Trump Faces Major New Charges in Documents Case  —  The office of the special counsel accused the former president of seeking to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.  A maintenance worker, Carlos De Oliveira, was also named as a new defendant.  —  Federal prosecutors …

DeSantis' reboot still dodges the biggest issue  —  The former president remains one of the Florida governor's biggest obstacles.  —  He's cutting costs, shedding staff and swapping big speeches for intimate diner stops.  —  But the reboot of Ron DeSantis' flailing presidential campaign …

Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints  —  About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

‘Jackasses,’ ‘little s‑‑‑‑’: GOP congressman curses out teenage Senate pages  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) is in hot water after he cursed out a group of teenage Senate pages in the Capitol rotunda early Thursday morning.  —  According to a transcript written …

‘You Are a P*ssy’: McCarthy and Swalwell Get in House Floor Feud  —  There's a story going around Capitol Hill that Democrats are delighted to tell. … There's a story going around Capitol Hill that Democrats insist you just have to hear.  It's about how Speaker Kevin McCarthy is “a pussy.”

A Four-Way Race?:  The 2024 Presidential Contest is Anything But Settled  —  Biden v. Trump is the story today, but it's unlikely that voters will be satisfied choosing between a nearly 82-year-old incumbent and a 78-year-old challenger who may be a convicted felon.

HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses  —  Ninfa Saavedra, Digital Content Specialist  —  HOUSTON - Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and converting the libraries into 'Team Centers" …

Senate passes defense policy bill, setting up showdown with the House  —  The Senate passed a critical national defense policy bill Thursday evening - setting up a showdown with the Republican-controlled House.  —  The House passed its own version of the bill - known as the National Defense …

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record  —  Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar  —  The era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived” …

Moms, a target of the right, lean heavily left  —  To hear prominent Republicans tell it, theirs is the party of parents.  This is somewhere downstream from Donald Trump's eagerness to turn the corner on the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, which intertwined with parents' frustration about their kids not being in school.

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’  —  The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.  —  An effort by United States lawmakers to prevent government agencies …

How A Federal Judge Turned The Tables On Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal  —  Judge Noreika knew lawyers were trying to paint her into a corner and hide the ball while forcing her to rubber-stamp their absurd bargain.  —  Hunter Biden arrived in a Delaware federal court on Wednesday morning expecting …

McConnell seeks to silence GOP speculation about his future  —  After an on-camera freeze-up, the longest-serving Senate party leader of all time is making clear he's not going anywhere.  —  Mitch McConnell moved on Thursday to quash speculation about whether he will finish out this Congress …