“The U.S. and Japanese governments coordinated to stabilize the yen after the currency plummeted last week, a historic intervention aimed at preventing wider economic destabilization,” Semafor reports. “The yen is ‘very undervalued,’ U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday — Japan’s currency has weakened for months, a phenomenon economists attributed to Prime Minister Sanae […]

“President Donald Trump said new Iran talks would begin Monday afternoon after he called off a planned attack on Iran partially in response to pleas from US allies in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia,” Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “It would have been the biggest attack since World War II. We’re just going to see […]

“President Donald Trump trash-talked members of his Bedminster, NJ golf club after claiming he beat them in Saturday’s senior club championship,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “’Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a score of 70, and am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m […]

New York Times: “China monitors its 1.4 billion people on an unparalleled scale, with the help of cameras, cellphone signals and national IDs. The database Mr. Hofer found offered a rare window into how extensively the Chinese authorities also surveil foreigners, displaying entries about people categorized by nationality, with their birth date, sex, marital status, […]

“Gavin Newsom is quietly banking a lot of goodwill among party organizers and elected officials in states — particularly in the South — that will be key in the midterms and the 2028 Democratic presidential primary,” Axios reports. “Newsom has raised more than $1.7 million for critical state parties and their legislative committees so far […]

“In her concession speech after losing the Democratic primary in 2024, then-Rep. Cori Bush delivered stern words to Aipac, a pro-Israel group that poured millions into defeating her: ‘I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,’” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Two years later, Bush is staging a comeback attempt to reclaim the deep-blue Missouri seat […]

“Rep. Marcy Kaptur is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries after ​a car crash in Toledo, ‌Ohio, on Sunday,” Reuters reports. NBC News: Rep. Marcy Kaptur hospitalized after hit-and-run car crash.

“Key senators unveiled a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December as they look to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season,” the Associated Press reports. “The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington at week’s […]

“Jon Ossoff is having a moment. But some Democratic insiders are questioning whether he’s the real deal — or if a few slickly produced videos are making him look like more of a political juggernaut than he is,” Axios reports. “The Georgia senator, 39, has catapulted into the 2028 conversation by making liberals on social media […]

“President Donald Trump is stuck,” Politico reports. ”Iran has made clear that its price for ending hostilities is control over the Strait of Hormuz, a politically unpalatable prospect for the White House. But the ongoing tit-for-tat strikes, threatening to become a wider regional war, is equally untenable.” “That’s left a frustrated White House with few […]

Washington Post: “The effort has exposed the difficulty of settling, six years later, the bitter disputes that made Fauci one of the pandemic’s most polarizing figures. Paul and other Republicans say newly obtained records have raised fresh questions about Fauci’s conduct. Several senators accused him of misleading Americans during the coronavirus pandemic and pressed him […]

“Young Latinos are abandoning organized religion at a faster rate than any other demographic in the United States,” Axios reports. “The declining religious affiliation of Latinos ages 18 to 29 — particularly among Catholics — is challenging long-held assumptions that their explosive growth would boost traditional religious values in American culture.”

“The chants, led by Democrats, broke out early on: ‘Where’s Mitch? Where’s Mitch?’,” the New York Times reports. “Republicans quickly shouted over the ruckus. But the repeated nods to Senator Mitch McConnell and his absence at the political stump in western Kentucky reflected how much his recent hospitalization and the sparse, limited official statements about […]

“The Wall Street Journal opinion page tried to stop Donald Trump a decade ago and again in 2024. Now, the standard-bearer of traditional conservatism is making an early case against his presumed heir,” Axios reports. “Vice President JD Vance has the inside track for Trump’s endorsement. But there’s a not-insignificant GOP faction that never embraced […]

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said on X that Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is unfit for public office. Miller and Moreno’s daughter Emily are divorcing. She said Miller was physically abusive. Miller denies the allegations. Said Moreno: “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should […]

“Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said on Sunday that the Trump administration is ‘flailing’ in its war with Iran, while urging the president to use a different tack to find a way out five months after the conflict began,” CBS News reports. Said Kelly: “They’re stuck, they’re responsible for this, and the president is the […]

“Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) that he would not provide the Trump administration with a ‘blank check’ for the proposed ‘anti-weaponization’ fund and that rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should not be allowed to benefit from it,” NBC News reports.

“Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) went live on X Sunday morning, denying allegations from his ex-wife that he abused her and their daughter,” Fox News reports. Said Miller: “They frame me as an abuser… No court or agency has even substantiated any allegation against me,’ he added. ‘Every single one of these allegations were already investigated.”

“President Donald Trump went on a posting spree on Truth Social on Saturday, sharing AI-generated images of him doing everything from arresting extraterrestrials to kissing a statue of Jesus Christ,” Mediaite reports.

“Tony Evers is trying to play kingmaker in Wisconsin’s pivotal governor’s race. So far, it’s not working,” Politico reports. ”Instead of cutting through the chaos of a messy Democratic primary, the sitting governor’s endorsement of Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley has so far only further inflamed what has become a major ideological battle between party […]

“A drone attack sent smoke billowing from a giant Saudi oil facility, the largest such plant in the world. Two gas tankers burst into flames at an Egyptian port near the Suez Canal, a crucial choke point in global trade. Fireballs erupted over Jordan as missiles flew toward a base housing U.S. personnel,” the New […]

“Ken Martin is in survival mode,” the Associated Press reports. “Desperate to save his job as chair of the Democratic National Committee, he is avoiding media appearances, monitoring his critics’ social media posts and refusing — at least so far — to make any substantive changes at his troubled organization.” “A half dozen state leaders […]

“President Trump doesn’t much care if Republicans lose the House and/or the Senate in the midterms this fall,” Axios reports. “Yes, he’d prefer a big win, but he seems indifferent to the election and the possibility of endless Democratic investigations of his family, wealth and policies, his closest advisers tell us.” ”A big reason: Trump […]

“President Trump called off a new attack on Iran on Saturday night, saying ‘the perimeters of a deal had been agreed to’ that would open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and end Iran’s nuclear threat,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The abrupt announcement on Truth Social de-escalated the rising tensions between the U.S. […]

CNN: “During the latest high-stakes stretch in the Senate, with Trump’s own Cabinet nominee in trouble, the president’s election-year agenda teetering and a huge Iran funding bill in doubt, Thune told CNN he hadn’t spoken to the president in nearly two weeks. The split between the two has only widened since Trump moved to take […]

NOTUS: “Rank-and-file Democratic voters who once naturally inclined toward establishment-backed candidates are instead supporting — or at least showing an openness to — lefty candidates they would have previously believed to be outside the political mainstream. They’re driven by disappointment in old-guard Democrats’ inability to beat Trump in 2024 and a growing sense that the […]

“Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them, a push from conservatives who have chafed for years over court decisions they disagreed with on issues such as abortion, school funding and the death penalty,” the Associated Press reports. “If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters […]

“Over the past two months, the United States has made financial commitments that hint at a limited return to global health and humanitarian assistance partnerships, after the abrupt severing of many of those relationships a year and a half ago,” the New York Times reports.

“Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to President Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: Trump is seriously considering attacking Iranian energy targets in the coming days in response to Iran’s missile strike on a U.S. base in Jordan and its […]

Wall Street Journal: “While many Democratic elites still feel bullish about taking back the House and are willing to throw big money at their favorite candidates, institutional fatigue—and in some cases, full-on drama—has set in among a number of the party’s biggest donors. Like voters, donors say they feel disillusioned with Washington and the party […]