Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  A grand jury indicted former president Donald Trump Tuesday for a raft of alleged crimes in his brazen efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election — the latest legal and political aftershock stemming from the riot …

Biden and Trump Are Tied in a Possible 2024 Rematch, Poll Finds  —  A Times/Siena poll suggests a slight Biden edge among voters who don't like either candidate.  —  After Democrats fared well against MAGA candidates in the midterms last year, it might have been reasonable to think that President Biden …

Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’  —  A test case challenging election results in Texas' biggest county follows a post-Trump playbook  —  A Republican judicial candidate who lost a district court election in Harris County, Texas …

Another GOP ‘bombshell’ fails to detonate  —  House Republicans are having a hard time selling the idea that Devon Archer's testimony was important  —  “Every day this bribery scandal becomes more credible,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night.

Meet the “scholars” who created Florida's new Black history curriculum  —  To comply with the Stop WOKE Act, a 2022 law championed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), the state needed to create a new curriculum for Black history.  The law required the curriculum to “celebrate …

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies unexpectedly after undisclosed medical issue  —  Oliver had been serving as acting governor while Phil Murphy was out of state.  —  New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver died Tuesday, one day after she was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue.

Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says  —  Three former dancers have filed a suit against Lizzo, accusing the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.  —  LOS ANGELES — Three of Lizzo's former dancers have accused …

Revealed: The criteria for the second Republican primary debate  —  Things are about to get harder for the field.  —  The Republican National Committee is upping the thresholds significantly for presidential candidates seeking to qualify for the party's second sanctioned debate next month …

Biden Allies Spread Photoshopped Pictures of the President to ‘Prove’ He's Fit for Second Term  —  As a growing number of Americans believe President Biden is too old for a second term in office, White House allies are employing a desperate strategy to convince voters that the President is fit enough to serve:

Fitch downgrades U.S. long-term ratings to AA+ from AAA  — Fitch Ratings cut the United States' long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to AA+ from AAA.  — The agency had placed the country's rating on negative watch in May, citing the debt ceiling fight in Washington.

Former Ivory Coast president Bedie dies at 89, relative says  —  Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie, part of an old guard of politicians who dominated politics in the West African nation for a generation, has died aged 89, a close relative told Reuters on Tuesday.

The new Democrat line: Hunter was selling an “illusion” of access  —  A week or two ago I wrote about the “limited hangout” strategy of dealing with a crisis.  It is a strategy used by intelligence agencies that have been caught doing something illegal and/or embarrassing, made famous during the Watergate scandal.

Idaho AG can't prosecute providers for abortion referrals, federal judge orders in injunction  —  A federal judge in Idaho has granted a preliminary injunction barring Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador from taking legal action against medical providers who refer patients across state lines …