalanx of about a hundred protesters in order …

“Trump has called all patriots”: 174 Jan. 6th criminal defendants say Trump incited them  —  One hundred seventy-four defendants from 37 states who were charged for their participation in the January 6th insurrection have said they were answering Donald Trump's calls when they traveled …

Attorney who challenged Trump's 2020 loss gives up law license as states weigh disciplining him  —  Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license, electing to retire from practicing rather than face possible disbarment.

Justice Jackson's Incredible Statistic  —  Her dissent from the ruling on affirmative action makes an obviously implausible claim.  —  Even Supreme Court justices are known to be gullible.  In a dissent from last week's ruling against racial preferences in college admissions …

Former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says White House cocaine can't be Hunter Biden's  —  Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany eliminated Hunter Biden as a suspect in the Biden administration's cocaine bag scandal despite the president's son's well-documented history of drug use.

Trump posted what he said was Obama's address, prosecutors say.  An armed man was soon arrested there.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns …

How Tom Brady's Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality  —  The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash.  Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.  —  Erin Griffith covers start-ups and venture capital, and David Yaffe-Bellany writes about the crypto industry.

Voter in Iowa questions Mike Pence about his actions on Jan. 6  —  During a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa, former Vice President Mike Pence was confronted by a voter who was unhappy with his actions on January 6, 2021.  The voter asked Pence, “Do you ever second guess yourself,” adding …

New York State Built Elon Musk a $1 Billion Factory.  ‘It Was a Bad Deal.’  —  New Tesla facility in Buffalo was supposed to house a huge solar-panel operation, but the project hasn't turned out as planned.  —  BUFFALO, N.Y.—New York spent nearly $1 billion over the past decade …

Trump Begins to Sour on ‘Spotlight Hound’ Kari Lake for VP  —  Trump advisers say Kari Lake has been losing her footing with the former president because, in his eyes, she always wants attention.  —  When the annual Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll was taken this year …

Private sector companies added 497,000 jobs in June, more than double expectations, ADP says  — Private sector jobs surged by 497,000 in June, well ahead of the 267,000 gain in May and much better than the 220,000 estimate.  — Leisure and hospitality led with 232,000 new hires …

Who Knew the Colosseum Was So Old?  Tourist Apologizes for Defacement.  —  A man who etched his initials and those of his girlfriend in a wall of the nearly 2,000-year-old monument wrote a letter of apology, and his lawyer says he is hoping for a plea bargain.

NHTSA presses Tesla for more records in Autopilot safety probe  — Tesla must send updated records to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration as part of an ongoing Autopilot safety probe.  — If Tesla fails to supply the agency with the requested records, it faces …

Australian minister calls Trump Jr a ‘big baby’ over cancelled tour  —  Australian Home Minister Clare O'Neil on Thursday called Donald Trump Jr. a “big baby”, after the son of the former U.S. president cancelled a planned speaking tour.  —  The younger Trump, who had been booked on a three …

It Makes Sense That Bidenomics Is Unpopular (So Far)  —  Progressives have long aspired to make American politics more materialistic.  —  In recent decades, the Democratic Party has bled support from socially conservative working-class voters.  Although these losses have been partially offset …

OceanGate suspends all exploration and commercial operations after Titan implosion  —  Five people were killed during an expedition to the Titanic wreckage.  —  OceanGate said it is suspending all exploration and commercial operations after five people were killed, including the company's CEO …

Fake “liberal” Twitter account exposed: We should worry less about AI and more about human stupidity  —  “Erica Marsh” was obviously not real, but MAGA Twitter just can't quit their addiction to disinformation  —  The funniest aspect of the “Erica Marsh” story is how obvious …

Extremist-Related Mass Killings Have Been On The Rise  —  Just days after a gunman opened fire in a suburban outlet mall in Texas in May, killing eight people, his far-right extremist views became apparent.  His online posts and profile, the symbols on the clothing he wore …

US Services Activity Expand by Most in Four Months on Stronger Demand  —  The US service sector expanded in June at the fastest pace in four months as business activity and orders quickened.  —  The Institute for Supply Management's overall gauge of services increased 3.6 points …

A new crisis at the border: Traumatic injuries caused by falls from Trump's 30-foot wall  —  It was 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning.  I was a 13-year-old kid, growing up in South Los Angeles.  I packed my bags and headed downtown, where I set up a cardboard box with pens and a rack for shirts on the sidewalk, selling them to passersby.

Under strict abortion law, Texas had nearly 10,000 more births than expected in last nine months of 2022, research suggests  —  A strict abortion law that took effect in Texas in 2021 may have led to nearly 10,000 more births than expected in the last nine months of 2022, according to research published in the journal JAMA.

A Radical Idea for Fixing Polarization  —  For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties.  Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever gets the most votes will represent …

He was the CIA whiz kid in 'Charlie Wilson's War.' His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine  —  After the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in 1989, defeated by an insurgency equipped and guided by the U.S., a two-word cable arrived at CIA headquarters: “WE WON.”

AOC, Dan Crenshaw and the mellow struggle for psychedelic drug access  —  What do a democratic socialist, a Republican war veteran and a long-haired lobbyist from Montana have in common?  They want the government to relax about certain mind-altering substances.

Orthodox Men Dominate Mayor Adams's New Jewish Advisory Council  —  A majority of the advisers are Orthodox and only a quarter are women, drawing criticism from Jewish leaders including Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York.  —  If there is an archetypical Jewish New Yorker …

A Hungarian Lesson on Student Loans  —  Friday's Supreme Court decision to throw out President Biden's $430 billion student-loan-forgiveness program pleased fiscal conservatives.  But the larger political—and social—question around student loans isn't going away.  To answer it, conservatives will need a plan.