New York Times: “The European Union was in bad shape at the start of the first Trump administration. Public trust in the bloc was at a historic low, Britain had just voted to leave, and the European economy was struggling to recover from the global financial crisis, which had set off a series of

“President Trump is already fixated behind the scenes on next year’s midterm elections for the House and Senate — unleashing his billion-dollar political operation and personally burrowing into the minutiae of races,” Axios reports. “Now that his ‘big beautiful bill’ has passed Congress, Trump’s

“Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that Republicans’ redistricting push in Texas could put more seats in play for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections, even as he promoted fighting fire with fire to counter GOP gerrymandering,” Politico reports.

“When President Trump slapped tariffs on nations across the globe this spring, many economists feared higher prices and spending cuts would flatten the economy,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Consumer sentiment collapsed. The S&P 500 stock index fell by 19% between February and April. The

“Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s surprise Democratic nominee for mayor, is scrambling to woo lawmakers, donors, and the city’s elite who are wary of the democratic socialist,” Axios reports. “So far, they’re mostly playing hard to get.”