Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea's Kim Jong-un  —  Seven years ago, President Trump failed to disarm North Korea and walked away.  Could the same thing happen with Iran?  —  The last time President Trump vowed to halt a country's nuclear weapons program …

White House Takes the Bait as Ossoff Targets Trump Aide Natalie Harp  —  The Trump administration is lashing out after Senator John Ossoff referenced Trump's mysteriously close relationship with his much younger assistant Natalie Harp.  —  Ossoff questioned the president's relationship with Harp, 34, at an Atlanta rally on Sunday.

More than Trump's ‘human binkie’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.

Kindergarten vaccine exemptions jump to another record high  —  Coverage among kindergartners for major vaccines fell in more than half the states, continuing a years-long trend, as measles cases climb.  —  Summary  —  The share of U.S. kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements …

Rep. Cory Mills's GOP primary offers the latest test of running under an ethical cloud  —  The Florida Republican faces allegations of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse, on top of campaign finance violations.  —  Summary  —  Embattled GOP Rep. Cory Mills is running for reelection Tuesday …

Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war with Iran will last a long time, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.

Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida  —  The president also voted by mail in 2020 and in a Florida special election in March, even as he has railed against the practice and equated it to cheating.  —  President Trump voted by mail ahead of Florida's Republican primary on Tuesday …

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit  —  ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.  —  An expert witness testifying …

SCOOP: Trump's Iran War Has Burned Through Well Over 90% of Key Long-Range Missiles  —  Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in ‘at least the high nineties.’  —  However terribly you think the Iran war …

It Is Past Time for You to Quit Elon Musk's X … If you are still posting on X, you should stop today.  Quitting the site yesterday would have been better, but doing it today is better than doing it tomorrow.  —  The moral and political case for quitting X is so obvious that it scarcely bears repeating …

Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools  —  Civil rights advocates on Monday said they asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, teeing up a case that could set a new national standard …

Jeanine Pirro pushes hard to keep alleged memorial vandal in jail  —  Weeks after being rebuked by President Donald Trump for dropping cases related to alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is going to unusual lengths to try …

Mary Peltola Shakes Up Senate Campaign Staff Days Before Alaska Primary  —  Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, fired a longtime senior aide and named a new campaign manager.  —  Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Alaska, has shaken up her campaign in the final days …

Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park  —  The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building …

Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level On Record As Water Crisis Continues  —  Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River.  —  Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation's largest reservoirs …

Political dirty tricks upend midterm races across the country  —  The 2026 midterms are becoming a watershed election for primary meddling, mysterious super PACs, alleged straw candidates and all other manner of political shenanigans. … - The Pennsylvania Green Party and a group …

Lawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical Care  —  MeidasTouch has obtained a detailed narrative from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, describing a violent apprehension by immigration authorities …

The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control  —  This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.  —  This is the world we were warned about — a world where frontier models from OpenAI are breaking out of their contained testing environments …

James Talarico Poaches Cornyn Staffer  —  Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.  — Copy  —  Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's campaign hired a staffer from Republican Sen. John Cornyn, NOTUS has learned.

San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela detained by ICE in Texas  —  Oswaldo Pirela is a Venezuelan former pro who works for the San Diego Padres.  Relatives say he is in the U.S. legally and want him released.  —  SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo José Pirela …

WATCH: WNBA Security Accused of Forcing Mom, Daughter to Cover XX-XY Shirts amid Transgender Debate  —  A mother and daughter said they were forced to cover up their XX-XY Athletics t-shirts on Sunday during a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) game at Atlanta's Gateway Center Arena …