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 Says Peace Talks on Track After Israel-Iran Clashes End  —  Iran, Israel Pledge to End Attacks That Threatened Talks  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 15.53% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.

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 …

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 …

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.

AP-NORC America 250 Poll  —  Only a third believe the American Dream still exists. … This July 4th will mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.  As America approaches this milestone, only a third of the public feel the American Dream, the belief that if you work hard …

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 …

On campaign promises about foreign wars, Trump rewrites recent history  —  The candidate who promised not to launch a war has been reduced to “I didn't guarantee ‘no war,’” as if we don't remember the events of two years ago.  —  Before Donald Trump abruptly ended his latest “Meet the Press” …

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.

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.

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 …

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,” …

US carriers spent $6.5B on fuel in April; global profit forecast is cut nearly in half  —  U.S. airlines spent more than $6 billion on jet fuel in April, up 78% from a year earlier despite using slightly less fuel, government data released Monday showed.  Meanwhile, the airline industry's …

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 …

Clerical error inadvertently exposes shady donations to Jim Jordan and MAGA groups: report  —  A clerical error inadvertently revealed a campaign contribution to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that's now the subject of complaint with the Federal Election Commission.

They Went to Jared  —  How Donald Trump's son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with autocrats—and sell out America.  —  The pitch deck from a new investment fund called Affinity Partners was one of the most laughable presentations the potential investors had ever seen.

Republican leading AI effort has ambitious timeline for getting his bill through the House  —  Rep. Jay Obernolte has an aggressive timeline for getting his new bipartisan Artificial Intelligence proposal taken up in the House — and a path for getting a congressional hearing on a major part of the plan.

Senate funding action stalled amid partisan stalemate on totals  —  Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins is accusing Democrats of refusing to negotiate government funding bills ahead of the September shutdown deadline and called off markups Monday night for the second week in a row.