Reuters/Ipsos poll: “The latest poll showed Hispanics, a group that swung toward Trump in last year’s election, have also soured on the president. Some 32% approved of his performance in the White House, matching their lowest level of approval for Trump this year.”
Trump Pushes to Eliminate Mail Ballots
President Trump — in a series of misleading statements on social media and public comments — said he would work to get rid of mail-in ballots and sign an executive order “to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections,” the Washington Post reports.
“The comments are another sign that Trump is trying to alter the rules around voting ahead of the midterms.”
Said Trump: “You’re not going to have many Democrats get elected… It’s bigger than anything having to do with redistricting. Believe me.”
Associated Press: Trump vows to change how elections are run. The US Constitution doesn’t give him that power.
Trump’s Threats of Primaries Worked
“Indiana’s entire Republican congressional delegation just endorsed Trump’s mid-decade redistricting plan,” Politico reports.
New Branding for the Megabill
Politico: “Vance will visit Peachtree City, Georgia, on Thursday to sell Republicans’ recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act — which the White House is now referring to as ‘working family tax cuts.’”
Josh Hawley Irks Republicans as He Carves Out 2028 Lane
“Since he took office in 2019, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has sought to place himself on the front lines of orienting the Republican Party around a mix of economic populism and social conservatism to appeal to an increasingly working-class base,” NBC News reports.
“But now, with Republicans in full control of Congress for the first time since he arrived in Washington, Hawley’s mission is coming into conflict with members of his party, who are frustrated with his tendency to follow the beat of his own drum as he grows more critical of some of their policy aims.”
A senior Senate aide said it appeared that Hawley was “trying to load up policy prescriptions to lay the groundwork for a 2028 presidential bid.”
Macron Skeptical Putin Wants Peace
“There must be a push for peace to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, but French President Emmanuel Macron is skeptical that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to resolve the conflict,” NBC News reports.
Said Macron: “When I look at the situation and the facts, I don’t see President Putin very willing to get peace now. But perhaps I’m too pessimistic.”
He also said “the optimism of your president is to be taken seriously. So if he considers he can get a deal done, this is great news, and we have to do whatever we can to have a great deal.”
Trump and Zelensky Hit Reset
Playbook: “For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, yesterday began with a diplomatic whirlwind. It ended with a great sigh of relief.”
“Hours of meetings in Washington — Zelensky with President Donald Trump; Trump with a coterie of Europe’s most powerful leaders; all of the above together in the Oval Office — culminated in a ‘breakthrough,’ in the words of NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte: Trump expressed a willingness to participate in security guarantees for Ukraine.”
“On the international stage, that alone amounts to a new dawn not only for the relationship between the U.S. and Ukraine, but also between Zelensky and Trump — and America’s with some of its closest transatlantic allies.”
Brutal Arctic Conditions Test U.S. and Allied Forces
Wall Street Journal: “U.S. and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops are flocking to the European Arctic, where international tensions are simmering. Militaries haven’t clashed in the high north in generations, and defense planners are puzzling through what war there would look like.”
“It is ugly.”
The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
New York Times: “The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.”
Can Zelensky Trust Trump?
“For President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, a lot is riding on how much he can trust President Trump,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Trump offered only vague assurances on Monday that the United States would play a role in guaranteeing Ukraine’s safety if Mr. Zelensky were to cut a deal with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to stop the fighting.”
Said Trump: “We’re going to make sure it works. And I think if we can get to peace, it’s going to work. I have no doubt about it.”
Bloomberg: “US and European officials started work on bolstering Ukraine’s military, part of a package of security guarantees that will open a path to a landmark meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy.”
Hamas Accepts New Ceasefire Proposal
Hamas accepted a new ceasefire proposal pushed by Egypt and Qatar that would release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, though it’s unclear if the terms are agreeable to Israel, the New York Times reports.
Texas Democrat Locked Inside State Capitol
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday “but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety,” CBS News reports.
“The escorts for all House Democrats who left the state of Texas last month — preventing a vote on a GOP-led redistricting effort — are meant as a guarantee that they will return to the House by 10 a.m. Wednesday for the next special session.”
San Antonio Current: House Democrats unable to move freely after return to Texas capitol. So one Democrat refuses to move.
Trump Buys More Time for Putin
Tom Nichols: “The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.”
Sherrod Brown Will Test Voters’ Buyer’s Remorse
NOTUS: “Former Sen. Sherrod Brown formally entered the state’s Senate race on Monday, less than a year after voters rejected the blue-collar Democrat’s bid for a fourth term and after months of speculation that he might run for governor or retire from public life altogether instead. He’ll take on Republican Sen. Jon Husted in what both parties expect will be a competitive race that Democrats likely need to win to have any chance at claiming a majority in the Senate.”
“In backing Brown, Democrats are hoping that some portion of voters who opposed him in 2024 are feeling buyer’s remorse now. That makes the race perhaps the best barometer for how politics has changed since the last election, including whether voters frustrated about the economy blame Republicans and whether issues like immigration and trans student athletes remain as politically potent as they were last year.”
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Red States Send National Guard Troops to D.C.
“The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana said on Monday that they would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, joining three other Republican-led states that have recently heeded President Trump’s request to fill the nation’s capital with troops,” the New York Times reports.
“The five states are collectively sending about 1,000 troops to Washington, where there are already 800 deployed troops from the D.C. National Guard, which the president can call out directly.”
Trump Approval Stays at Lowest Level
President Trump’s approval rating held at 40 percent in recent weeks, matching the lowest level of his current term amid weak ratings from Hispanic voters, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Trump Said Putin ‘Wants to Make a Deal With Me’
President Trump privately boasted to a fellow world leader that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal with him, “as crazy as that sounds,” Mediaite reports.
Said Trump: “I think he wants to make a deal with me.”
CNN: Trump caught on hot mic moment talking about making a deal with Putin.
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