Trump's Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans  —  A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.  —  President Trump's economic policies drew a fresh round of concern …

Data centers “dug their own grave,” says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican executive to the AI industry, telling ABC's Jonathan Karl that data center companies “dug their own grave” and deserve the backlash they're facing after failing to win community support.

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 …

Secret White House bunker undercuts Trump's ballroom lawsuit, ex-officials say  —  The White House already has a nuclear-proof facility buried deep underground and built in secret after 9/11.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has claimed that the White House needs a massive new ballroom …

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.

‘The writing on the wall’: Trump's staff departs ahead of possible turmoil … President Donald Trump heads into the second half of his term with key vacancies among his senior White House staff.  That means whoever comes off the bench must contend with the possibility of a Democratic-controlled Congress …

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 …

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln.  Then Border Patrol arrested him.  —  When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a U.S. military record …

Court must enforce injunction blocking USPS from finalizing rule restricting mail voting, says voting rights groups  —  *Update 1:05 pm ET: The story has been updated to reflect that the Trump administration filed a motion stating it plans to oppose the pro-voting groups' emergency request …

Trump's Summer of Fun Ends With an IndyCar Race on the Streets of D.C.  —  It was the final, major event planned for the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.  The president took a lap.  —  President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, were driven in the presidential limo around …

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.

Barrasso: Monday will be ‘D-Day for the economy in Iran’  —  On Sunday, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said that Monday will be “D-Day” for the economy in Iran as the Trump administration and U.S. military vow to exert maximum financial and militaristic pressure on Tehran to end the war overseas.

Traffic in Strait of Hormuz skyrockets nearly 400%, as analysts say Iran's grip on critical waterway weakens  —  Iran appears to be losing its grip on the Strait of Hormuz while traffic through the critical waterway has exploded by nearly 400% over the last two weeks — as ships increasingly use a US-backed corridor to cross.

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 …