Sen. Bill Cassidy's defeat shows the price of dissent in Trump's Republican Party  —  The senator lost his primary in Louisiana Saturday night, five years after voting to convict Trump on impeachment charges following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy's primary loss Saturday brings …

To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch  —  The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn't grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.  —  With his generational wealth …

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda  —  The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

Scoop: Trump advisers fear China may target Taiwan in next 5 years  —  Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger that Chinese President Xi Jinping will invade Taiwan in the next five years, potentially choking off the chips used to power AI to U.S. companies.

Why Neutral Maps Could Empower Black Voters as Much as the Voting Rights Act  —  Our simulations debunk the notion that the act created artificial minority districts that wouldn't otherwise exist.  —  The number of Black representatives from the South is set to plunge after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.

Exclusive: U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba  —  Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military vessels and possibly Key West, Fla., 90 miles north of Havana, according to classified intelligence shared with Axios.

Sen. Lindsey Graham says status quo in the Strait of Hormuz is ‘hurting us all’  —  The South Carolina senator called on President Donald Trump to renew U.S. attacks on Iran amid a fragile ceasefire and stalled negotiations.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday called for more U.S. military action …

Senate Ruling Threatens Ballroom Funding in G.O.P. Budget Bill  —  Democrats announced Saturday night that the Senate's top parliamentary referee had determined that the $1 billion provision did not comply with budget rules.  —  The Republican bid to provide $1 billion for President Trump's …

Suing His Own IRS?  Creating a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund?  What the Hell Is Trump Trying to Pull?  —  Whatever it is, it's staggeringly corrupt, and possibly very dangerous.  —  Sen. Ron Wyden, longtime Oregon Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Finance Commitee, has never been a fan of President Donald Trump.

China says preliminary agreement reached with US to lower some tariffs  —  The two sides “agreed to promote two-way trade, including in agricultural products, through arrangements such as mutual tariff reductions on a range of products,” the commerce ministry in Beijing said.

What GOP officials are hopeful — and worried — about six months from the midterms  —  NBC News spoke to roughly 30 Republican National Committee members and GOP activists around the country about how the party can keep control of Congress in November.  —  President Donald Trump …

Trump Calls Xi a ‘Friend.’ But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs.  —  The lack of concrete agreements with Beijing shows the risks of President Trump's personality-driven foreign policy, which rests on the belief that he can defend U.S. interests through charm and force of will.