What Middle Powers Fear About the Trump-Xi Summit  —  Asian nations worry that the president might trade security commitments for better economic terms with China during his planned meeting with Xi Jinping this week.  —  Poland will soon host production lines for South Korean tanks.

Lessons from the Pentagon's Empty Case Against Mark Kelly  —  Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon is in disarray.  Adherence to the rule of law, is now, apparently, a ground for termination.  The latest target in Hegseth's continued purge was former Secretary of the Navy John Phelan.

Trump's Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains … Last week was the best one President Donald Trump has had in months.  —  Trump reminded Republicans who's boss by ousting Indiana lawmakers who defied his redistricting demands, saw Democrats' attempt to gerrymander Virginia blocked …

Everlee Has Disappeared  —  Like all of Webworm's public interest journalism, there is no paywall - and there are no ads.  This is made possible thanks to its paying subscribers.  This work is not possible without them.  Thank you.  —  Hi,  —  As I write this newsletter at 7.42pm in New York …

The problem(s) with the transportation secretary's tone-deaf reality series  —  Sean Duffy's return to reality programming isn't just a political mess, it also raises unavoidable ethical questions.  —  Just two weeks into Donald Trump's second term, Axios published a report noting …

The Post's Opinion Divide … On Monday, as The Washington Post celebrated its two Pulitzer Prize wins, the newspaper found itself scrambling to bring back two previously laid-off video operators to help livestream the celebration because, after the company's massive layoffs in February, no one remained who could operate the system.

Republicans Don't Want to Talk About Gas Prices Anymore  —  Gas prices are how voters measure the success of the economy.  The Iran war is causing rising gas prices, and battleground district Republicans have mostly gone silent.  — Copy  —  The same party that spent years pinning every penny increase …

One American has tested positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptoms … In a statement Sunday evening, HHS said the State Department would airlift the passengers, transporting some of them to the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

G.O.P. Plant?  Democratic Ruse?  Accusations Fly in Nebraska's Senate Race  —  One Democrat is accused of being a Republican in disguise.  Another plans to drop out to boost an independent.  It's primary eve in one of the country's most unusual midterm contests.

Trump and Netanyahu Say Iran War Is Not Over  —  The Trump administration said last week that the war had run its course, but the U.S. president and Israel's prime minister in interviews on Sunday did not rule out renewed combat.  —  President Trump and Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu …

Stephen Miller in Retreat  —  Just hours before Stephen Miller arrived at the Mar-a-Lago ballroom on New Year's Eve—where he would welcome 2026 by dancing next to the soon-to-be-defenestrated homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, as the 1990s cultural relic Vanilla Ice performed—he won a great, though ultimately fleeting, victory.

'Bill Cassidy Sold His Soul to the Devil, and He Didn't Get Anything for It'  —  On Saturday, we'll get some data on how yet another Trump Tragedy will end.  Recent polls put Bill Cassidy, the senator from Louisiana, in third place heading into the first round of the Republican primary here.

The families going hungry because of Trump's food stamp cuts  —  Under President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle.  A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.

White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty in federal court  —  Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was armed with multiple guns, as well as knives, when he sprinted through a security checkpoint at the D.C. hotel, officials said. … Cole Tomas Allen, 31 …

The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians … It's a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.  —  Supporters of Israel made that point after the brutal sexual assaults against Israeli women during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

227. “We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This”  —  With both its ruling in Callais and its behavior before and since, the Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the redistricting bottom; it has placed itself *squarely* in the middle of it.  —  Welcome back to “One First …

They Were Promised New Septic Tanks.  Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’ … Behind Dana Anderson's home in central Alabama, a plastic pipe carries waste from her toilet through her backyard, discarding it outdoors.  Three or four times a year, a spell of heavy rain forces the excrement back up into the house.

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds  —  About 1 in 4 say the correspondents' dinner shooting was staged, the poll found, including roughly a third of Democrats, as conspiracy theories spread widely online.  —  Summary  —  About 1 in 4 Americans …

Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Usher in Genuine Populism?  —  The tech bros are worse than the robber barons ever were — and voters are catching on  —  America used to be a middle-class society.  But income and wealth disparities began rising rapidly during the Reagan years …

America's job market optimism gap is the worst in the world  —  Young Americans have a gloomier outlook on their job prospects than their older colleagues, creating a wider optimism gap than any other country surveyed by Gallup.  —  The big picture: The very existence of that chasm between …

Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court to Consider Case Challenging Access to Abortion Pill  —  What We're Covering Today  — Supreme Court: The fate of the widely used abortion medication mifepristone is in the hands of the Supreme Court on Monday.

Neal plans broad tax agenda if House control changes … The last time Neal had the job, during President Donald Trump's first term, he became the face of Democrats' long-running bid to release Trump's long-hidden tax returns — an ultimately successful fight that nevertheless came with loads …