“A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s effort to toss out her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges and 20-year prison sentence,” CBS News reports.

The Atlantic: “The Qataris play every side, and many of their partners resent them for it. Nonetheless, for decades their experience seemed to show that they really could just buy their national security, along with global influence and even a cosmopolitan culture. Trump must initially have seemed to them to be an ideal partner. And […]

“Canada’s government on Tuesday will announce a range of measures to ‘protect and support’ its workers and businesses in response to 50% U.S. tariffs which were applied to about $20 billion of its annual exports on Saturday,” Bloomberg reports. “Domestic measures will include expanded jobless benefits, people familiar with the planning said, asking not to […]

“Last Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hosted a wake for his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Among the thousands who thronged Tehran’s biggest mosque were the country’s most prominent political figures and several of the elder Khamenei’s sons. One person was notably absent: Mojtaba, the event’s official host,” The Atlantic reports. “Almost six […]

“U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed after last-minute pressure from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to people familiar with the matter, leaving President Donald Trump to impose new tariffs and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowing retaliation,” Bloomberg reports. “With the countries spiraling into a full-blown trade war, the spotlight is on Lutnick’s role in the last-minute […]

Political Wire has a new Polling Dashboard tracking President Trump’s approval rate, the generic congressional ballot and eight key Senate races. And there are some additional changes to the Trending News page as well.

“U.S. debt hasn’t been further downgraded, breakeven rates on inflation-protected bonds haven’t spiked, and the cost of insuring against a federal default hasn’t skyrocketed, signs that most investors still see U.S. bonds as a largely risk-free bet even if they have been ​demanding higher interest rates,” Reuters reports. “That’s the good news.” “Not so great […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that “no one from the Trump Cartel is getting a pass,” The Hill reports. The statement comes after he faced backlash for meeting with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law. Said Jeffries: “I shouldn’t have to say it, but I am. No one is going to get a pass. […]

“President Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ for Iran came and went Monday with little of the shock or awe it promised, amounting instead to yet another extended ultimatum,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: Operation Economic Outcast will unfold not like the Allied invasion of Normandy, but as a sweeping, slow-burn sanctions campaign that could eventually lock Iran’s […]

“Xi Jinping’s government is sending a message of defiance to Donald Trump over China’s economic ties with Iran,” Bloomberg reports. “Hours after the U.S. sanctioned dozens of Chinese entities and threatened to target an unspecified ‘major financial institution’ for its dealings with Tehran, Beijing responded by saying its relationship with Iran ‘should not be disrupted […]

“Two recent reports — one regarding President Donald Trump’s plan to import beef to reduce skyrocketing prices and another exposing the federal government’s role in allowing wild horses to be sold for slaughter — are fueling internet theories that horse meat is being sold to the United States for consumption,” NewsNation reports.

“President Trump floated the possibility of rebranding Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America,’ in a shot across the bow against Canada’s most populous province — whose premier threatened to cut off electricity and minerals to the U.S,” the New York Post reports. Said Trump: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of […]

“Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned his decision to hold firm against President Trump’s tariff threats into a rallying point for Canadians as their trade clash escalates,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: The mild-mannered former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor is holding firm against Trump despite the threat of further economic […]

“Facing a fresh economic assault from the United States, Iran’s leaders are gambling that they can weather the coming storm and make the cost of their suffering felt in an oil-rich region that is critical to the global economy,” the New York Times reports. “As Iran’s ever more devastating economic crisis deepens, experts warn, Iranian […]

“President Donald Trump has begun a larger project to redo the White House’s lawn, seeking to bring its slope flush with his new helipad,” the Washington Post reports. “Construction crews, which have been working round-the-clock to complete the helipad project before Chinese President Xi Jingping’s planned state visit next month, have torn up much of […]

“Senator John Fetterman’s political loyalties have become an important question in Washington, with some of his fellow Democrats worrying that the Pennsylvanian could abandon the party just as it has an opportunity to claw back control of the Senate,” the New York Times reports. “In fact, Mr. Fetterman’s regular critiques of Democrats have made him […]

Wall Street Journal: “Since taking office, Mamdani has made a number of moves directed at the retail-and-cloud-computing giant. Earlier this month, he backed the Delivery Protection Act, which would force warehouse operators such as Amazon to obtain licenses from the city by adhering to new safety, training and employment requirements. It would also require Amazon […]

“This year, for the first time in its 80-year history, the United Nations may select a woman to serve as its secretary general. Of the eight candidates nominated so far for the position, five are women, and many UN members argue that it’s finally their turn,” the Washington Post reports. “But as the UN Security […]

“President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalize the world’s second-largest economy for flooding the global market with underpriced goods,” the Associated Press reports. “The move, if finalized, appears to be a calibrated effort by the White House to work around a Supreme Court decision earlier this year […]

“Gov. Kathy Hochul expects Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani will aid her reelection bid this year — support that stands to harness the base of young, left-leaning backers who propelled him to City Hall,” Politico reports. Said Hochul: “I think he’ll be helpful.”

“Michigan Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers attended three fundraisers hosted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Los Angeles on Sunday and another on Monday amid reports that he holds reservations about the pro-Israel group advertising on his behalf to help him defeat Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in November,” the Detroit News reports. “The […]

“Iran ​pledged to fight back against expanded U.S. sanctions aimed at isolating its economy, expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist the pressure campaign and saying that Washington was keen to ‌revive talks,” Reuters reports.

“The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, distanced himself Monday from progressive commentator Hasan Piker, who suggested that some pro-Israel rhetoric may lead to backlash against American Jews,” the Associated Press reports. CNN: Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from left-wing influencer after comments about American Jews.

“The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote,” the Associated Press reports. “Rather than saying that Trump’s […]

“Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, a moderate Democrat, is in the driver’s seat for re-election in a battleground state,” according to a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena University poll. “Mr. Shapiro leads Stacy Garrity, the Republican state treasurer, by 16 percentage points among likely voters, according to the poll. He leads in nearly every demographic group […]

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a ‘data center plan’ Monday that included proposing federal legislation to block their use of Chinese technology and holding centers criminally liable if they power AI chatbots that ‘undermine children’s safety,'” the Washington Post reports.

“The U.S. launched what it described as an unprecedented campaign to cripple Iran’s economy by cutting off ‘every remaining lifeline’ sustaining the country,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Yet unmentioned in Scott Bessent’s speech announcing ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ was the country that has enabled Iran to withstand years of American pressure: China.” “The announcement Monday […]

Wall Street Journal: “Iran was at its weakest point in decades, senior aides and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him, providing Trump the rare opportunity to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program and bolster his legacy as a peacemaker. The question was whether a large-scale attack would work and possibly topple the regime.” “Then-Director of National […]

New Yorker: “It’s reasonable to worry that the RFK, Jr. era has set American science and medicine back in ways that might not be corrected for years, if ever. Yet it’s also possible to read Kennedy’s efforts, especially the new vaccine recommendations, less as triumphs than as flailing attempts to enact an unwelcome vision. Kennedy […]

“Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, even as the center’s leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround,” the Washington Post reports. “Ticket sales had already dropped in the 10 months following Trump’s takeover, but both ticket sales and donations plunged […]