Trump and DeSantis meet privately in Florida  —  Former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met privately Sunday morning in Miami, according to people familiar with the matter, breaking a years-long chill between the presumptive Republican nominee and his onetime chief primary rival.

CNN Poll: Trump maintains lead over Biden in 2024 matchup as views on their presidencies diverge  —  Donald Trump continues to hold an advantage over President Joe Biden as the campaign - and the former president's criminal trial - move forward, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

Kristi Noem defends dog slaying as ‘responsible’  —  The story of Noem shooting and killing her 14-month-old puppy named has taken a toll on the potential VP pick's public image.  —  Amid waves of backlash from both sides of the aisle, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday defended …

Green Party presidential candidate among those arrested as campus protests multiply  —  “Physical altercations” occurred Sunday on the UCLA campus when demonstrators breached a security barrier set up to keep people protesting the Israeli war in Gaza separate from counterprotesters, the school said in a statement.

Sanders says there's not ‘any doubt’ what Netanyahu is doing now is ‘ethnic cleansing’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took aim at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again on Sunday, saying that Israel's actions in Gaza are “ethnic cleansing.”  —  Sanders reiterated his familiar call on CNN's …

Trump allies face criminal trials in majority of key 2024 swing states … - Even a dragged-out process on presidential immunity after Thursday's Supreme Court hearing — which has frozen his federal Jan. 6 case — could avoid a verdict before the election.

The Far Right's Campaign to Explode the Population  —  Behind the scenes at the first Natal Conference, where a motley alliance is throwing out the idea of winning converts to their cause and trying to make their own instead.  —  The threat, we are told here this weekend, is existential, biological, epoch-defining.

Former Kansas attorney general announces bid for Congress  —  Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) announced Friday that he will run for Congress in a bid to replace outgoing Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.).  —  Schmidt announced his campaign just a week after LaTurner said he will retire from Congress.

Fund manager indicates Jim Biden was in business with Qatari officials  —  The alleged arrangements would be some of the closest known links between a Biden relative and a foreign government.  —  New details about Jim Biden's foreign fundraising efforts are spilling out in a Kentucky bankruptcy court …

McConnell: Flipping Senate “most important” thing before leaving leadership … - McConnell announced his plans to leave leadership in February but has committed to staying in Congress until 2027, when his current term expires. … - Brennan had asked what could be done to counter Trump …

Trump's Economic Confidants Battle for Sway on Tax, Fed Policy  — Policy advisers in Trump's orbit clash over economic ideas  — Trump's team seeking to quell unauthorized policy proposals  —  Economic advisers in Donald Trump's orbit are clashing over their favored policy ideas …

Biden roasts Trump (in a serious way) at annual press dinner  —  At the White House correspondents' dinner, the president chuckled at his opponent's expense but made it clear Donald Trump is no joke  —  There were some 2,600 people at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner.