Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly  —  President Trump's son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader …

‘No more!!!’:  Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war  —  PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors  —  Donald Trump has hit back at Canada after a breakdown in negotiations plunged the two countries into a trade war.

The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms  —  With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.  —  The fight over data centers is suddenly at the epicenter of the midterm elections.

Twitter Broke the Left.  X Will Break the Right.  —  Of late, I've seen some arguments for why anyone who is even modestly to the left should quit Elon Musk's X. Ned Resnikoff, the author of the forthcoming YIMBY manifesto “Build or Die,” offers one version of the case.

Why Democrats Still Have a Shot at Winning the Senate  —  Michigan and Maine remain question marks, but the party flaunts strength in purple and red states  —  in Mitchell, S.D.  —  Democrats fighting to win back the Senate from the Republicans spent their summer sweating …

Debt and Tax Cuts  —  How did U.S. debt get so big?  The answer may surprise you  —  ∙ Paid  —  Chart 1 Center for American Progress  —  Federal debt is in the news.  There were many headlines last week about the debt exceeding $40 trillion and now being bigger than the economy.

Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant  —  Unprecedented cyber attack believed to be most successful of its kind  —  Tony Diver , Political Editor.  Rozina Sabur , National Security Editor.  Matt Oliver , Industry Editor  —  Add us as preferred source  —  Tony Diver , Political Editor.

Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust  —  President's speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned  —  A series of moves by Donald Trump's administration to sow doubt in the integrity …

Doctors say Trump's weight poses a significant health risk  —  The president has gained about 20 pounds since his campaign, according to his statements and those of aides.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has faced scrutiny for bruising on his hands, swelling in his ankles and apparent drowsiness …

Sean Duffy's Reality Show: From ‘The Real World’ to the Deal World  —  “The Great American Road Trip” sends the transportation secretary and his family on a wholesome, dull tour, with a lot of help from their sponsors.  —  There is a convention, when someone launches a spinoff of a hit TV show …

The hubris of Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump has a list.  On it are some of the most powerful and feared men in human history: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, William the Conqueror, Adolph Hitler, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin.  It is a list that the president is happy to brandish …

An American City, With Troops on Its Streets  —  Since the country's founding, deployments of soldiers to U.S. soil have been exceedingly rare.  But residents of Washington, D.C., are living in a new normal.  —  The sight of military troops patrolling in a peaceful American city would once have been strange, if not outright alarming.

Iran Unleashed  —  The dominant power in the Middle East from now on will not be the U.S. or Israel but Iran.  —  For years, Iran confronted a balance of power in the Middle East that tilted against it.  The region was dominated by a hostile American superpower, a nuclear-armed …

After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices  —  As the national debt surpasses $40 trillion, lawmakers may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred choices that will leave few Americans unscathed.  —  Summary  —  Year after year, the federal government has spent more than it collected in taxes.