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Trump flirtation with 2024 run growing more serious

BRETT SAMUELS,MAX GREENWOOD

Former President Trump is holding discussions about announcing a 2024 campaign, sources told The Hill, with some current and former advisers believing it is a matter of when, not if, Trump will launch a third White House bid. Multiple sources told The Hill that a campaign announcement as early as this summer has already been...

Justice Dept. sues Arizona over requiring proof of citizenship to vote

DAVID NAKAMURA

Justice officials say the law flouts a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a similar attempt from Arizona to enact a proof-of-citizenship requirement.

Hogan orders relaxed rules for Maryland concealed handgun permits

PAUL DUGGAN

Maryland State Police are told to suspend a key provision in the licensing regulations after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Utah remains the beating heart of GOP Trump skepticism

PHILIP BUMP

A new essay from one of its senators, Mitt Romney, helps explain why.

I beg your pardon: A deeper look at the president’s pardoning power

DON WOLFENSBERGER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR

One of the interesting sidebars to the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation into the Capitol breach is the number of individuals clamoring for last minute pardons as President Trump was on his way out the door. The Oval Office must have been a boisterous, bustling hub with pardon requests figuratively coming-in under the door, over the...

Macy Gray says comments about gender-affirming surgery 'GROSSLY misunderstood'

OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Singer and actress Macy Gray said that the remarks she made on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on gender-affirming surgery were “GROSSLY misunderstood.” “I got nothing but love for lgbt+ and transgender communities,” the “I Try,” singer wrote in a tweet on Tuesday. “I've been a supporter since day one and never a fake one. my statement...

Oz calls on Philadelphia mayor to resign

ZACH SCHONFELD

Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz on Tuesday called on Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D) to resign after he said he was looking forward to not being mayor given recent gun violence. “I'm waiting for something bad to happen all the time,” Kenney said Monday night at a press conference following a July 4 shooting...

NotedDC — How the Supreme Court could overhaul elections

KELSEY CAROLAN,ELIZABETH CRISP

Amid the whirlwind of the recent blockbuster Supreme Court rulings, the high court also announced that it would later this year take up a case that could hand significantly more authority over elections to states, sparking vocal concern among legal scholars. The case, Moore v. Harper, centers around the GOP-drawn maps that North Carolina’s courts...

Blinken won't meet with Lavrov at G20 summit in Indonesia

LAURA KELLY

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will not meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov when the two are in Bali, Indonesia this week for a meeting of the foreign ministers of Group of 20 nations. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday that the “time is not right” for a bilateral engagement between the two...

The Supreme Court versus the climate

ANDREAS KARELAS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR

EPA v. West Virginia was a ruling decades in the making by the GOP and the fossil fuel industry.

Toddler found at Highland Park scene orphaned in shooting

SARAKSHI RAI

The parents of a two-year-old toddler that was found at the scene of the Highland Park shooting have both died, authorities confirmed Tuesday. At a press conference, Jennifer Banek, the coroner for Lake County, read names of six of the seven victims that died including, 35-year-old Irina McCarthy and 37-year-old Kevin McCarthy of Highland Park....

Highland Park shooter said in 2019 that he would ‘kill everyone’ at his house: police

JARED GANS

Officials say the suspect in the shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., which left at least seven dead, threatened to “kill everyone” at his house in September 2019, leading police to arrive and confiscate knives he had collected. Chris Covelli, a spokesman for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, said...

Bipartisan gun bill a short-lived victory for Biden in face of parade shooting

ALEX GANGITANO

The less than two weeks' time between President Biden signing a bipartisan bill aimed at curbing gun violence and another mass shooting taking place, this time during a Fourth of July parade, has left some Democrats and allies frustrated the administration isn’t doing enough to help prevent the next attack. From the White House, Biden...

Health Care — Highly transmissible subvariant now dominant in US

PETER SULLIVAN,NATHANIEL WEIXEL,JOSEPH CHOI

An 8-year-old boy is helping a NASCAR driver put a new spin on the “Let’s Go Brandon” chants. In health news, an omicron subvariant is now the most dominant strain in the U.S., though there are large gaps in data reporting. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy and...

Trump to appear alongside endorsed candidates in Nevada

ZACH SCHONFELD

Former President Trump is headed to Nevada on Friday to stump for the state’s Republican nominees for governor and Senate. Trump will join gubernatorial nominee Joe Lombardo and Senate nominee Adam Laxalt at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Friday evening, his Save America PAC announced on Tuesday. Trump had endorsed...