Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative  —  The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn't oppose abortion.

Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles …

Israeli strikes could cause regime change in Iran, Netanyahu says; Iran fires more missiles at Israel  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that regime change in Iran “could certainly be the result” of Israel's military campaign.  “Because the Iran regime is very weak,” he said in an interview with Fox News.

Playbook: 10 years of Trump  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  —  A DECADE LIKE NO OTHER: It's 10 years to the day that Trump descended that famous golden elevator in New York's Trump Tower and announced he was running for president.

Randi Weingarten Quits D.N.C. Post in Dispute With Chairman  —  In a letter to the party's chairman, Ken Martin, Ms. Weingarten wrote, “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging.”  —  Randi Weingarten, the longtime leader of one of the nation's most influential labor unions …

Donald Trump Claims ‘Flop’ Military Parade Was a ‘Tremendous Success’  —  GLASS HALF FULL  —  The president deemed the audience “fantastic” despite questions over crowd size.  —  President Donald Trump deemed his multimillion dollar military birthday parade a “tremendous success” Sunday …

Marcher wounded in Salt Lake City ‘No Kings’ protest shooting dies  —  Police chief says the victim was not shot by the suspect, who is in jail.  —  Note to readers  •The Salt Lake Tribune has made this story free to all.  —  A marcher critically wounded in a shooting …

When Rights Erode for Some of Us, Something Corrodes in All of Us  —  The Trump administration is often most shocking when it disregards rights many Americans have blithely assumed to be universal.  Of course you can't be punished for writing an opinion essay, because the United States …

‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control  —  Administration officials secured a deal that will give the president unusual influence over a private company, and could serve as a model for other deals.  —  To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel agreed …

The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE's Chaotic Takeover of Social Security … Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration.

Our Advice to Voters in a Vexing Race for New York Mayor  —  Many longtime New Yorkers have had a sinking feeling at some point in the past decade.  They have worried that their city was heading back to the bad old days of the 1970s and '80s.  —  Subway trips can have a chaotic or even menacing quality.

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly want Trump to obey court rulings, but MAGA Republicans are split  —  Eight in 10 respondents believe the Trump administration shouldn't ignore a federal court ruling the White House doesn't like, per the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll.