Gov. Chris Sununu: This Is How to Beat Trump  —  This week, Republican primary candidates for president will have a chance to make their case before a national audience — with or without Donald Trump on the debate stage.  To win, they must break free of Mr. Trump's drama, step out of his shadow …

Vivek Ramaswamy's Truth  —  The Millennial outsider Republican says he wants a revolution.  To get there, he'd gut the federal government.  —  vivek ramaswamy leaned forward in his leather seat aboard the Cessna 750.  He was fiddling with his pen, talking about Donald Trump.  It was the final Friday in July.

Statement from President Joe Biden on Tomorrow's Visit to Maui  —  My heart, my prayers, and my focus are on the victims of the Maui wildfires and their families.  I know how profoundly loss can impact a family and a community and I know nothing can replace the loss of life.

Scoop: Inside Trump's new plan to limit immigration  —  Former President Trump wants unprecedented restrictions on immigration and the border if he's elected in 2024 — such as screening prospective immigrants for “Marxist” ideologies and a naval blockade to target drug smugglers, Axios has learned.

House Freedom Caucus fires warning shot over government shutdown  —  Members of the House Freedom Caucus are making it harder for leadership to avoid a government shutdown, announcing on Monday that they'll oppose a stopgap funding bill unless it caves to their terms.

Elon Musk's Shadow Rule  —  How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.  —  Last October, Colin Kahl, then the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, sat in a hotel in Paris and prepared to make a call to avert disaster in Ukraine.

Judge blocks Georgia's ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors  —  A federal judge in Georgia on Sunday issued a ruling that blocks the state from enforcing its new ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors while the case proceeds.  —  U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty …

New district lines will scramble key New York House races  —  The interminable legal fight over redistricting in New York will likely leave both parties unclear which races will be competitive until sometime next spring.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Candidates are eager to run in competitive House seats in New York next year.

As the 2024 election revs up, Asian Americans rise as a powerful voting bloc  —  They're America's fastest-growing demographic, and they delivered a turnout jump in swing states that proved crucial to Joe Biden's victory in 2020.  Both parties have taken note.