Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump's I.R.S. Deal  —  Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president's immunity from tax scrutiny.  —  Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general …

MAGA vs. Mullin  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Monday morning, we're back with a MAGA world dispatch on the movement's latest displeasure with the Trump administration.  Refresh the X app and get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...

Amid a democratic socialist surge, the DSA asks itself: What's next?  —  For Democratic Socialists of America leaders, the 2026 primaries have brought wins beyond what they dared to hope for.  Now, they want to expand their reach.  —  Summary  —  CHICAGO — For leaders …

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump's grant overhaul  —  Senate appropriators released text Sunday of a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown come Oct. 1 and punt broader government funding negotiations until after the midterms.  —  Under the bipartisan plan …

This Sleazoid MAGA Congressman May Just Have Turned a Red Seat Blue … I'm betting there's a good chance you've never heard of Max Miller.  Just another take-a-number MAGA Congressman.  Except that he's not.  He's a personal favorite of Donald Trump, having worked in the Trump 1.0 White House …

Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops' Fate … Capt. Kai Proce before his separation board hearing at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June.Kate Warren for The New York Times  —  She had lost 26 of her last 27 cases, a string of defeats and disappointments unlike anything she had experienced in her legal career.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur hospitalized after hit-skip crash on her way to church service  —  Rep. Kaptur among those with non-life-threatening injuries  —  TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) was taken to an area hospital to get checked out after a hit-and-run crash …

McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026  —  Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration's latest effort to overhaul higher education.

California Democratic Party endorses billionaire tax  —  The California Democratic Party on Sunday endorsed a November ballot measure to tax billionaires' wealth, bucking Gov. Gavin Newsom and the influential labor unions that oppose it.  —  The party's executive board narrowly voted …

James Carville vows to abandon Democratic Party if far-left Hasan Piker becomes leading voice  —  Democratic strategist James Carville pledged to leave the Democratic Party if far-left streamer Hasan Piker becomes a leading voice in it and argued that an “overwhelming majority” of Democrats agree.

Energy Dept. draws fire for slow pace of Venezuelan oil deals  —  Nearly eight months after President Trump predicted U.S. companies would “rapidly rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil industry” to boost production, no new petroleum deals have been finalized there with American firms.

Kay Granger, first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the House, has died at age 83  —  Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, died Sunday at the age of 83, her son J.D. Granger said.

Author of Democrats' 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter  —  A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party's turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.  —  TIMES EXCLUSIVE  —  A dispute over the chapter between …

Loomer's Ukraine reversal deepens split in Trump's ‘America First’ movement  —  Influential MAGA blogger and former Kyiv critic Laura Loomer expects to visit the president to advocate for the U.S.-Ukraine alliance.  —  Laura Loomer, the controversial but influential pro-Trump blogger …

Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules  —  President Donald Trump's administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, upending the hallmarks of the early education program for impoverished children …