Gothamist reports: A former aide to Mayor Eric Adams pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday. Mohamed Bahi, 41, admitted in court to organizing a fundraising event for Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign in which employees of a construction company were asked to donate, with the expectation that they would be reimbursed. Prosecutors accused …

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports: ABC13 has confirmed with multiple sources that House Democrats will return to Texas. Eyewitness News has not confirmed the date, but we do know that Democrats believe they’ve accomplished their mission by killing the first special session and by raising national awareness about the mid-decade redistricting effort. It is unclear which day they will be in …

NBC News reports: A Minnesota teen filed a charge of discrimination against a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant on Tuesday after she alleged that a server followed her into the women’s restroom and demanded she “prove” she was a girl. Gerika Mudra, 18, went to dinner in April with a friend in Owatonna. When she went to the restroom, a server …

“Social Security is rapidly becoming insolvent because it was basically set up as a Ponzi scheme, so it can’t go on forever. You’re going to have to transition to a system where people are paying in money and it is kept in a private account for just them. You know, that’s how a lot of people think Social Security works …

REPORTER: “This move [in Washington DC] is about ‘protecting law enforcement, enabling law enforcement, helping them do their job.’ There are some members of law enforcement who see that today as a little bit hypocritical, given the president’s sweeping pardons of individuals who not just assaulted police officers, but injured them on day one. How is this not a mixed …

The Daily Beast reports: An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. Two weeks after 19-year-old Edward Coristine was viciously assaulted during a carjacking in Washington D.C., the White House says …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration on Tuesday released human rights reports for countries worldwide, which eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people, reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights and criticize restrictions on political speech by U.S. allies in Europe that American officials believe target right-wing politicians. The reports also offer a glimpse into the administration’s view …

The Associated Press reports: YouTube on Wednesday will begin testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. that relies on artificial intelligence to differentiate between adults and minors, based on the kinds of videos that they have been watching. The tests initially will only affect a sliver of YouTube’s audience in the U.S., but it will likely become more pervasive …

The Los Angeles Times reports: For two months, several Democratic members of Congress have been unable to enter a downtown L.A. processing center run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting widespread complaints and a federal lawsuit. On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and …

“If you are a proud patriot and you love this country and you wish for it to be reflected honorably to the peoples of Earth, then Washington, DC must be swept clean. I believe entire neighborhoods, probably, need to be emptied, need to be bulldozed. I believe that there are places that are so crime-ridden and so infested that you …

“I want to get this out of the way at the top because this is a very, very important point that legitimately some women don’t seem to understand. Married men need sex. That’s part of the deal. Women, listen to me. Women, look — hold on. If you’re distracted right now, if you’re just listening while you’re doing some other …

The Hill reports: White House officials are launching a review of some of the Smithsonian’s museums aimed at ensuring “alignment” with President Trump’s “directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.” A Tuesday letter to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch was signed by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell …

Florida Politics reports: Sarasota County School Board member Tom Edwards just joined a nonprofit promoting diversity programs. Now, local Republicans say he should resign his public office. Project Pride SRQ last week announced that Edwards, a second-term School Board member, had taken over as Executive Director of the Sarasota organization. Edwards, who is openly gay, has faced criticism since his …

The Verge reports: Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbuck, who filed a lawsuit claiming Meta AI wrongly stated he was involved in the …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a Tarrant County judge to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, in another escalation in Republicans’ broader effort to put an end to Texas Democrats’ walkout over a new congressional map. Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was …

The Atlantic reports: Kari Lake has been making the rounds on right-wing media in recent weeks to pitch herself as a devoted enforcer of President Donald Trump’s broader agenda. Her latest targets are J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America. Obscure to most Americans, they have attracted Lake’s attention in part because they embody a trifecta of triggers …

CNN Business reports: Eastman Kodak, the 133-year-old photography company, is warning investors that it might not survive much longer. In its earnings report Monday, the company warned that it doesn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to pay its roughly $500 million in upcoming debt obligations. “These conditions raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going …

Mediaite has the transcript of the wild exchanges between an HBO lawyer and extremist Laura Loomer during her deposition over her $150 million lawsuit against Bill Maher for joking that she was having sex with Trump. BOLGER: Can you explain to me what it means to say that [Marjorie Taylor Greene] has “the Arby’s in her pants”? LARRY KLAYMAN, LAURA …

Axios reports: President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, suggested the possibility of suspending the bureau’s monthly jobs report. It’s one of the world’s most fundamental pieces of data, crucial for investors to understand the health of the U.S. economy. Antoni made the suggestion in an interview with Fox Business in response to concerns over …

The Associated Press reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be his next lieutenant governor Tuesday. It’s a closely watched appointment by the two-term governor, who can’t run for reelection in 2026 and has been working to cement his legacy as his time leading the state winds down. If Collins, an Army combat veteran and …