How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel  —  President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel's push for an assault on Iran's nuclear program.  With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.

Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing  —  City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.  —  The city's elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza …

GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware: Poll  —  A plurality of voters oppose the tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll this month.  —  Summary936  —  As Senate Republicans race …

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids  —  ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively affect the food industry.  —  Summary21

Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota  —  “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I'm not calling him,” the president told reporters.  —  President Trump said that he had no plans to call Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota after a man assassinated …

Trump ‘Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade: Author  —  P***ED OFF  —  The president wanted a “menacing” military parade but got the opposite instead, Michael Wolff tells The Daily Beast Podcast.  —  President Donald Trump was unhappy with his sparsely attended military parade …

White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending  —  The president's top aides have signaled they may seize on a timing quirk in law to cancel enacted funds, setting up a clash over the power of the purse.  —  The White House is signaling it may soon invoke a little-known …

How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin  —  Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything  —  Remember ivermectin?  The animal-deworming medication was used so avidly as an off-label COVID treatment during the pandemic that some feed stores ended up going out of stock.

‘Have you no decency?’  Read the scathing letter a Minnesota US Senate staffer sent to Mike Lee  —  The deputy chief of staff for Sen. Tina Smith questioned if joking about the death of Melissa Hortman is a “successful day for Team Lee.”  —  After Utah Sen. Mike Lee promoted right-wing conspiracy theories …

FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020  —  Newly declassified intelligence report partially corroborated but was recalled before it could be fully investigated, officials say.  — Article  — Dig Deeper

Return of the American assassin  —  The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns  —  People are not always what they seem.  Vance Luther Boelter is a Christian preacher with a residential security company.  Last weekend he is suspected of killing …

NAACP won't invite Trump to convention, breaking a 116-year tradition  —  The civil rights group condemned what it said was President Donald Trump's attempt to undermine democracy.  It has invited sitting presidents since 1909.  —  Summary191  —  The NAACP will not invite President Donald Trump …

Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Companies ask Supreme Court to quickly hear Trump tariffs challenge  —  Two toy companies are urging the justices to intervene so that they can hear oral arguments in the fall.  —  WASHINGTON — Two educational toy companies on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to quickly take up their challenge …

The White House Wants to Numb Voters to This  —  Trump portrays Democratic-led states and cities as un-American, aiming to normalize treating them like the enemy.  —  One major American city in turmoil was apparently insufficient for President Donald Trump.

‘This War Is Not Helping Us’  —  Members of Iran's opposition want change, and fear for their lives.  —  Sepideh Qolian, a 30-year-old Iranian labor activist, spent two years in Tehran's Evin Prison, where she wrote two books, one of them a celebrated prison memoir in the form of a baking cookbook.

Democrats Preview a New Attack: Trump's Pardons Are Majorly Expensive  —  A new Judiciary Committee memo claims President Donald Trump's nearly 1,600 pardons could deprive victims of about $1.3 billion in fines and restitution.  — Copy  —  A new internal memo to House Judiciary Committee …

Armed man arrested at Nashville's ‘No Kings’ protest had long fascination with Nazis, mass murder  —  Police visited Elijah Millar's home in April following tip from FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force about his online activities, Murfreesboro police spokesperson says