Alito and Roberts, Secretly Recorded at Gala, Share Markedly Different Worldviews  —  The two justices were surreptitiously recorded at a Supreme Court gala last week by a woman posing as a Catholic conservative.  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative …

Hunter Biden found guilty on all three charges  —  A jury in Delaware has found Hunter Biden guilty on three felony gun charges.  —  Hunter Biden was charged in federal court in Wilmington with three felony counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics.  He had pleaded not guilty.

Sinclair injects deceptive attacks on Biden's age into dozens of local broadcasts  —  This is a special joint edition of Public Notice and Judd Legum's Popular Information.  You can subscribe to Popular Information here.  —  Two outlets controlled by right-wing media tycoons are working …

Unfounded attacks on the Justice Department must end  —  Conspiracy theories, falsehoods and threats of violence against DOJ personnel are not normal.  —  Merrick Garland is attorney general of the United States.  —  Last week, a California man was convicted of threatening to bomb …

No lawmakers have lost primaries yet.  Will the streak end tonight?  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  We're wishing Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) a rapid recovery after he suffered a bruised shoulder in a car crash on Sunday.  Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.

Is Donald Trump okay?  —  His story about hypothetically being electrocuted is another glimpse into a mind that is unwell.  —  It is irresponsible to obsess over President Biden's tendency to mangle a couple of words in a speech while Donald Trump is out there sounding detached from reality.

House Democrats launch group to respond to possible second Trump term  —  A group of House Democrats is launching a new task force to respond to the possibility of former President Donald Trump's return to office.  The group is reacting to the so-called Project 2025, a policy road map …

Gaza Chief's Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas  —  Yahya Sinwar's correspondence with compatriots and mediators shows he is confident that Hamas can outlast Israel

Playbook: The ugly war over a Trump snub  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A FRATERNAL GLOBAL BRAID — “Under siege, 3 world leaders say: Bring it on,” John F. Harris and Alexander Burns: “The calculations of [JOE BIDEN …

Why the Words ‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’ Bother Trump So Much  —  TOUCHY MUCH?  —  Fury over ad highlighting comments about fallen U.S. soldiers shows Trump and his campaign can dish out his favorite insults but hate taking them in return.  —  Donald Trump has always been comfortable hurling insults.

Democratic efforts to lure young voters include beer and birth control  —  The donor-funded experiments target younger voters in major metropolitan areas of a few key states who, if they do vote, tend to favor Democrats.  —  Hey there, youthful voter.  —  Are you already over the presidential election?

In Trump's orbit, some muse about mandatory military service  —  Only 1 percent of the U.S. population serves in the armed forces.  Some in the former president's camp say it's time more young adults put “some skin in the game.”  —  TEXARKANA, Tex. — Kyra Rousseau remembers feeling trapped …

Manhattan DA Bragg, who secured Trump conviction, to testify before GOP-led Judiciary Committee  —  Bragg and prosecutor Matthew Colangelo will testify before the House Judiciary panel, led by Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, on July 12.  —  WASHINGTON — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg …

How Republicans used misleading videos to attack Biden in a 24-hour period  —  Such deceptively edited videos, known as “cheap fakes,” have become staples of Republican attacks against President Biden.

Biden proposes to ban medical debt from credit reports, loan decisions  —  The draft rules, arriving less than five months before Election Day, are part of President Biden's argument that he is addressing pocketbook problems.  —  The Biden administration Tuesday will announce rules …

Four US college instructors stabbed in public park in China  —  Police in China have arrested a 55-year-old man after four US university tutors were stabbed by an assailant at a public park in a rare attack on foreigners.  —  The Iowa Cornell College instructors are in hospital after a …

Views toward student loan relief are tied to partisanship and experience with debt  —  Less than a third approve of President Biden's handling of student loan debt, but the public is more likely to support than oppose his administration's latest debt relief plans.

Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, US cites ‘hopeful sign’  —  Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the U.S. Secretary of State called “a hopeful sign”.