Arizona escalates probe into alleged efforts to swing election for Trump  —  PHOENIX — Arizona's top prosecutor is ramping up a criminal investigation into alleged attempts by Republicans to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state by signing and transmitting paperwork …

Official Statement on the Investigation of a Substance Found in the White House  —  Published By U.S. Secret Service Media Relations  —  WASHINGTON - On the evening of July 2, officers from the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division found an unknown substance inside a vestibule leading …

House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe  —  Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct …

Trump reveals new details about $1 billion in earnings in revised filing  —  In a revision to an earlier filing, the Republican presidential hopeful showed specific income from foreign ventures, speaking fees and real estate  —  Former president Donald Trump disclosed new details …

House Votes to Limit Abortion Access in the Military, Bowing to the Right  —  G.O.P. leaders acceded to the demands of ultraconservatives to use the annual defense policy bill to lodge cultural grievances and protest continued U.S. support for Ukraine.  —  Reporting from Washington

Leaked audio of Marianne Williamson volunteer staff call reveals a bleak state of her campaign  —  A two-hour long zoom meeting ranged from accusations to therapy.  —  Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson privately warned volunteers that her campaign was desperate …

Confidential Ron DeSantis campaign memo reassures donors amid stumbles  —  In a confidential strategy memo obtained by NBC News, DeSantis' campaign says it will stay focused on the early states and not yet make investments in Super Tuesday battlegrounds.  —  Ron DeSantis is trying …

Trump Super PAC Made $155,000 Payment to Melania Trump in 2021  —  The money was listed as pay for a “speaking engagement” by Ms. Trump in a new personal financial disclosure by her husband.  —  A super PAC aligned with former President Donald J. Trump paid Melania Trump $155,000 in late 2021 …

Hunter Biden's lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump over social media posts  —  A lawyer for Hunter Biden said his client could be harmed by Trump's rhetoric.  —  LIVE  —  An attorney for Hunter Biden sent a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday to former President Donald Trump's legal team …

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists  —  On March 15, 2022, an email appeared in the inbox of the election director of Forsyth County, Georgia, with the subject line “Challenge of Elector's Eligibility.”

F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill  —  The price of the pill, which has not been announced, will determine how affordable it will be when it becomes available in early 2024.  —  Pam Belluck has covered reproductive health for more than a decade.

New York Is Ordered by Appeals Court to Redraw House Map  —  The decision, if upheld, could allow Democrats to shift as many as six G.O.P.-held seats in their direction.  Republicans vowed to appeal.  —  The Latest  —  A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered the state's congressional map …

Complaint  —  A case challenging the application of Texas's TikTok ban to public university faculty  —  ISSUES  —  Institute's Stephanie Krent Discusses Jail Mail Digitization Challenge on “Pod Save the People”  —  The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel was once known as the …

Former crypto CEO arrested on fraud charges  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Trade Commission also filed charges.  —  U.S. authorities on Thursday arrested Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network …

More than 1 in 4 staffers in these senators' offices are LGBTQ  —  Senate Democrats released a staff diversity report on Thursday showing the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of their offices.  —  More than 1 in 4 staffers identify as LGBTQ in the offices of at least eight U.S. senators …

Trump loses Iowa endorser days after attacking the state's governor  —  Jeff Reichman, a state Senator, is heading to Team DeSantis.  —  An Iowa state senator who'd previously endorsed Donald Trump is flipping his support toRon DeSantis just days after the former president attacked Iowa's popular Republican governor, Kim Reynolds.

Revealed: Florida Republicans target voter registration groups with thousands in fines  —  Fines on list given to the Guardian were levied by agency created at Ron DeSantis's behest to investigate voter fraud, which is rare  —  Florida Republicans have hit dozens of voter registration groups …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. press dinner explodes in war of words and farting  —  Page Six regrets to report that a press dinner to boost Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign devolved into a foul bout of screaming and polemic farting on Tuesday night.  —  The White House hopeful attended …

Kerry erupts after his private jet use is mocked in House hearing, denies ever owning one  —  An LLC partly owned by Kerry sold a jet he traveled in last year  —  Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry lashed out at House lawmakers during a committee hearing on Thursday …

Kavanaugh: No warring camps at Supreme Court  —  The Trump-appointed justice insisted that the court is not divided along partisan lines, despite a flurry of major polarized decisions.  —  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Thursday against perceptions …

Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Writers and Actors Are Not Being ‘Realistic’ With Strikes: 'It's Very Disturbing to Me'  —  During an appearance on CNBC's “Squawk Box” on Thursday morning, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the writers and actors unions going on strike in Hollywood are not being “realistic” with their expectations.