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 …

Mitch McConnell Is Hospitalized, His Spokesman Says  —  No details were given about the 84-year-old former majority leader's condition, but he has had a string of health issues in recent years.  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the former majority leader, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said.

Trump to Axios: Netanyahu has “no fucking judgment” but Iran deal still on  —  President Trump tells Axios the U.S.-Iran deal to end the war is still on track for Sunday despite Israel's strike in Beirut and the Iranian threat to retaliate. … - “It shook it up.

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.”

Poll: Democrats maintain an edge in the fight for Congress as Trump gets poor marks  —  Democrats have a 5-point advantage in a new NBC News poll as Trump's approval rating sinks to a second-term low among registered voters.  —  President Donald Trump's poor approval rating continues to weigh …

The Congresswoman Who Knows Exactly How to Go Viral  —  Republican Anna Paulina Luna knows how to excite the MAGA base, and annoy her colleagues  —  Anna Paulina Luna has a knack for going viral.  —  In the span of a single month, the Florida Republican championed a CIA whistleblower's theories …

At Turning Point USA conference, women offer away their right to vote  —  Several women said they'd be willing to give up their right to vote if it meant creating a more conservative country at the Turning Point USA Women's Leadership Summit recently held in San Antonio, Texas.

Vance: Trump “very supportive” as vice president moves closer to 2028 decision  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Vice President JD Vance says that he and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, will discuss whether he should seek the 2028 Republican presidential nomination later this year, following the 2026 midterms.

Kennedy Center to establish new endowment in Trump's name after court forces name change  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The Kennedy Center is establishing a new endowment in President Trump's name to support previously existing private endowments and its $257 million in federal funding.

Switzerland votes ‘no’ in referendum on population limit  —  Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to limit the country's population to 10 million by 2050, according to the preliminary results of a divisive referendum billed by some as the country's Brexit moment.

Iran says draft US deal includes oil sanctions waiver, nuclear limits and asset release  —  A senior Iranian official told Reuters a final draft of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S. covered a range of issues, from Tehran's nuclear work to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. waivers …

Kash Patel Keeps Suing the Press … Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has yet to reach a settlement or a favorable jury verdict from the cases.Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times  —  In 2019, Kash Patel, then a White House aide, objected to how news outlets portrayed …

Elon Musk egged on a race riot, then became a trillionaire.  What are we even doing?  —  The images coming out of Belfast — the city in Northern Ireland made famous by decades of ethnic violence that came to be known simply as, “the Troubles” — were horrific enough.