“A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to make daylight saving ​time permanent will face a tough fight in the Senate to win approval, ‌a lawmaker said Monday,” Reuters reports. “Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, said President Donald Trump called him recently to ask him to support the bill to end […]

“Democrats eyeing the 2028 presidency are increasingly trying to seize the narrative on Israel, as they sense the politically fraught issue is likely to become a defining test for the party in its next presidential primary,” NewsNation reports.

“Last week’s dramatic showdown over cutting U.S. aid to Israel offered a glimpse into just how profoundly progressive anger is reshaping Democratic politics,” Axios reports. “It’s not just that the left is winning seats — they’re ousting incumbents and instilling panic among House Democrats, who fear they may be next if they don’t take a […]

“Iran has been stepping up its missile and drone attacks on U.S. forces in Jordan as it seeks to produce American casualties and deter Washington from escalating its test of wills with Tehran, current and former officials say,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The weekend Iranian missile strikes at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, which killed […]

“Lawyers for President Donald Trump and his sprawling business interests are heading to court this week in Florida for high-stakes hearings that follow a pair of major setbacks in their wave of multibillion-dollar lawsuits,” Bloomberg reports. “Three hearings over three days — in Miami and Tampa — starting Monday will cover an array of arguments […]

“South Carolina Rep. Russell Fry announced Monday he will enter the crowded Senate race to claim the Republican seat held by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham — setting up a potential challenge to Trump-endorsed Darline Graham,” Politico reports.

Wall Street Journal: “Many can’t stomach Paxton—a populist firebrand dogged by legal and ethical scandals and known for targeting corporate interests. But with control of the Senate in the balance and a well-funded Democrat on the other side, some are deciding they can’t afford to sit this one out. Paxton’s success hinges, in part, on […]

We arrived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital, whose name translates to “Red Hero.” It’s a fitting introduction to a country whose history has swung dramatically between empire, revolution and democracy. Our first stop was the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, where it’s impossible not to appreciate the scale of what began on these steppes. In the early […]

“Drivers can expect pump shock déjà vu as the national average gas price again climbed over $4 per gallon today, as President Trump appears poised to escalate the war in Iran,” Axios reports. “Tanker traffic is once again being choked in the Strait of Hormuz after fighting between Iran and the U.S. reignited, with Washington […]

“The Trump administration is showing signs it could ban cutting-edge Chinese AI models — a momentous move that could lock in dominance by OpenAI and Anthropic,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: Parts of the administration have tried to implement de facto bans on foreign open-source models before, knowledgeable sources tell Axios. Last week’s rise of […]

John asks: I’ve been thinking about Great Britain and the breakdown of its two party system… What led to this? Can it happen here? Does the deepening unpopularity of both parties mean it might? I know there are differences — a long standing and well established third party — Liberal Democrats, and regional parties like […]

“Andy Burnham is set to become the U.K.’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, with investors and market watchers already questioning his policy agenda,” CNBC reports. “King Charles will formally ask Burnham to form a government at Buckingham Palace this morning ahead of his official appointment as prime minister.”

“In a closed-door briefing earlier this month, key Pentagon officials sat down with House spending leaders from both parties to make an urgent case to quickly deliver more cash to fund the U.S. war in Iran,” CNN reports. “But when pressed by members of both parties for details, Pentagon officials were unable to offer any […]

“A short drive from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, in a small office a block from the beach, sits the headquarters of 1789 Capital, a firm founded just a few years ago with plans to invest in businesses aligned with conservative values,” CNN reports. “Since Donald Trump Jr. joined as a partner shortly after his […]

Politico: “The White House appears to be shielding China from scrutiny in President Donald Trump’s push to get to the bottom of what he has declared an official cover-up of Chinese interference in the 2020 presidential election.” “While Trump said in his Thursday speech to the nation that he had ordered the FBI, the CIA, […]

David Frum: “This is not a sentence written often lately, but the U.S. Supreme Court has just done a great service to American democracy.” “On June 30, the Court struck down federal limits on the amount of money that political parties can spend in coordination with individual federal candidates. Some early reports on National Republican […]

“After more than a week of strikes that unraveled an ill-fated cease-fire, the conflict between the United States and Iran stands on a knife’s edge. Now is the time, analysts say, to find a way to draw down an exponentially destructive confrontation — or risk provoking a war that cascades beyond what they may be […]

“The crowd at today’s World Cup Final cheered wildly for Jennifer Hudson’s otherworldly rendition of ‘The Star Spangled Banner.’ But when Fox cut from Hudson to a shot of President Donald Trump in his box, the cheers turned to boos,” Deadline reports. “Fox stayed with the shot of Trump for just a few seconds before […]

“President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Qatari-donated jet that serves as an Air Force One plane will soon be sent away for upgrades, following questions about the plane’s security features,” NewsNation reports. “Trump started flying aboard the jumbo jet on July 1 after accepting the plane as a gift last year, when an accelerated effort to renovate the Boeing 747 for […]

“The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Markwayne Mullin is cultivating a relationship with business groups whose concerns about losing workers to aggressive immigration enforcement had been rebuffed by former secretary Kristi L. Noem,” the Washington Post reports. “Earlier this month, DHS officials met at the agency’s Washington headquarters with the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, […]

“The United States and Iran moved closer to all-out conflict on Sunday, as the exchange of attacks on civilian and military structures continued to escalate and with at least three and possibly four U.S. service members killed since combat resumed a week ago,” the Washington Post reports. Semafor: U.S. troop deaths heighten pressure facing Trump […]

“Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson may have effectively clinched the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine,” NOTUS reports. “His position strengthened Sunday as two rivals, former state Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, withdrew from the contest.” Bloomberg: Troy Jackson on track to […]

“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s message on the campaign trail increasingly echoes Barack Obama’s early rhetoric during his 2008 campaign for president,” Axios reports. “Ocasio-Cortez is broadening her pitch beyond revolutionary democratic socialism to something closer to Obama’s ‘Change You Can Believe In’ ahead of a potential 2028 run for the White House.” Said former senior Obama […]

“Usha Vance gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance’s office announced, the first time in more than 150 years that a sitting second lady had a child while her husband was in office,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “In a statement, the couple said they named their son Alec Neel […]

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought to defuse growing discontent over his abrupt dismissal of the country’s popular defense minister, as Russia launched one of the largest ballistic-missile attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Zelensky held meetings with senior military commanders for a second day Sunday, after a […]

“Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated in violent encounters, according to people briefed on the decision,” the New York Times reports. “If […]

“President Trump, who has indulged in the trappings of hosting the world’s most-watched sporting event and unabashedly used his political power to get the suspension of a U.S. soccer star overturned, scripted his own flyover on Sunday at the World Cup final,” the New York Times reports. “Less than an hour before Argentina and Spain […]

“An American servicemember died in northern Iraq on Saturday during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian attack drone, according to U.S. Central Command, adding to what has already been one of the deadliest weeks for U.S. forces in the Iran war,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“One of Donald Trump’s most grandiose vanity projects, a multimillion-dollar makeover of Florida’s Palm Beach international airport into a self-aggrandizing, gold-plated transportation hub, is running into turbulence, barely a week after the first plane’s wheels touched the runway,” The Guardian reports. “At first glance, the rebranding of the airport less than 5 miles from his […]

CNBC: “The cost of housing is the top political issue — ranked higher than the cost of food or protecting democracy — among U.S. voters between 18- and 34-years-old, a CNBC survey found.”