Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7.  He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs  —  Article printing is available to subscribers only  —  Zen reading is available to subscribers only  —  Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format

A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested.  Now He's a Senator.  —  Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found.  Some had bank accounts garnished.  —  It was Easter weekend in 2007 when a police car pulled up to Joe Vasquez's home in rural Kansas.

Smithsonian's Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution  —  In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.  —  After a seven-year run marked most recently by attacks …

Trump's next trade weapon  —  Trump is reaching for a more drastic trade war weapon, with new threats to shut foreign goods out of the U.S. altogether. … - Trump may also have firmer legal footing for some import bans than emergency tariffs. … - Businesses can absorb the cost of a tariff …

U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran's Attacks on Navy Ships  —  The American attacks follow a second Iranian strike on U.S. warships in three days, fueling fears that Tehran's missiles are becoming more sophisticated  —  The U.S. launched new attacks on Iranian oil tankers …

Which Republican Senate Candidates Are Skipping Trump's Convention?  —  For G.O.P. candidates in the most competitive races, deciding whether to appear with President Trump can be tricky.  Some are going, while others are staying away.  —  For Republican candidates running in battleground Senate races …

A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over  —  Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people …

Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing island under American flag  —  Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RUV said.

At 9/11 Tribute, Trump Claims Firefighters Carried Him to Safety  —  President Trump has long sought to position himself close to the Sept. 11 recovery effort and has made a series of questionable and provocative statements to burnish his political brand.  —  At an event honoring those who died …

Elon Musk told ex-girlfriend he needed ‘a legion of children before the civil war’  —  Ashley St Clair was speaking at the Venice film premiere of Alex Gibney's documentary Musk, where she warned of his dangerous influence  —  Elon Musk is sowing “deliberate division” via his social media platform X …

Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms  —  This piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members.  We're sharing this one with everyone because the stakes for this election are too high not to.  Become a member to get Marc's exclusive analysis first.

Supreme Court declines Catholic mother's bid for son's vaccine exemption in N.Y.  —  The justices tackled the issue of religious rights versus public health mandates.  —  Summary  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a New York woman's bid to send her son to kindergarten without receiving …

Former GOP lawmakers join Democrats to challenge Trump's mail-in voting crackdown  —  A group of Democratic lawmakers — and some former GOP members of Congress — is asking the Supreme Court to block President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting, arguing that the president …

Why We're Suing the State Department Over International Agreements  —  Lawfare is suing to bring transparency back to international agreements—and you can help.  —  S_R_Anders  —  sranderson.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  For the past six months, Lawfare has quietly been doing something a little out of the ordinary.

Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun  —  A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.  —  Here comes “The Sun.”  —  The Washington Sun, that is — the new name for the news website NOTUS …

Kavanaugh won't revive Missouri's GOP-friendly congressional map for midterms  —  Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri's new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November.

Paxton Aide Turned Whistle-Blower Appears in Ad Endorsing His Rival, Talarico  —  David Maxwell was among the staffers in the Texas attorney general's office who accused Ken Paxton of abusing the power of his office, allegations that led to his impeachment.  Mr. Paxton was acquitted.

Why House Republicans are pulling money from a key swing seat  —  House Republicans are effectively abandoning what was supposed to be a key battleground district in New York over concerns that their candidate, state Sen. Peter Oberacker, is too flawed to seriously compete, sources tell Axios.

U.S. downplays Iran's seizure of unmanned sub in Hormuz Strait … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.

DOJ asks Supreme Court to let it use immigration database to purge state voter rolls  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to lift a lower court order and allow it to use a flawed federal immigration database to initiate voter registration purges.

Trump Is Quietly Planning to Majorly Change How National Parks Are Run  —  The Trump administration is planning to significantly reorganize the National Park Service and other bureaus of the Interior Department, the second major shake-up of the nation's public lands infrastructure in less than two years.

Veterans group launches new campaign against Trump's planned arch  —  VoteVets, the largest Democratic veterans group in the U.S., on Tuesday launched a new messaging campaign against President Trump's planned arch across from Arlington National Cemetery.  —  Paul Eaton, a retired major general …

The hidden dangers of Musk's votesafe.org  —  The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.  —  With the midterm elections approaching, it's a good idea to make sure you are registered.

Newsom's Buttigieg walkback and Villegas' Valley test  —  DRIVING THE DAY — Gavin Newsom distanced himself from spokesperson Izzy Gardon's recent jab at Pete Buttigieg, telling Will Steakin — and with Gardon sitting beside him — “Awkward sitting in front of Izzy — I didn't like that.”

Voters Have a Message for Democrats  —  Fight harder.  —  During the early trump era, focus groups taught me everything about the disconnect between Washington and what voters really care about.  An early revelation came in July 2018; I had flown to Columbus, Ohio, to hear from a group …