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Barron Trump Is Picked to Be Delegate at the Republican Convention

In his most political role to date, Donald J. Trump’s youngest son will serve as a delegate from Florida just a few months after graduating from high school. [...]

Harris Warns of Supreme Court’s Future Rulings: ‘I Worry About Fundamental Freedoms’

In an interview with The Times, Vice President Kamala Harris deepened her criticism of the conservative justices who overturned Roe and singled out Clarence Thomas’s views on other settled cases. [...]

Supreme Court Rules Against Women Whose Cars Were Seized by the Police

Two Alabama women spent more than a year trying to reclaim vehicles they owned, which the police had confiscated after arresting their drivers on drug charges. [...]

Mike Johnson Becomes the Speaker of the Whole House. For Now.

Democrats saved the speaker but want to oust him at the ballot box in November, while his standing in his own party remains in serious question. [...]

Stormy Daniels Fights Back

Facing intense questioning from Donald Trump’s lawyers, Daniels responded at times with sharp retorts. [...]

Fresh Off Defeat in Speaker Fight, Greene Is ‘Thrilled’ With the Chaos She Wrought

The hard-right congresswoman from Georgia said she got exactly what she wanted when she failed to depose Speaker Mike Johnson: proof that he had been co-opted by Democrats and the G.O.P. was complicit. [...]

Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry Charged With Lying to Federal Authorities

The indictment of Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican, renewed a case in which he was convicted of lying to federal agents but that an appeals court later overturned. [...]

Israel ‘Smashing Into Rafah’ Will Not Eradicate Hamas, Biden Aide Says

The president has grown increasingly wary of a major assault in the densely populated city in southern Gaza. [...]

Boeing Locks Out Firefighters in Contract Dispute, and Biden Weighs In

The aircraft manufacturer and a union representing 125 firefighters are at odds over pay at the company’s plants in the Seattle area. [...]

Maggie Goodlander, Former White House Adviser, to Run for Congress in New Hampshire

Ms. Goodlander, who has worked in the White House and the Justice Department under President Biden, announced her candidacy in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Trump's White House assistant cries in hush-money trial testimony

Madeleine Westerhout was part of Trump's inner circle, until she was forced to resign for leaking private information about his family. [...]

UN says 80,000 have fled Rafah as strikes intensify

Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas of the south Gaza city amid constant shelling. [...]

Thousands protest against Israel at Eurovision

The authorities are on high alert in the Swedish city as tensions over Gaza spill out into the streets. [...]

Putin hails army 'heroes' and warns off West in WW2 parade

Russia's leader marks Victory Day by making clear the country's military is always on combat alert. [...]

Panama Papers law firm founder Ramón Fonseca dies

The 71-year-old died in hospital while awaiting a verdict in his money-laundering trial. [...]

Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers

Scientists say the South American nation's last glacier is now just an ice field. [...]

California surf contest told to let trans woman compete

The California Coastal Commission says a longboarding contest must allow a transgender surfer to participate in the women's division. [...]

Passengers flee burning plane that skidded off runway

Footage posted to social media shows chaotic scenes in Senegal's capital, Dakar. [...]

Apple faces celebrity backlash over piano crushing

Hugh Grant and Justine Bateman among those to criticise the destruction in "tone deaf" iPad advert. [...]

Nigeria’s powerful ex-minister charged with corruption

Former aviation minister Hadi Sirika is charged along with his daughter and son-in-law. [...]

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