Trump says Kim Jong-un has responded to his overtures when asked about scaling back US drills with South Korea - as it happened  —  This blog is now closed.  —  Summary  —  Trump votes by mail amid his administration's ongoing attacks on policy  —  The day so far

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.

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.

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.

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

DOJ Plans to Deploy 1,000 Monitors to Watch Midterm Elections  —  The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 monitors to watch voting during the midterm elections in November, a historic figure for a Republican administration, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.

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 …

House Ethics Chair Violates the STOCK Act  —  House Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest, whose committee enforces compliance of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, violated the insider trading and transparency law, a NOTUS review of congressional financial records indicates.

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.

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 …

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books.  It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility … Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.  —  A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon's book buying operation …

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says  — 3 min Click here to listen to this article … - The phony poll by a company called Median Strategies showed Bass leading Raman by a wide margin, but the company acknowledged Monday that it was fake.

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 …

30-year Treasury yield tops 5.31%, the highest in 19 years  —  Treasury yields were higher on Monday as oil prices rose, with worries growing among investors about persistent inflation and government borrowing.  —  The 30-year Treasury yield, which is typically sensitive to geopolitical events …

Trump Administration Moves to Restore Felons' Gun Rights  —  The Justice Department expects 330,000 people to apply to reclaim ability to own firearms under a new regulation  —  WASHINGTON—Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching a new process that allows individuals who lost their gun rights …

What professors gained by winning with El-Sayed  —  The American Association of University Professors' endorsement, back to school advice and more.  —  Megan McArdle thinks the American Association of University Professors is making a mistake.  —  In her Aug. 10 column …