Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass  —  Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies …

No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game … Sorry, Knicks fans: No Madison Square Garden watch party tonight.  —  You won't even be able to walk close.  —  The NYPD and U.S. Secret Service announced another spate of street closures and security measures in anticipation …

Trump Wants to Call the Shots.  But in Iran, He Keeps Hitting His Limits.  —  President Trump is grappling with his own version of the sort of Middle East crisis that beset his predecessors, and that he promised to avoid.  —  President Trump has defined his career in politics with displays of dominance and control.

Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight  —  As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president's maximalist demands.  Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear.  —  President Trump on Monday nominated …

Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With Talarico  —  The revelation comes as the Democrat Senate candidate faces scrutiny over a separate relationship with a former chief of staff.  —  A former Capitol staffer has publicly confirmed that she was previously in a romantic relationship …

Vance refers Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota attorney general to DOJ for fraud investigation  —  The Justice Department opened a separate investigation this year into the Democratic governor over allegations he helped impede immigration enforcement.  —  Vice President JD Vance announced Monday …

Court blocks Trump's $100K visa fee  —  It's a significant victory for states who sued Trump over the proclamation, saying the $100,000 fee had damaged their ability to hire workers … The Clinton appointee's ruling was rooted in two Supreme Court precedents: the ruling that upheld Obamacare …

An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump.  Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.  —  In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face.  On one side was 30-year-old Anant Ambani, son of one the richest men in Asia.

Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator's Coal Companies  —  Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia and a close ally of the president's.

Crew Is Rescued After U.S. Helicopter Goes Down Near Strait of Hormuz  —  It was not immediately clear what led to the incident, which came at a time when the cease-fire in the war has grown tenuous.  —  A U.S. Army Apache helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday …

Republicans hope Trump retreats on Pulte to save spy law … But they are also nudging the administration to pick a different nominee to fill the role in a permanent capacity.  Pulte is among the subjects Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to discuss with Trump at the White House Tuesday …

Scoop: Dems place $30 million bet on reshaping 2028 House maps  —  Democrats are taking the fight over future House maps down ballot, with the super PAC Forward Majority planning to spend $30 million on two dozen state legislative races this year. … - “We're in the Wild West now,” …

Bill Introduced in Congress To Codify the First Amendment Right To Film the Feds and Sue for Violations  —  Two Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress today that would create a right to sue federal law enforcement officers who stop someone from filming or observing police activity.

Medical school organizations sign on to RFK Jr.'s nutrition requirements  —  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education.

Lindsey Graham is spending big to ward off an ‘America First’ primary challenge … He is running hard to Graham's right, setting up a proxy test of whether the “America First” GOP base views President Donald Trump's recent interventionist turn with some skepticism even as they continue to support the president.

Pentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakers … “This decrease in religious affiliation codes is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of ‘officially approved’ religions …

San Francisco Voters Appear to Reject Tax Hike on Highly Paid C.E.O.s  —  The proposal was seen as a possible measure of how residents felt about the recent flood of money into the city as a result of the A.I. boom.  —  San Francisco voters appear to have rejected a significant tax increase …

How many times has Trump claimed an Iran deal is around the corner?  —  It's been more than two months since President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran, saying at the time that the two sides were close to a deal.  —  Trump said on social media on April 7 that they were …

Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92  —  In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.  —  Gordon S. Wood, a historian whose decades of research …