Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for “Regime Change”  —  Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, “Regime Change.”

US, Iran offer mixed messages on peace deal timing  —  The U.S. and Iran are offering mixed messages on a possible peace deal, with Iranian officials disputing President Trump's announcement that a ceasefire would be finalized Sunday  —  Iran's state-run Fars News Agency reported early Sunday that Tehran …

UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company  —  Some fighters will receive bonuses in ‘stablecoins’ issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial  —  The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced on Friday that it will pay bonuses to fighters in a form …

Trump at 80: A President ‘Really Uncomfortable’ With Aging … President Trump during a recent trip to attend the NBA Finals in New York.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times  —  He stays up late, phoning lawyers and lawmakers, while posting up to 150 times a night on Truth Social.

Trump endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate runoff … Dooley said he has “great respect” for Trump in a post on X after the president's endorsement and reiterated his pitch as a political outsider best positioned to beat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, while highlighting his support from Kemp.

The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be messy, and Trump will be petty  —  The illegal effort to put Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center has always been a metaphor — but, this weekend, it became a story of how we get through this.  —  This is what it will mean to win.

Merger Cleared, David Ellison to Join Trump at U.F.C. Bout  —  A U.F.C. fight on President Trump's birthday will now double as a capstone for Paramount's successful effort to secure Justice Department approval for a mega media merger.  —  The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House …

France's far-right front-runner rejects Trump's backing  —  BRUSSELS — If Jordan Bardella becomes France's next president, don't expect him to be Donald Trump's man in Europe.  —  The 30-year-old leader of France's far-right National Rally — and the favorite to replace Marine Le Pen …

The White House UFC fight is a grand pageant for an 80-year-old boy king  —  A $60 million price tag outstrips even the most lavish spectacles that medieval tournaments provided for feudal lords.  —  On the White House South Lawn, rising high above the Executive Mansion, a battlefield awaits.

A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide  —  A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide.  An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives …

Trump Again Picks Personal Lawyer for a Top Job, as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan  —  James M. McDonald, a veteran former federal prosecutor and regulator, has more recently been part of President Trump's legal team, appealing his criminal conviction.  —  President Trump said on Saturday …

Secretive super PAC funding is skyrocketing in primaries … A record number of groups are exploiting a gap in campaign finance law to flood this year's primary elections with money — without disclosing their donors until long after the race is over.  —  More than $48 million has already …

UK armed forces board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel, PM says  —  British armed forces boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, Sir Keir Starmer has said.  —  In an operation lasting six hours …

How Redistricting Pit Wasserman Schultz Against Black Democrats in Florida  —  Four candidates running in a historically Black district risk dividing the Black vote and losing to Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who is white.  —  Four Black Democrats running for Congress in the same South Florida district met …

Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked  —  Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said.  As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS

Early results show Swiss voters reject right-wing's bid to cap population at 10 million  —  Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country's population at 10 million.

Voters are unhappy about much more than high gas prices … Summary  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — For Leith Olson, the familiar comforts of middle-class life have moved out of reach.  —  To save money, he and his wife, Heather, cut back on vacations and switched to less expensive store brands when shopping for groceries.

Dr Jill Biden Writes What She Knows  —  REVIEW: ‘View from the East Wing’ by Jill Biden  —  In her new memoir, Dr. Jill Biden, Ed. D., fondly recounts the moment she had “never felt prouder to be an educator.”  You might assume it happened in a classroom.  But that's not how the good doctor rolls.

Trump Administration Reignites Its Feud With Anthropic Over Latest A.I. Models  —  The administration's surprise restrictions Friday cut off foreign access to Anthropic's latest models and sparked another round of finger pointing.  —  The feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration escalated again …