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 …

Eastman agrees to $100K bond in Georgia election case  —  Attorney John Eastman, one of former President Trump's 18 co-defendants in his recent Georgia indictment, has agreed to a $100,000 bond, court filings show.  —  A judge on Monday morning signed off on pretrial release conditions …

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.

Vivek Ramaswamy's Truth  —  This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday.  Sign up for it here.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy leaned forward in his leather seat aboard the Cessna 750.

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.

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 …

Run It Cold: Why Xi Jinping Is Letting China's Economy Flail  —  China is steering clear of big stimulus even in the face of deflation risks.  —  Xi Jinping's quest to rewrite the playbook that drove China's economic miracle for a generation is facing its sternest test yet.

House GOP subpoenas IRS and FBI investigators involved in Hunter Biden probe  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) issued subpoenas to four investigators from the FBI and IRS involved in the tax crimes investigation of Hunter Biden, the president's son.

Two US service members arrested in stabbing death after ‘altercation’ at German fair  —  Two U.S. service members were arrested in Germany after they were connected to the stabbing death of a 28-year-old man at a street fair over the weekend, according to local and Air Force officials.

Indiana's near-total abortion ban takes effect as state Supreme Court denies appeal  —  Indiana's law banning almost all abortions will take effect immediately Monday after the state Supreme Court denied a request from the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to rehear an earlier ruling where it upheld …

Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 results  —  A federal indictment and one in Georgia charging Donald Trump with lying about the 2020 election to overturn President Joe Biden's win have done nothing to slow the geyser of election falsehoods flowing …