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 …

How every GOP presidential candidate performed with likely caucusgoers in new Iowa Poll  —  From Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis to Ryan Binkley and Francis Suarez, how 14 Republican candidates performed in the new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll

Trump legal team agrees to $200,000 bond after meeting with Fulton County district attorney's office  —  Former President Donald Trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions after his lawyers met with the Fulton County District Attorney's office on Monday, according to court documents reviewed by CNN.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Conservation groups sue to keep Virginia in Youngkin-opposed climate program  —  A group of Virginia-based environmental and conservation groups sued the state Monday over Virginia's withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a carbon-capping agreement encompassing several other East Coast states.

Five indications Joe Biden will not run in 2024  —  We don't see Biden on the campaign trail defending his presidency or touting his accomplishments  —  Standing before a New Mexico audience recently, President Biden unintelligibly joked that, “I hibernated in a while - all, you know, in Iowa for a while.”

Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known  —  On the afternoon of July 2, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.  A Delta Air Lines 737 was preparing to take off on the same runway.