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.

Biden Visiting Hawaii to Inspect Wildfire Damage  —  After remaining secluded since Friday, the president will break away from his vacation for a brief trip to Maui, where flames have demolished a town and killed more than 100 people.  —  President Biden is set to break away from his summer vacation …

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.

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.

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.

Republican candidate told associates Newsmax tried to make him pay for coverage  —  The Scoop  —  If Vivek Ramaswamy wants to appear on Newsmax, he should pay to do it.  —  That was the message that network chief Chris Ruddy delivered to the Republican presidential candidate during …

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.

How Hunter Biden's plea deal became a huge cluster  —  The irony is that if anyone is being treated unfairly, it's Hunter. … On July 26, what was supposed to be a routine plea hearing for Hunter Biden in federal court in Delaware turned into a protracted circus, culminating …