Scoop: Trump quietly moves Haley off his blacklist … - Trump is scrambling to make up a fundraising disadvantage against President Biden and pay legal fees. … - A reconciliation with Haley, his former UN ambassador, also could help Trump cut attract some of the college-educated Republicans …

Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows … The I.R.S. believes that former President Donald J. Trump violated a law meant to prevent double-dipping on tax-reducing losses.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times  —  Former President Donald J. Trump used …

Trump's youngest son Barron ‘declines’ to be RNC delegate, his mother Melania says  —  Barron Trump is declining to serve as a delegate on behalf of his father at the Republican National Convention, according to his mother's office.  —  The Florida Republican Party announced on Wednesday …

Trump's Sleazy $1 Billion Shakedown of Oil Execs Gives Dems an Opening  —  Ever since Donald Trump descended that golden escalator in 2015, a central tenet of his bond with his supporters has been a simple promise to them: I have seen elite corruption and self-dealing from the inside, and I will put that know-how to work for you.

GOP escalates fight with Secret Service over convention protesters  —  Senior GOP representatives have been arguing for weeks with Secret Service officials, but the agency has not budged.  —  Top Republican Party officials are escalating their fight with the Secret Service over the party's convention …

Narrative of Trump snoozing in court takes hold — much to his annoyance  —  It's unclear if Donald Trump has actually been sleeping, and he vehemently denies it.  But Democrats and late-night hosts have seized on the reports anyway.  —  “Don Snoreleone.”  “Donnie Nappleseed.”  “Sleepy Don.”

Biden's isolation grows as Gaza report both criticizes and clears Israel  —  Like much of the president's, at times, halting approach toward the war, the report released to Congress on Friday drew criticism from across the political spectrum.

Clarence Thomas says critics are pushing ‘nastiness’ and calls Washington a ‘hideous place’  —  The Supreme Court justice said that “reckless” people in Washington, D.C., will “bomb your reputation.”  —  FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees …

A guilty verdict?  Donald Trump and allies are bracing voters for the worst  —  WASHINGTON - When former president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump claims that the judicial system wants to put him in jail, he's not just protesting the ongoing hush money trial.  —  Trump is also bracing voters for the possibility of a guilty verdict.

Will You Accept the Election Results?  Republicans Dodge the Question.  —  Leading Republicans have refused to say flatly that they will accept the outcome of the presidential election if Donald Trump loses.  —  Less than six months out from the presidential contest, leading Republicans …

Kristi Noem's dog killing is pure Southern gothic  —  A literary critic's take on the South Dakota governor's memoir, “No Going Back.”  —  Toward the end of Fred Gipson's 1956 classic, “Old Yeller,” Travis says, “It was going to kill something inside me to do it, but I knew then that I had to shoot my big yeller dog.”