Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin  —  The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island.  He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests.

Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show  —  Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump's name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.  —  Summary

Mark Kelly Campaigns in Red States, for This Election And Maybe the Next  —  Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly will campaign in Michigan and South Carolina next month, according to an aide, visits to early presidential primary states that are certain to stir speculation about his future.

Russia wanted to cow Ukraine allies with railway drone attack, says top EU diplomat  —  Prominent Western security officials were on a nearby train.  —  Russia's Sunday morning drone strike on a Warsaw-bound train near the Ukraine-Poland border was intended to push Western countries to stop …

E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants  —  Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.  —  The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit …

Paid brokers tout ties to Trump's orbit to lobby for presidential pardons  —  Presidents have been pardoning criminals since George Washington.  It's a constitutional power — no explanation needed.  —  The Department of Justice does screen applicants and typically only recommends those who remorsefully seek mercy.

Trump agreed to new ethics rules to get a crypto bill across the line.  But that might not be enough  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had been hearing the message loud and clear for weeks about the sweeping cryptocurrency bill being written in the Senate: to get it across the line …

All eyes are on what Trump and Xi will do amid grim warnings of an AI apocalypse.  Here's what they've said.  — Fears of AI's apocalyptic capabilities have reached a fever pitch.  — Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, however, have yet to show that they're too concerned.

Left edges ahead in Swedish election thriller  —  STOCKHOLM — Sweden's high-stakes general election is heading for a tight finish in a contest to decide whether a new center-left prime minister takes over or the far right enters government for the first time.

Corporate tax payments plunge as AI feasts on new incentives  —  Corporate tax payments are plummeting even as profits soar.  —  A big reason: all that AI spending.  —  The tech world is pouring oceans of money into chips, data centers, power supplies and other components of the artificial intelligence infrastructure.

ESPN's Cruz Control … Jimmy Kimmel made an unusual announcement last week: He had an interview with a buzzy political candidate, but would not air it on his ABC late-night show.  Instead, his staff posted that interview with Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico to YouTube …

How Republicans secretly got Fetterman for their convention  —  The biggest surprise of last week's Republican midterm convention began with an audacious request from the organizers to GOP Sen. Dave McCormick: Could he get Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, a fellow Pennsylvanian, to make an appearance?

Former Stars and Stripes publisher says critical coverage was ‘underlying cause’ of staff firings  —  TOKYO — Former Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. said Monday that the Pentagon used accusations of insubordination to justify firing three of the newspaper's staffers when the real reason …

Trying to Rid the Pentagon of Culture Wars, Hegseth Has Created His Own  —  Persistent distractions are feeding a climate of mistrust as the U.S. military faces a series of wartime issues, including shortfalls of missile interceptors.  —  For decades, secretaries of defense have largely sought …

Trump Says He Supports Flock Surveillance Cameras  —  The president acknowledged that some people view them as an infringement, but said he likes them.  —  Add us on  —  President Donald Trump said he supports Flock surveillance cameras, despite acknowledging that some people view the technology as an infringement on their privacy.

With 50 Days to the Midterms, It All Might Come Down to One Thing  —  Plus, key liabilities could impede the Democrats' momentum to retake Congress, and Trump draws controversy on trip to Ireland  —  Good morning.  —  The average cost of a gallon of gasoline hit $4.31 on Sunday.

The Senate returns Monday.  It's not clear if McConnell will be back.  —  The Kentucky Republican has not returned to the chamber since he suffered a fall three months ago.  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has not appeared in the Senate since June as he recovers from a fall that his office …

Texas Republicans denounce GOP statewide candidate over xenophobic post  —  Prominent Texas Republicans are denouncing Bo French, a Republican nominee to join the state's railroad commission, after he made a xenophobic post describing a group of Asian American students attending a University of Texas football game as a “problem.”

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Exclusive / Inside the US Treasury secretary's tense relationship with financial media  —  THE SCOOP  —  Last September, Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait got a call from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.  —  The secretary had been a regular on Bloomberg's TV programming …

Finland joins France's nuclear deterrent initiative  —  Finland has joined France's initiative to extend the reach of its nuclear deterrent through collaboration with partner European countries, the heads of both countries said on Monday.  —  In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's expressions …

Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?  —  President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to cash out the digital “tokens” created by the family's cryptocurrency firm, intensifying concerns from ethics experts about potential conflicts of interest.

Trump Officials Are Selling an Economy Americans Aren't Buying.  Sound Familiar?  —  The midterm elections are getting closer, and the Trump administration's explanations for rising inflation are getting further from what many voters and independent economists are describing.