A Bad Summit's Silver Lining  —  Trump's announcement that a cease-fire won't precede peace talks is good news for Ukraine.  —  Vladimir Putin led Russia out of international isolation on Friday, striding down a red carpet to greet an applauding Donald Trump.

Reservations plunge across DC restaurants after Trump's police takeover  —  Online reservations dropped more than 25% in the days following President Trump's announcement that he was federalizing DC Police, according to OpenTable data. … WASHINGTON — D.C. restaurants saw a more than 25% drop …

ICE boasts about ripping Mount Pleasant sign with anti-border patrol message  —  “We're taking America back, baby,” one of the masked men says in the video posted to ICE's official X account.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials proudly claimed responsibility …

Karoline Leavitt Can't Cover Up the Truth.  Trump's Cankles and Hand Makeup Say It All  —  CANKLE SAM  —  It's Trump's turn under the unflattering fluorescent lights of mortality.  —  Forget the orange makeup on his hand.  Forget the newly grey hair hovering above his scalp.  Forget the slits for eyes.

Inside the DNC's money problems … Major Democratic donors have withheld money this year amid skepticism about the party's direction, while the small-dollar donors who have long been a source of strength are not growing nearly enough to make up the gap.  And the party has quickly churned through …

The unusual GOP alliance pushing earmarks in this fall's funding fight … “We've been very clear with the speaker: An overwhelming majority of our members want community project funding in this budget,” said Main Street Caucus Chair Mike Flood (R-Neb.) in a recent interview.

Why this swing seat House member is doubling down on Trump's megalaw … The tactic is a gamble for a battleground district lawmaker whose election next year is considered crucial for maintaining GOP control of the House. … Lawler will unveil the ads today, which trumpet the measure for having …

Whitmer's big gamble for '28: Working with Trump  —  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is taking a gamble that other potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders are not: that party voters might reward her — or at least not punish her — for working with President Trump.

Trump's war on numbers  —  The Trump administration is undermining — or has stopped collecting — key, once-nonpartisan data that kept the public informed about the state of the nation. … Without it, leaders risk making costly mistakes that could affect millions.

The left gets a new publication  —  The Scoop  —  A group of left-leaning writers and journalists are starting a new publication on Monday aimed at arguing in favor of what liberalism is for, rather than just what it's against.  —  Jerusalem Demsas left The Atlantic in recent weeks to launch The Argument …

UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training and Therapeutic Yoga Instruction, Drawing Scrutiny From Trump Admin  —  The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon is largely funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars, money it has used to pursue left-wing programs like …