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 …

Blanche Refuses to Say He'll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General  —  The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.  —  Todd Blanche, the newly confirmed attorney general …

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.

Kushner meets Hamas leaders to push Gaza demilitarization  —  President Trump's envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday to press them to carry out their commitment to disarm, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. … - The unusual meeting came as the White House …

Trump's Ballroom Was His Dream of Beauty and Space.  Now It's a ‘Military Complex.’  —  As courts have questioned the president's authority for the project, he has leaned in to arguments of national security  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's vision for a White House ballroom stretches back more than a decade.

How ‘Psychopath’ Trump's Mayhem Will Backfire in 2028 for Republicans  —  Steepening gas prices, Medicaid cuts, war with Iran... Norm Ornstein joins John Harwood to dissect how Trump's chaotic reign will far outlast him once he goes.  —  John Harwood, Norman Ornstein, and Team Zeteo

Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it  —  As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more.  —  Summary  —  One bill proposes increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13.

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 …

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.

Top US commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news  —  The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a regional tour that ended on Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said.

Socialist NY lawmaker Emily Gallagher says shoplifting for ‘biological need’ is OK  —  It's her ‘steal’ of approval.  —  A Brooklyn socialist lawmaker declared this week that shoplifters have a right to swipe items like soap and toothpaste from local stores without getting busted — because of their “biological need” for the products.

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 …

Families of US sailors denounce Trump and Hegseth for ‘dismissing their experiences and calling them liars’  —  One US sailor's mother asks: 'My son signed up to serve his country.  But why isn't his country serving him?'  —  Prefer the Guardian on Google

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.

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump's vaccine executive order: ‘This is just a stupid thing to do’  —  Cassidy said there's “no evidence whatsoever” that vaccines cause autism.  —  A medical assistant holds a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the pediatric office of Dr. Gary M. Kramer in Coral Gables, Fla., on Aug. 13, 2026.

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.

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 …