U.S. and Iran agree to halt strikes and meet this week, U.S. official says  —  The U.S. and Iran agreed to stop attacking each other, according to a senior U.S. official, as the two sides plan to meet Tuesday in Qatar's capital to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz.

Rick Scott says he's just trying to help … “There won't be a vote,” he said, adding that he's “fine” with Thune continuing in the position.  —  “Here's what I don't get,” Scott continued, expressing exasperation with the palace intrigue.  “Other people get to put out their position.

Yoo to advise diGenova on probe into inquiries of Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia … “As far as I know, I'm just signing on as a consultant on any kind of constitutional law issues they may encounter,” Yoo said Sunday.  “I've known Joe and [his wife] Vicky [Toensing] for more than three decades …

America's most (and least) popular politicians in 2026  —  Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani top the list, while Tucker Carlson and Chuck Schumer bring up the rear … Our June Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll asked Americans to rate a dozen political figures on a scale from 0 to 100 …

Israel and Iran Have Divided Democrats and Republicans.  Will They Ever Be the Same?  —  Raging internal debates over foreign policy threaten both parties' fortunes in November — and in 2028.  Is a major ideological shift underway?  —  Bitter foreign policy debates over Israel and Iran …

Work on East Potomac Golf Links overhaul will begin Sept. 1, Trump says  —  Officials haven't said how the speedy timeline will mesh with regulatory reviews they've pledged to follow.  —  Summary  —  A sweeping overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links will begin Sept. 1, President Donald Trump …

Putin's fuel shortage admission signals growing strain on Russia's energy infrastructure … Russian President Vladimir Putin has conceded that the country is facing fuel shortages following a barrage of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes on key energy infrastructure, although he insisted the Kremlin was dealing with them.

UC Berkeley to Open Nancy Pelosi Institute Aimed at Advancing Democracy  —  Former House speaker says the center will be nonpartisan  —  The University of California, Berkeley plans to launch a new institute named for Nancy Pelosi and intended to strengthen democracy.

Platner Has Slight Edge Over Collins in Tight Maine Senate Race, Poll Finds  —  The Maine race, which both parties see as key to winning control of the Senate, is extremely close as the sprint to fall begins, a Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll found.  —  Senator Susan Collins …

Student loan shake-up hits July 1: Here's what to know … Sayonara, SAVE Plan:  —  After years of legal limbo and paused repayments, SAVE Plan borrowers will now receive notices to enroll in a different repayment plan within 90 days.  — If a borrower doesn't do so …

Fine, Don't Prosecute the President.  But Release Jack Smith's Report.  —  Three years ago this month, the Justice Department indicted Donald Trump under the Espionage Act for concealing and refusing to return classified documents after his departure from the White House.

Why resisting Trump has galvanized Black Democrats as the midterms approach  —  High primary turnout among Black voters in the South has given some in the party hope for upset wins in the region.  —  Summary  —  ST. STEPHEN, S.C. — Black voters in South Carolina and other southern states …

Fox News' Not-So-Wonderful Apology … On Friday and Saturday, Fox News hosts awkwardly did something that the network had long resisted—even after paying $787 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit over the 2020 election: They apologized.

Inside Republicans' Plan to Win the Midterms  —  Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 by turning out multitudes of people who usually don't vote, in no small part because his campaign built an entire strategy around aggressively courting their support.  —  Republicans, including some involved …

How Warsh Has Begun to Change the Fed … Kevin M. Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve, campaigned for the job on the basis of “regime change.”  Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times  —  Shortly after taking over as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin M. Warsh wrote to the central bank's …

Party Time at the ODNI?  —  Christina A. Norton, the new chief of staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is a party-loving MAGA activist with no background in national security issues but who last year boasted of running “the largest election integrity operation …

Pro-Trump groups to tell Brendan Carr to yank Disney's TV licenses … Carr this spring took the highly unusual step of calling in the licenses for all eight Disney-owned ABC TV stations for renewal years ahead of schedule, citing allegations that the entertainment and media giant had failed …

Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal … President Donald Trump bought as much as $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise — maker of Tasers, body cameras and policing software — two weeks before Immigration and Customs Enforcement sought a five-year …

Donald Trump and how strongman leaders fall  —  The downfalls of would-be autocrats in Hungary, Brazil and the Philippines hold lessons for America  —  The “Save America Act” sounds hard to oppose.  But, much to US President Donald Trump's frustration, the legislation is stuck in Congress.

Americans Want to Impeach Donald Trump  —  So why aren't Democrats doing something about it?  —  Pocket  —  From the fog of complacency that enshrouds Democratic congressional leaders, one refrain billows above even the antiregulatory mantra of abundance—the siren song of popularism (not to be confused with “populism").

Trump Reflecting Pool Arrests Take Unnerving Turn—and Officials Go Mum  —  Donald Trump has insisted six people have been arrested and many more have been given citations for vandalizing the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  This allegedly includes carving a 350-foot gash …