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 …

Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran  —  The Middle East Donald Trump Federal agencies US military  —  The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump's war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

The right-wing bubble seals in the GOP with Max Miller  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  “The left-wing media already has a narrative,” Ohio Rep. Max Miller declared Sunday morning in a livestream on X.

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.

The New York-ification of Media Keeps Growing, Warts and All  —  Why has New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani become nationally prominent so quickly?  Part of it has to do with his bold and controversial policy proposals, his undeniable political skills and his wholehearted embrace of social media.

Cuba Suffers Fourth Nationwide Blackout in Less Than a Month  —  Cuba was hit by its fourth island-wide blackout in less than a month, as US energy restrictions and decrepit infrastructure continue to hammer the Caribbean nation.  —  Havana's energy ministry said Monday it had restarted three power plants …

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.

Trump denigrates fellow golfers as lacking ‘talent’ as he boasts about winning trophy on his own course  —  Like last year, the president posted on Truth Social announcing he won a club championship trophy at his own golf club in New Jersey  —  President Donald Trump boasted Sunday …

Democrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost)  —  Our brand-new election forecast for the 2026 congressional midterms puts Democrats at above even odds to take control of both chambers  —  Today's the day we've all been waiting for.

How China Won the Iran War  —  Trump has shattered American power, and Beijing is picking up the pieces  —  Make America Great Again?  Hah.  Donald Trump has weakened us with astonishing speed.  Under his “leadership” America's influence, reputation and credibility have peeled away like the liner in the Reflecting Pool.

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 …

Maryland Dems kick off latest redistricting effort after a year of infighting  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Democrats kicked off a special session on redistricting Monday, with the battle to redraw House districts around the country showing no signs of stopping at the November midterm elections.

We're about to find out how powerful progressives really are  —  Michigan is ground zero for the Democratic Party's ideological war.  —  Its marquee Senate race and two of its House primaries on Tuesday — in Michigan's 7th and 13th Congressional Districts — will provide another crucial test …

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 ...

Inside Ashley Moody's very cautious Senate campaign in Florida … MIAMI — Florida's recent GOP stars have thrived on brash confrontations, political stunts, big personalities and a relentless media presence.  —  And then there's Sen. Ashley Moody's quieter path to power.

Canada is choking America.  Trump is right to make them pay  —  Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires is once again choking U.S. cities.  President Donald Trump has accused Canada of failing to maintain its forests and has threatened to impose “pollution” tariffs on that country's exports …

Troy Jackson's Son Charged Nearly $200,000 Lobbying the Maine Senate in Jackson's Final Year as Its President  —  Maine's newly minted Democratic Senate nominee, Troy Jackson, says he's running for office because he's “tired” of “high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed” killing “good bills” that would “protect workers.”

Let's Talk About the Massive Parking Garage Trump Wants to Build at Dulles  —  It won't exactly be the eighth wonder of the world, but it will be big — like, Guinness World Records big.  —  That's what President Donald Trump promised last week when he unveiled plans to build a parking garage …

Former Biden COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha says pandemic ‘probably was a lab leak’  —  Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator during the Biden administration, revealed Sunday that he now favors the so-called lab leak theory as the most plausible origin story of the pandemic.

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 …

Park Service Finds Trump's Arch Could Detract From Dozens of Historic Places  —  The 250-foot-tall edifice would alter views across Washington and Arlington Cemetery.  —  President Trump's proposed 250-foot-tall triumphal arch would change the skyline of Washington to such an extent …

Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America's Future  —  “We live in a country with an unpredictable past.”  This was a saying among the intelligentsia in the Soviet Union when I was growing up.  We never knew which part of our history would be obliterated next.