Wall Street Journal: “Drivers will start just in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, then barrel down Pennsylvania Avenue, zipping through turns around the National Archives, the National Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum before hitting a straightaway on Independence Avenue. The circuit stretches 1.7 miles and features seven turns.” […]

“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday encouraged California residents to open federal savings accounts under a recent Trump administration program that offers $1,000 to babies born between 2025 and 2029,” the Sacramento Bee reports. Said Newsom: “I’m enthusiastic about encouraging people to get a Trump account. I think it’s incredibly important.”

“It was a remarkable campaign moment between the two rivals for Georgia governor, one more suited for a debate stage than a parking lot outside the Hilton Atlanta,” Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “As smartphones rolled, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms confronted Republican Rick Jackson outside the National Business League event with a blunt message.” […]

Washington Post: “In the past six months, Republicans’ public statements about data centers have turned sharply negative, according to a Washington Post analysis of thousands of social media posts and newsletters from hundreds of politicians from both major parties since April 2024.” “That shift follows a similar one made by Democrats, who have mostly focused […]

President Volodymyr Zelensky said holding a wartime election in Ukraine while active fighting with Russia continues would “destroy” the country by splitting ​Ukrainians, Reuters reports.

CNN: “The president has incessantly conjured the aura of a strongman. But if attacks can expose him as brittle and diminished, his political woes will escalate. The president is hardly helping himself here. When he seems to doze off at Oval Office events, it’s not only a terrible look for a wartime commander in chief; […]

“China said it continues to support a diplomatic end to the U.S.-Iran war, in a delayed statement released shortly before the U.S. is set to unveil measures to punish Tehran’s economic partners,” Bloomberg reports. “The timing is notable because it comes a day before U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to unveil a plan […]

“For decades, Canada built much of its prosperity on privileged access to the United States. Now, after the collapse of trade talks, one of the world’s closest and most durable alliances has been fundamentally altered, with both countries facing the risk of a full-scale trade war,” the Associated Press reports.

“What matters in elections is not in August, what matters in elections is November. There’s a choice at the ballot box. And when those voters go in, they’re going to choose between common sense that’s offered by Republicans versus the crazy that’s offered by the Democrats… When voters really learn about the Talarico record, they’re […]

Reuters: “President Donald Trump will cap the celebration of the U.S. 250th ​anniversary with a first-of-its-kind auto race through the streets of Washington, closing a summer defined by sports and spectacle as ‌drivers speed past some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks.” “IndyCar’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix will zoom through the National Mall, past the […]

“President Donald Trump has faced scrutiny for bruising on his hands, swelling in his ankles and apparent drowsiness, among other questions about his health. Some doctors say they’re worried about another risk: the 23 pounds that Trump may have gained since his last campaign for president,” the Washington Post reports. “In August 2023, when he […]

“Florida’s new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon, and the state party’s chair had a heated conversation Friday that included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and the challenges of campaigning in a red state like Florida, three people familiar with the conversation tell Axios,” Axios reports. “The conflict exposes the fault line in […]

“Flock cameras are joining data centers as a top midterm boogeyman, with members of Congress and congressional candidates trying to harness a sudden groundswell of grassroots anger over the AI surveillance tool,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: This blowup over the country’s massive network of license plate readers illustrates how rapidly AI has morphed from […]

“President Donald Trump said Canada wants ‘the benefits of being a state, without being one’ after trade talks between the two countries collapsed late on Friday,” the BBC reports.

“Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack,” The Telegraph reports. “It is thought to be the first time that hackers affiliated to the Iranian regime have succeeded in closing down such a facility in the UK, and is believed to be the most successful cyber attack of […]

“Across Ohio, a state that receded from the nation’s political battle zone as its voting patterns turned an ever deeper shade of red, signs of discontent this year are everywhere,” the New York Times reports. “In packed public forums, residents rage about data center projects. In grocery store aisles, shoppers lament to cashiers how little […]

“The war in the Middle East is increasingly unpopular. So is the president as his numbers dip perilously — a common development in the sixth year of a presidency. Congressional Republicans are embroiled in unsavory scandals. Americans are shelling out big bucks for gas while economic anxiety runs high,” the New York Times reports. “The […]

“The fight over data centers is suddenly at the epicenter of the midterm elections,” the New York Times reports. “One new ad in Texas begins with someone typing into a chatbot, ‘Why is my electric bill going up?’ Another in Ohio blames one of the state’s Republican senators for a proliferation of data centers, calling […]

“Hours after Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan this month, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called the man who could be the first Muslim senator a ‘TERRORIST’ and ‘RADICAL ISLAMIST’ on social media,” the Washington Post reports. ”Tuberville’s post previewed a deluge of attacks on El-Sayed’s Muslim identity from influential and high-profile conservatives.” […]

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting,” the New York Times reports. “The rare engagement was held in a private […]

“Democrats fighting to win back the Senate from the Republicans spent their summer sweating out a last-minute candidate switch in Maine and the emergence of an antiestablishment progressive in swing-state Michigan,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The two races remain central to Democrats’ hopes of winning back Senate control in the November elections as they […]

“Since President Trump has returned to office, the United States and Canada have repeatedly come close to an all-out trade war — only for Mr. Trump to dial back some of his harshest attacks against one of America’s closest allies,” the New York Times reports. “But that period of relative calm came to an end […]

“The top donors in American politics have poured more than $1.6 billion so far this cycle into influencing the country’s politics,” the Washington Post reports. “The donors lean Republican, and cash could prove critical for the GOP to maintain control of Congress in November. Republican-leaning donors gave $1.05 billion, compared with $410 million from Democratic-leaning […]

NOTUS: “Farm organizations, ranchers associations and Republicans swiftly rebuked the plan as detrimental to the American cattle industry, which is experiencing historically low numbers of cattle herds and severe weather patterns on top of Trump’s aggressive tariff measures. Importing foreign beef, agriculture groups say, undercuts American businesses that have increased their prices to stay afloat.”

“Year after year, the federal government has spent more than it collected in taxes. Each annual shortfall increased the national debt, slowly at first and then by leaps, defying warnings of an inevitable reckoning,” the Washington Post reports. “Now, the reckoning may be at hand.” “This week’s bond market sell-off brought government borrowing costs to […]

“President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Visa Inc. Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp. according to a financial disclosure published Saturday,” Bloomberg reports. “The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million in the filing published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, which […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was “at war” over trade with the U.S. after President Trump “miscalculated” by escalating his tariff attack,” the Financial Times reports. Said Carney: “You’re at war when you’re attacked, and we got attacked.”

“The U.S. Postal Service finalized a rule that would add extra hurdles to mail-in voting, pressing ahead with one of President Donald Trump’s priorities even as court orders keep the push on hold,” Bloomberg reports. “The new rules deviate slightly from Trump’s original plan. The Supreme Court is still weighing a lawsuit challenging the order […]

“Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021,” CNN reports. “Harp posted more than 150 tweets that day, urging Republicans to ‘FIGHT FOR TRUMP’ as he began his speech near the White House. […]

“The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington and set off a new round of American tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday explained to Canadians why he walked away, calling the U.S. proposal ‘a bad deal,'” the New York Times reports. Said Carney: “We’ve recognized from the start that America has […]