Trump readies federal moves on D.C. crime, takes over D.C. police  —  The president is planning to flex his law enforcement power over Washington, declaring that he would clear the city of homeless people and crack down on crime.  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would place …

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, and an unnamed assistant by Israeli forces in Gaza.

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics  —  President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy  —  A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America's.

Proportional representation is the solution to gerrymandering  —  Why not the best?  —  Democratic state legislators from Texas are on the run, trying to deny the GOP the quorum it needs to push through a mid-decade redistricting plan that would gerrymander the state's maps more severely and net Republicans 3-5 seats.

U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China  —  In a highly unusual arrangement with President Trump, the companies are expected to kick 15 percent of what they make in China to the U.S. government.  —  Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay …

Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says  —  Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so.  His remarks followed weeks of urging …

Alaska Summit: Trump and Putin Planning to Carve Up Ukraine  —  REMEMBER WHEN, A FEW WEEKS BACK, commentators suddenly started talking about Donald Trump's “pivot” or “dramatic shift” on Ukraine and Russia?  The promises of aid to the one and scary sanctions against the other?

Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury transcripts won't be unsealed, judge rules  —  A federal judge on Monday rejected a Justice Department bid to unseal grand jury transcripts in the New York sex trafficking case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned associate of Jeffrey Epstein. … “There is none.”

Small US Firms Paying Trump Tariffs Face $202 Billion Annual Hit  —  Small US companies, the source of more than half of the country's job creation in recent years, are struggling to comply with President Donald Trump's new tariffs and cope with growing financial strains clobbering them from higher import costs.

Trump Administration to Put F.B.I. Agents on Night Patrol in Washington  —  The move is part of President Trump's pledge to crack down on street crime in the nation's capital.  —  The Trump administration plans to temporarily reassign 120 F.B.I. agents in Washington to nighttime patrol duties …

Trump Rages at Nobel-Winning ‘Deranged Bum’ in Late-Night Meltdown  —  JEALOUS, MUCH?  —  The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.  —  Donald Trump has lashed out at Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman in a late-night rant after he weighed …

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling  —  Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal.  —  Paula Faris speaks to Kim Davis, the Kentucky court clerk who went to jail because she refused to issue gay marriage licenses.