Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms  —  The dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.  —  The White House ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday …

Mexican Man Fatally Shot by ICE Wasn't the Intended Target  —  Officials say agents believed a passenger resembled one suspect, but the encounter quickly escalated into a fatal shooting.  —  Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching …

Scoop: Platner privately told staff he'll formally exit Senate race Monday  —  Graham Platner privately told staff that he is planning to officially file paperwork to end his Senate campaign on Monday — the drop-dead deadline for him to exit the race.

Trump's arch clears another hurdle, setting up a big debate: Do height limits apply?  —  In its quest to build a 250-foot arch near the National Mall, the Trump administration is arguing that a longstanding law restricting building heights in D.C. does not apply — to the project or to any federal structures at all.

New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say  —  Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas.  The White House defended the aircraft's safety.  —  The new Air Force One, which President Trump flew …

OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups  —  US groups have been supplying AI services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent  —  OpenAI and Google are selling their advanced AI models to Chinese tech giants blacklisted by the Pentagon …

Mamdani Official Set Meeting With Iranian Ambassador to UN  —  If you were Zohran Mamdani's new Commissioner in the Office of International Affairs, charged with reaching out to government officials from countries that ideologically align with the mayor, who would you reach out to?

Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, sources say  —  Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with matter told CNN, adding another layer of tension …

In ruling against Florida's Stop WOKE Act, this Trump judge took DeSantis to school  —  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision Tuesday upholding a lower court decision against Florida's so-called Stop WOKE Act is a necessary rebuke of state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis …

McConnell was loaded into ambulance on a stretcher, according to eyewitness and new video  —  Emergency responders took Sen. Mitch McConnell to an ambulance on a stretcher after being called to his home last month for a report of an unconscious person, according to new video of the incident and an eyewitness account.

How American Socialism Changed, and Stormed the Democratic Party … Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, left, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York at a rally last month in Brooklyn.  —  The word “socialist” has a unique ability in American politics to provoke high emotion.

Top Senate Democratic PAC Stockpiles Record Sum, as Money Chase Heats Up  —  Senate Majority PAC says it entered July with $126 million, a new midyear high, after raising $147 million with an affiliated nonprofit from April through June.  But can it keep pace with the G.O.P.?

Peru Tests the Limits of Trump's Anti-China Stance  —  President-elect Keiko Fujimori seems unwilling to ditch her father's legacy of ties to Beijing. … Alberto Fujimori was the first Peruvian president to fly to Beijing in the 1990s.  He was looking for money and international backing, and ended up turning Peru toward China.

U.S. to continue ‘technical talks’ with Iran after Trump said ceasefire was ‘over’ … The U.S. will enage in “technical talks” with Iran and remains committed to finding a solution to the conflict, despite the two countries trading airstrikes in recent days, MS Now reported Thursday, citing a U.S. official.

On the same day, a Florida airport and a Tennessee bridge are renamed after Trump  —  The new signage comes just weeks after the president's name was removed from the Kennedy Center in Washington.  —  The next time President Donald Trump flies to Mar-a-Lago, he'll be landing at an airport named after himself.

Trump denies disaster aid to four blue states, after approving aid to six red states  —  A White House spokesperson said there is “no politicization to the president's decisions on disaster relief.”  There's compelling evidence to the contrary.  —  The White House was already facing credible allegations …

Courts reject Trump's Hail Mary bids to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll  —  After three years, three levels of the federal courts system and countless legal filings, Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll.  —  On Wednesday evening, a judge on the New York-based 2nd Circuit Court …