Trump Had a Billion-Dollar Windfall After Returning to the White House

The release of a mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly the president’s crypto businesses, were stunningly lucrative.President Trump entering the White House on Sunday. His mandatory financial disclosure report for 2025 pulled back the curtain on

B Ben Protess, Andrea Fuller and David Yaffe-Bellany

Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates

Republicans had asked the court to strike down restrictions on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.Delegates and supporters at the Republican National Convention in 2024. The National Republican Senatorial Committee brought a legal challenge against limits on coordin

A Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak

The Supreme Court Just Gave the G.O.P. a New Midterm Edge

The decision, which allows parties to spend more in coordination with candidates, is likely to further expand the power of big money in American politics.The Supreme Court’s ruling on party spending restrictions was expected to give Republicans a significant financial advantage in this year’s midter

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G.O.P. Revolt Paralyzes the House, Stalling Trump Agenda

A Republican blockade derailed a Pentagon policy bill and other legislation as the far right pressed for action on a voting bill championed by President Trump.Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol on Tuesday.

R Robert Jimison, Carl Hulse and Michael Gold

What Tom Kean Did and Didn’t Explain About His Absence

Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a New Jersey Republican, has finally reappeared in Congress. Questions remain about his nearly four-month absence from public life, which he said was due to depression.Representative Thomas Kean Jr., Republican of New Jersey, left many questions unanswered in his spee

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The Two Mexico Cities Fighting for Claim Over Soccer’s Origin

Mineral del Monte, a small former mining town that became a tourist destination partly because of its Cornish influence, claims that soccer in Mexico started there. Well, so does the nearby city of Pachuca.Tourists wearing Mexican national team jerseys in the center of Mineral del Monte, Mexico on W

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Stocks Notch Strongest Quarter Since 2020

The S&P 500 rose almost 15 percent for the three months through June, and many stock analysts remain optimistic that corporate earnings driven by artificial intelligence will keep growing.

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States Sue Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements

The lawsuit argues that new federal rules went beyond what Congress enacted and broke from guidance that the federal government previewed to states.The Trump administration is being sued on the new Medicaid work requirements, arguing that the guidelines are inconsistent with federal law.

S Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz

C.I.A. Reorganization Prioritizes Cyberoperations

John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said that the agency would take “smart risks,” but that people would have oversight of artificial intelligence.John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said the overhaul was an acknowledgment that in the modern world, digital borders are as important as physical bord

J Julian E. Barnes

Court Halts Pentagon Rule Requiring Escorts for Journalists

A federal judge temporarily blocked a new rule that restricted reporters’ access to the Pentagon, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.The New York Times challenged the Pentagon’s rule as an unconstitutional infringement of the First Amendment.

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After U.S.-Iran War, Oman Is Said to Propose Strait of Hormuz Fee Plan

Under the proposal, Iran and Oman would collect payment for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to officials and diplomats with knowledge of the matter.A cargo vessel anchored off the coast of Oman near Muscat last week.

V Vivian Nereim, Farnaz Fassihi and Erika Solomon

How Grindr’s C.E.O. Adopted A.I.: ‘I Just Imposed It’

George Arison, the gay dating app’s chief executive, is aiming for all code to be eventually written by artificial intelligence, making the company “leaner.”George Arison founded two companies before arriving at Grindr in 2022.

J Jordyn Holman

The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone

Masha Polska, 15, was an avid dancer who had been dreaming of a star turn in the group waltz. That was not to be.Yehor Holodryha, center, and classmates of Masha Polska dancing the waltz at their prom in Kyiv, Ukraine, in June.

S Siobhán O’Grady, Liubov Sholudko and Oksana Parafeniuk

Aid Workers in Venezuela Fear Disease Outbreaks After Twin Quakes

Health care workers worry that illnesses like cholera could spread in areas where clean water was already in short supply, and last week’s earthquakes destroyed water systems.Collapsed buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Monday. The death toll is above 1,900.

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