Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump's ballroom project, with half from taxpayers  —  An internal cost estimate in March by the project's contractor ran $200 million more than Trump has said publicly and counters his claims that no taxpayer money will be spent.  —  Summary

Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump's Renovation  —  Warm weather has fueled a bloom that US National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations.  —  On Wednesday morning …

Claiming an Antifa Plot, U.S. Charges 15 in Minneapolis With Conspiracy  —  The 94-page conspiracy indictment was filed as federal prosecutors in Minnesota had trouble sustaining many criminal cases filed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters.

The Trump-Iran Deal Allows Tehran to Immediately Sell Oil  —  The agreement also waives banking and transport sanctions to facilitate transactions, an early financial benefit  —  The U.S. will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the deal to end the war …

Education Dept. plans to move special ed and civil rights out of the agency  —  The moves are part of an effort to close the department by moving its functions to other parts of the government.  —  Summary  —  The Education Department plans to move work overseeing special-education services …

FBI disrupts alleged explosive-drone plot targeting White House UFC event, officials say  —  FIRST ON FOX: The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend's UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., officials told Fox News Digital.

Kash Patel may have a ‘personal slush fund’ of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents, says Raskin  —  FBI Director Kash Patel may have authorized taxpayer-funded special payments to his inner circle of FBI executives and agents on his protective detail, according to the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.

The Untold Story of Jeffrey Epstein's Death  —  Late in the afternoon of July 6, 2019, about a dozen F.B.I. agents and New York Police Department officers gathered at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, waiting out of view of the tarmac so as not to spook their quarry.

Hawley demands answers from MLB over warning players who wrote Bible verses on Pride hats  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the MLB on Tuesday, seeking answers on why the professional baseball league threatened to penalize three San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night hats.

Mississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Senatobia Shoplifting Call  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  A Mississippi police officer shot 1-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley while responding to a shoplifting call on Sunday, killing him and critically wounding an adult.

Carville: Trump ‘going to walk away’ from presidency by next Easter  —  Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday predicted that President Trump is “going to walk away” from the presidency and leave office by next Easter.  —  Carville said during a discussion with his “Politics War Room” …

The Theory of the Vulgar Class  —  Collapsing norms, cage matches, and a republic in danger  —  On Sunday Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday with a cage match on the White House lawn.  The match and the events that surrounded it — especially the press conference with UFC fighters …

Exclusive: Iran deal includes $300 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source says  —  A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.

SPLC boss funneled $1.2 million to lover in neo-Nazi group — pair even had joint bank account  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  A top Southern Poverty Law Center official is accused of helping funnel $1.2 million in donor money …

Senate Judiciary schedules confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a date for Todd Blanche's two-day confirmation hearing next month, potentially putting the attorney general nominee on track to be confirmed by the full Senate as soon as before the August recess — if he can get the votes.

OMB nominee 'can't commit' to forgoing ‘pocket rescissions’ funding gambit this year  —  President Donald Trump's pick for deputy director of the White House budget office told lawmakers Tuesday he can't promise the administration won't unilaterally cancel funding later this year without Congress' consent.

A $40 Million Gold Heist Risks Exposing CIA's Top-Secret Spy Programs  —  Veterans of the agency worry the case will compromise legitimate, highly classified operations against American adversaries  —  Five decades ago, four burglars broke into a billionaire's safe, setting off a chain …

Trump's Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges  —  Trump-appointed bank regulators' crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump's family crypto business is expected to soon …

A Teddy Roosevelt quote adorns a D.C. building.  He probably didn't say it.  —  The words about courage appear on a poster on the facade of the Office of Personnel Management.  But scholars say there's no evidence the 26th president said them.  —  Summary

Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener  —  The coach of Iran's World Cup team said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing …