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Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln

HELENE COOPER

Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, acknowledged the difficulty of the carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment but said mental health issues were lower than on other vessels.

Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

MIRIAM JORDAN

The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

AIPAC Targets Progressive Democrat in Race to Replace Swalwell

LAUREL ROSENHALL

Two Democrats are in a runoff to replace Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress in April. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending heavily against a progressive candidate.

Louisiana man accused of killing wife, propping her body up for multistate drive

A man allegedly shot his wife at a park in Louisiana and drove her body through multiple states before a traffic stop in Memphis led to his arrest.

How Republicans Embraced Brandon Herrera, a Texas Republican Candidate and Gun Influencer

BAYLISS WAGNER

Brandon Herrera, long an anti-establishment outsider, is trying to help the party defend a red-leaning House district in West Texas. It’s proving messy.

Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

HELENE COOPER

In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

Democrats Make South Carolina the First Contest in 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar

SHANE GOLDMACHER

The party’s membership finalized the new order for the first six states to winnow the candidate field, pushing back Iowa and New Hampshire.

Democrats Face a Potential Tea Party Moment

LISA LERER AND KATIE GLUECK

A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its possible limitations.

NYPD officers fatally shoot man armed with butcher knife after he advanced toward cops: police

Police said a 54-year-old man armed with a butcher knife was fatally shot by NYPD officers inside a Lower East Side apartment building.

States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children

Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California

US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran, Western Hemisphere

Trump's war on Iran is stretching the limits of the nation's aircraft carriers.

Man charged with arranging fatal ambush of Microsoft manager faces murder trial

A man charged with arranging the fatal ambush of a Microsoft design manager is headed to trial Monday in Jacksonville, Florida

At least 5 people dead in flooding across Indiana, officials say

The state has been hammered by heavy rains over the past week.

Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the same spot where he held his big July 4 celebration

President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

The water level at Lake Powell has fallen to a record low in another sign of crisis along the Colorado River