Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.  —  The case represents a new front in President Trump's mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.  —  Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times …

Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment?  —  A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its potential limitations.  —  Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani at a rally last week.Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times

Hook and Squeeze  —  This investigation was originally developed for The New York Times, where it underwent eight months of editing, multiple rounds of fact-checking, and independent replication of the underlying methodology.  The piece had a scheduled publication date when requests for comment were sent.

JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran  —  Donald Trump The Middle East JD Vance Oil & gas  —  One of the Trump administration's biggest problems in extracting itself from the Iran war is the list of very absolutist goals that President Donald Trump and his team laid out.

Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump — FT poll  —  Democrats lead Republicans on economy just months ahead of midterm elections  —  Most US voters say they have become worse off under Donald Trump, according to an FT poll revealing mounting discontent with the president's handling of the economy and cost of living.

Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states' voter roll fight to Supreme Court  —  The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits against states that have pushed back against its efforts to gain access to sensitive voter roll data. … Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday there's a …

The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote  —  One of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, referring to disarray in his White House, was, “Sometimes the right hand doesn't know what the far-right hand is doing.”  More appropriately for the Trump White House …

Ocasio-Cortez Rewrites the Rules  —  The latest shot heard 'round the world came not from a gun but from a syringe of fertility hormones belonging to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  —  Last weekend on Instagram, the congresswoman announced her plan to freeze her eggs and document the process.

Trump's legal team shrinks  —  When Donald Trump first hired an elite legal team at Sullivan & Cromwell early last year, it included five of the firm's partners, all of whom had clerked for Supreme Court justices and one of whom had served as acting solicitor general.  —  Today, all but one is gone.

Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him  —  US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden  —  The White House flooded social media on Saturday with an image of Donald Trump showing off …

‘This Week’ Transcript 8-16-26: Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Bill Cassidy & the Generational Divide in the Democratic Party  —  Admiral Michael Mullen speaks onstage at the 2017 New York City Salute to Service Awards at Metropolitan Pavilion on April 26, 2017 in New York City.

Scoop: Inside Trump's secret backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard  —  In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal with Iran to end the war ran into a problem: They couldn't tell if the people across the table actually spoke for the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith.  Texas Republicans call it blasphemy.  —  The Democratic nominee is seeking to win over faith-based voters in Texas, the Bible Belt's largest state, but evangelical Republicans aren't sold.  —  Summary  —  PLANO, Texas — Talking about Jesus is pretty routine for Texans running for office.

In ‘The Brink of War,’ a Return to an Era of Razor-Edge Diplomacy  —  A new film depicts the 1986 nuclear arms summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, which both offered and dashed hopes of a dramatic breakthrough.  —  It was, as one person in the room described it …