Chuck Todd to leave NBC's ‘Meet the Press’; Welker will become host  —  The transition will happen in September, a major change at one of broadcast television oldest institutions  —  Chuck Todd, who has served as moderator of NBC's Sunday-morning talk show “Meet the Press” since 2014 …

Biden has a theory of MAGA that just might be working  —  Now that Congress has passed the debt limit deal, explanations for President Biden's success in negotiating the outcome are abounding.  Among them: Biden drew on his long experience in Washington to achieve bipartisan compromise …

Sonic boom from Department of Defense aircraft jars residents in DMV area; DoD confirms no threat to public  —  Rattled residents took to Twitter to report hearing some sort of explosion in the area at around 3 p.m. on Sunday.  —  A thunderous explosion heard across the Washington Metropolitan area …

Could Jeff Zucker Fix CNN?  He Seems to Think So.  —  It's been more than a year since he was forced from the top job at the network.  Since then, he has made no secret of his frustrations with his exit — or his low regard for the man who replaced him, Chris Licht.

Gov. Gavin Newsom investigating after migrants from Texas left in front of California church without warning  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a statement on Saturday regarding a group of migrants from Texas who were dropped off in front of a church in Sacramento without warning.

Anglo-Saxons aren't real, Cambridge tells students in effort to fight ‘nationalism’  —  University aims to ‘dismantle the myths’ around British and English identities as it seeks to make its teaching more ‘anti-racist’  —  Cambridge is teaching students that Anglo-Saxons did not exist …

Donald Trump's GOP rivals pounce after he congratulated Kim Jong Un: ‘Not something to play with’  —  WASHINGTON − Republican presidential candidates and other GOP leaders shed their reluctance to criticize Donald Trump this weekend after the ex-president served up an unusual political issue: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud  —  On a night in January 2022, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin stepped on stage in a former airbase in Houma, La.  —  With American flags draped from the stage, the topic of the night was democracy.

Want a model on how to govern, Democrats?  Look to Minnesota's miracle.  —  You could be forgiven for imagining that state legislatures around the country are lurching rightward, thanks to the media spotlight given to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's culture warring in his state.  Other deep-red states are not far behind.

With oil prices slumping, OPEC+ producers weigh more production cuts  —  Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to prop up the sagging price of crude after two previous cuts to supply by major producing countries in the OPEC+ alliance failed to push oil higher.

Exclusive: World's spy chiefs meet in secret conclave in Singapore  —  Senior officials from about two dozen of the world's major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five people told Reuters.

Comey: Trump ‘could be wearing an ankle bracelet’ while accepting GOP nomination  —  Former FBI Director James Comey predicted on Sunday that former President Trump “could be wearing an ankle bracelet” when accepting the GOP nomination if he wins it in 2024, as the former president faces a number of legal challenges.

Target gets caught in cultural crossfire over Pride Month items  —  Some shoppers have become more emboldened to engage in confrontational, even threatening, behavior over polarizing social issues.  —  Brandishing her own scissors in front of guest services in a Target store in south Florida …

Le Pen's far right served as mouthpiece for the Kremlin, says French parliamentary report  —  Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics.

China and U.S. defense chiefs compete for influence in the Asia Pacific  —  SINGAPORE - China's new defense minister made his first international appearance on Sunday at an annual defense summit, where he delivered a speech full of thinly-veiled barbs at the U.S., calling on it to …

Florida taxpayers pick up bill for Ron DeSantis's culture war lawsuits  —  Governor's Disney battle and extremist policies are met with costly lawsuits covered by ‘blank check’ from Republican legislature  —  Since Florida's governor Ron DeSantis took office in 2019 and embarked on his culture wars …

Mystery Trader's Debt-Ceiling Windfall Sparks Insider Concerns  —  The US government's move to greenlight a 300-mile natural gas pipeline as part of legislation to stave off a Treasury default shocked just about everyone, except for a mystery trader who somehow appears to have seen it coming.

DeSantis Relied Heavily on Big Donors in Initial Money Haul  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida made a splash when he announced that he had raised a record $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate.  New figures disclosed by the campaign reveal that he relied heavily on larger contributors to set that record.

What Republicans and Democrats are missing about threats to democracy  —  Political scientists are finally getting a better handle on how modern democratic systems can break down.  But the best research doesn't support the self-serving account the Western establishment has been offering since the Brexit and Donald Trump shocks of 2016.