Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals  —  How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief.  —  In the summer of 2017, after just half a year in the White House, Donald Trump flew to Paris for Bastille …

Exclusive photos: Trump's telltale toilet  —  Remember our toilet scoop in Axios AM earlier this year?  Maggie Haberman's forthcoming book about former President Trump will report that White House residence staff periodically found wads of paper clogging a toilet — and believed the former president …

The people behind the bizarre non-profit trying to kill Biden's climate agenda  —  This story is being published in partnership with FWIW, a newsletter tracking digital spending, strategy, and trends in our elections.  —  For more than a week, a group called United for Clean Power has run …

Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show  —  The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald …

Exclusive: Paul Manafort admits he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset  — Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, sat down for an exclusive interview with Insider.  — Manafort made his first public admission that he shared polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik …

In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020  —  Donald Trump's supporters have turned anger over his defeat two years ago, and the false notion that it can still be reversed, into central campaign issues ahead of the battleground state's primary.

Biden already has two foreign crises on his hands.  It's not too late for him to avoid a third.  —  The last thing America needs right now is a three-front foreign crisis.  Yet here we are.  —  Americans are tired, at odds with themselves and in no shape to handle more foreign entanglements …

Abortion bans complicate access to drugs for cancer, arthritis, even ulcers  —  Some chronically ill women face questions about critical medications that could be used to end a pregnancy.  —  Becky Hubbard, 46, has decided to get sterilized so that she can go back on the only medication …

China expands military drills, escalates threats against Taiwan  —  China has announced additional live-fire drills in the Bohai and Yellow seas, as Beijing broadcasts its fury over a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with military exercises near the island.

‘Nobody wants a runoff’: Georgia braces for chance of overtime — again  —  All of the pieces are falling into place for Georgia to decide control of the Senate again.  And just like in 2020, it might take extra weeks of campaigning to do it.  —  Public polling data shows the race between …

Stop Tiptoeing Around Russia … For the last three decades, the United States has bent over backward to acknowledge Russia's security concerns and allay its anxieties.  The United States has done so at the expense of relations with more willing partners in Eastern Europe—Ukraine in particular.

I'm Sorry, But He's Running  —  Trump's CPAC speech was his 2024 blueprint.  —  Hey y'all, it's Tim in for Charlie with your Monday Morning Shots (you might need to make it a Jägermeister after reading today's).  —  First, a few quick housekeeping items:

‘Baffling and traumatizing’: Queens man arrested at Rockaway Beach after off-hours swim  —  Andre Velasquez arrived at Rockaway Beach on Friday afternoon hoping to beat the sweltering heat with a cool swim in the open ocean.  —  Instead, he was escorted from the sand in handcuffs …