Trump Holds Off on Major Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns  —  Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East.  —  President Trump has set aside, at least for now …

Appeals Court Upholds Blocks on Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting  —  The ruling on Saturday was the latest rebuke to President Trump's attacks on mail-in voting.  The government says it may take the case to the Supreme Court.  —  An appeals court on Saturday upheld a lower-court ruling blocking key parts …

An Admiral's Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth's Pentagon … Admiral Daryl Caudle during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last year.Eric Lee for The New York Times  —  Adm. Daryl Caudle saw an opening to land the Navy's top job last year, and he seized it.

Brazil Denies Visas to U.S. Officials Over Election-Interference Fears  —  Move comes amid concerns Trump delegation could help cast doubt on electronic voting ahead of October's presidential election  —  SÃO PAULO—Brazil has denied visas to two senior Trump administration officials …

Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midterms  —  Pollsters and GOP groups are raising the alarm about an unmotivated base in an election year that would be tough no matter what, given the president's low approval.  —  Republican pollsters and political groups …

Whitmer's War Against Medicare For All  —  Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced a last-minute endorsement of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in her Democratic Senate primary battle against former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed.

Trump Is Pushing Nuclear Energy.  His Family and Supporters Could Benefit. … President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi leader, have extensive ties.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times  —  Listen  · 14:04 min  —  By Eric Lipton and Kate Kelly  —  July 26, 2026

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party  —  The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year's midterms.  But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’  —  Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’  —  Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump's administration …

Several people are injured at Berlin's LGBTQ+ march after a car drives into the crowd  —  A car drove into a crowd during Berlin's famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday and injured several people, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun.

McConnell faces growing questions about absence nearly six weeks after fall  —  Scant details have not quieted rumors and online speculation about the former Senate Republican leader's condition.  —  Summary  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is facing growing calls to be more transparent …

The shrinking world of former president Joe Biden  —  Cancer treatment has sharply limited Biden's post-White House life even as his upcoming memoir threatens to reopen debates over his health and presidency.  —  Summary  —  Joe Biden's world has grown smaller.

More than 1 million children lost access to food benefits after Trump bill passed  —  Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026  —  More than a million children across the US have lost access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …

Police identify Islamist as suspect in Berlin Pride attack, seeking his arrest  —  A suspected perpetrator of the apparent car attack on Pride celebrations in Berlin on Saturday night has been identified as a member of the city's “Islamist scene” but he has not yet been arrested, a spokesman for Berlin police said on Sunday.

Court checks Pritzker as Trump administration scores another immigration win  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was dealt a major legal blow Friday after a federal judge gutted key state laws providing in-state tuition, financial aid and scholarships to illegal immigrants, marking another win …

Iran's leaders turn on each other as hardliners push for wider conflict  —  WASHINGTON — Iran's leaders are fighting each other almost as much as they're battling the West, with some senior politicians scrambling to save US talks while the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leans …

Can This Man Save Democrats? … Ben Wikler wanted to lead the Democratic Party after his party's disastrous 2024.  But Wikler, the former Wisconsin Democratic chair, may ultimately help Democrats even more with his new book: This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy.