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 …

Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan to beat Dan Sullivan in perplexing Alaska Senate race  —  A third Dan Sullivan — a former Anchorage mayor — has weighed in on the competitive Senate race, endorsing Sen. Dan S. Sullivan over former teacher Dan J. Sullivan.

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.

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 …

Father of sailor aboard USS Abraham Lincoln taken into US immigration detention  —  The immigrant father of a U.S. sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which was deployed in the Middle East during the Iran war, was taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor said in a Facebook post.

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 …

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.

Nearly 40,000 Eye Drop Bottles Are Recalled Over Potential Contamination  —  Federal safety regulators said the maker of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief voluntarily recalled the drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility.”  —  Nearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops are being recalled across …

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.

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 …

Pressure mounts on Ethics Committee to speed up misconduct probes as midterms loom  —  Democrats and Republicans are pressing the House Ethics Committee to move more quickly on investigations involving allegations of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse, as a string of high-profile cases …

We Know How to Solve the Housing Crisis.  We Just Have to Remember.  —  In a housing crisis that has now stretched across two decades, Americans have spent years arguing about the local regulations governing what and where people can build.  Should suburbs allow homeowners to add garage apartments?

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 …