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Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before

By: Noah Shachtman —
There’s no telling where this leads.

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Federal Prosecutors Move to Drop Bribery Case Against Indian Magnate

By: Santul Nerkar and Alex Travelli —
Gautam Adani had been accused of lying to American investors about payoffs in India. The end of the case came as President Trump has signaled a transactional approach to justice.

Gautam Adani’s companies have powered India’s rise as a global economic power.

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Tony Gonzales, a Texas Congressman, Says He Will Resign

By: J. David Goodman —
The third-term Republican lawmaker is accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship.

Representative Tony Gonzales during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in Washington in February.

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Have These People Learned Nothing?

By: Michelle Cottle —
Why no one is surprised when another member of Congress is accused of sexual misconduct.

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F.B.I. Said to Dig Up Old Investigative Files on Democratic Lawmaker

By: Edward Wong and Devlin Barrett —
The urgent instructions at the Trump administration’s behest to gather and relay the files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed some career law enforcement officials.

Representative Eric Swalwell of California, one of President Trump’s most vocal critics in the House, said that he was being targeted by the Trump administration.

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Binance Gives Trump Family’s Crypto Firm a Leg Up

By: David Yaffe-Bellany —
Ties between the exchange and the president’s company, World Liberty Financial, have only strengthened since the president pardoned Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.

Binance has offered a series of marketing promotions to encourage its customers to buy World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin.

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OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

By: Tiffany Hsu， Stuart A. Thompson and Steven Lee Myers —
The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.

A frame of a video generated by the original iteration of Sora, an artificial intelligence tool from OpenAI.

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Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990

By: Dave Philipps —
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has identified real problems, veteran officers say, but by looking back 35 years for policy cues, he risks hurting, not helping, military readiness.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gathered nearly all of the nation’s generals and admirals at Quantico, Va., on Tuesday to hear his vision for the military.

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Inside the U.S. Special Forces: 5 Takeaways on a Culture of Lawlessness in Afghanistan

By: Matthieu Aikins —
Until now, many of the troubling events that took place during the war in Afghanistan have been shrouded in secrecy.

Green Berets training support staff at Camp Mackall in North Carolina in May.

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Mayor Adams Loses Another Round in Bid to Receive Public Matching Funds

By: Grace Ashford —
The New York City Campaign Finance Board rejected Mayor Eric Adams’s request for millions of dollars from the city’s generous matching-funds program.

Mayor Eric Adams lost a recent lawsuit that sought to force the New York City Campaign Finance Board to release matching funds to his campaign.

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Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages

By: Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas —
In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Medicare and Medicaid administrator, in May. The Trump administration has twice delayed Biden-era rules to slash payments for expensive skin bandages.

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For #MeToo Movement, Mayor’s Race in New York City Poses a Test

By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons —
Three mayoral candidates have been accused of sexual misconduct. They deny wrongdoing. Will it be a deciding issue for Democratic voters?

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4 Takeaways From the Hearing on Dismissing Charges Against Eric Adams

By: Kate Christobek， Wesley Parnell and Nicholas Fandos —
The Justice Department has asked to dismiss a federal corruption case against the New York mayor, prompting resignations and calls for the judge to reject the request.

Mayor Eric Adams appeared in federal court as a judge weighed the Justice Department’s request to drop corruption charges against him.

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Scotland Yard Had Doubts About Will Lewis’ Cooperation

By: Jo Becker and Justin Scheck —
Will Lewis gave a “green light” to delete emails during a major journalism scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Will Lewis

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Trump and Allies Assail Conviction With Faulty Claims

By: Linda Qiu —
After former President Donald J. Trump was found guilty, he and a number of conservative figures in the news media and lawmakers on the right have spread false and misleading claims about the Manhattan case.

Former President Donald J. Trump attacked the judge and criminal justice system after being found guilty on 34 felony charges.

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Donald J. Trump’s Scandals Captivate the Court, but Hush-Money Case Hangs on Dry Details

By: Ben Protess， Jonah E. Bromwich， William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman —
Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries.

In the trial’s first weeks, prosecutors have played their strongest card: testimony about the sordid stories that Donald J. Trump is accused of covering up.

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Warring Billionaires, a Rogue Employee, a Divorce: One Hedge Fund’s Tale of Woe

By: Maureen Farrell —
Two Sigma, the $60 billion quantitative trading firm, has been beset by troubles this year that have tarnished its image and could hurt its future.
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Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Delay Fraud Trial Set for Monday

By: Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess —
Former President Donald J. Trump had sued the judge presiding over his case, Arthur F. Engoron, aiming to pause a trial that will likely begin as soon as Monday.

Justice Arthur F. Engoron issued an order that found Donald J. Trump liable for fraud by overvaluing his assets, and stripped him of control over his New York properties.

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Menendez Rejects Democrats’ Calls to Resign, Prompting Talk of Expulsion

By: Karoun Demirjian —
In a speech to fellow senators, the New Jersey Democrat maintained his innocence and reiterated his refusal to resign, causing one colleague to float the idea of forcing him out.

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey on his way to a closed-door meeting with fellow Senate Democrats on Thursday.

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