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 …

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 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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

World Health Organization releases reports on artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer risk  —  The U.S. FDA said it did not agree with the cancer research group's conclusions that linked aspartame to cancer.  —  Is aspartame safe?  —  The World Health Organization's cancer research group …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …