Trump Crushing DeSantis and G.O.P. Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The twice-indicted former president leads across nearly every category and region, as primary voters wave off concerns about his escalating legal jeopardy.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump is dominating his rivals …

Trump team creating legal defense fund  —  Former President Donald Trump's team is creating a legal defense fund to help offset some of the enormous bills incurred as his legal troubles mount, two sources familiar with the planning told CNN.  —  The fund is expected to cover the bills …

DA Fani Willis gives more insight into decision over Trump Georgia election investigation  —  Willis said she's keeping her promise to give the American people an answer by Sept. 1.  —  SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is speaking just ahead of potential charges …

GOP lawmaker ‘screamed’ curse words inches from Senate pages' faces and ‘shooed’ them, source says  —  Congressional leaders have condemned Rep. Derrick Van Orden after he cursed at a group of Senate pages during an incident at the Capitol rotunda.  —  WASHINGTON — A freshman Republican …

Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the Race for Republican Nominee for President  —  Do you think the United States is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?  —  ALL  —  GENDER  —  AGE  —  RACE/ETHNICITY  —  RACE/ETHNICITY  —  EDUCATION  —  RACE/EDUCATION

First on CNN: Biden administration launches new income-driven student debt repayment plan  —  The Biden administration is launching a beta website for its new income-driven student loan repayment plan today, officials told CNN, allowing borrowers to begin submitting applications for the program …

Democrats worry their most loyal voters won't turn out for Biden in 2024  —  Democrats are worried about a potential drop next year in turnout among Black voters, the party's most loyal constituency, who played a consequential role in delivering the White House to President Biden in 2020 and will be crucial in his bid for reelection.

Idaho mom Lori Vallow to be sentenced in deaths of her 2 children and romantic rival  —  Vallow was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, her fifth husband's previous wife.

Blast rips through political gathering in Pakistan, killing at least 44  —  At least 44 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a political convention organized by an Islamist party in northwestern Pakistan, police said.  —  More than 100 were injured, 17 critically …

As he prepares for Hill testimony, Hunter Biden's ex-business partner also trying to fend off jail  —  The request from a U.S. attorney's office isn't expected to impact Devon Archer's Monday meeting with a House committee.  —  On the eve of high-profile testimony to a House committee …