Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting  —  In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats move to deny quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.  —  CHICAGO — In an extraordinary move …

Trump adviser defends labor official's firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’  —  Kevin Hassett pointed to the scale of hiring data revisions when asked for evidence to support Trump's claims that a jobs report was politically rigged.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump's decision …

Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump  —  Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement …

EU-US trade pact causes peak confusion in Brussels  —  Deal risks flouting World Trade Organization rules  —  Welcome to Trade Secrets, summer edition.  Filling the inimitable Alan Beattie's shoes is a tall ask, but I will do my best to bring you some perspectives from Brussels on the EU-US trade deal signed by leaders last month.

Community Colleges Have Been Hit by Trump's War on Elite Universities  —  Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation's two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates.  —  A welding class at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Mich.

New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power  —  The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case.  —  Cathy A. Harris learned she was fired for a third time during her daughter's high school graduation.

From Triumph in Iran to Starvation in Gaza: Netanyahu Squanders His Moment to Halt the War  —  Six weeks after Benjamin Netanyahu scored a victory over Iran, the Israeli leader is now pushing for an “all or nothing” deal with Hamas.  But he has not made the compromises needed to make it happen.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine  —  How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.  —  The digital deluge is a familiar annoyance for anyone on a Democratic fundraising list.

Rep. Nancy Mace, Trump critic-turned-ally, to run for South Carolina governor  —  She joins a crowded Republican primary field that includes a rival candidate she has already clashed with sharply this year.  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), who has shifted her stance on President Donald Trump …

Applebaum on Autocracy … Anne Applebaum has spent decades chronicling the rise of authoritarianism and the collapse of democratic norms around the world.  In her latest piece for The Atlantic, appearing on this week's cover, she turned her attention to Sudan, where a brutal civil war has displaced millions of people.

This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous  —  Last week, in a post on social media, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint against James Boasberg, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in Washington, claiming he made …

China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies  —  Beijing's tightened controls are a sign of the leverage it has over the U.S. military supply chain  —  China is limiting the flow of critical minerals to Western defense manufacturers, delaying production …

Trump Is Very Mad at Charlamagne Tha God for Talking About Epstein  —  “I think this Epstein thing is going to be a way for traditional conservatives to take their party back,” the radio host said on Lara Trump's Fox News show  —  Donald Trump is angry and lashing out at radio host …

UK pornography taskforce to propose banning ‘barely legal’ content after Channel 4 documentary airs  —  Programme about performer Bonnie Blue condemned for ‘glamorising and normalising’ extreme pornography  —  The new pornography taskforce will propose legislation this autumn aimed at banning a type of …

ICE crackdown imperils Afghans who aided U.S. war effort, lawyers say  —  Two former Afghan interpreters for U.S. forces face deportation despite following immigration processes, according to attorneys for the men.  —  One former interpreter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan was detained …