President Trump will deliver the eulogy for Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral as two days of services begin in the capital and continue in South Carolina. Netanyahu and Zelenskyy are expected to attend the invitation-only cathedral service.
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Trump and Netanyahu are set for their first White House meeting since the Iran war began, with disagreements over Iran, Lebanon and U.S. policy testing their alliance. The talks also are expected to cover the Abraham Accords, Gaza and a Lebanon framework agreement.
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens clashed over super PAC spending, Israel, campaign rhetoric and electability in the final televised debate before Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. The winner is expected to face Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in November.
Newly released recordings show Joe Biden referring to classified material while speaking with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. The tapes were cited in special counsel Robert Hur’s 2024 report, which found Biden improperly retained records but did not recommend charges.
Sen. Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era diary entries ahead of a Senate hearing on COVID-19 origins. The notes show early uncertainty about the virus’s source and detail Fauci’s tensions with Paul and Donald Trump.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a March executive order changing mail-ballot procedures and creating voter citizenship lists. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia are challenging the order ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Andy Burnham pledged to honor Britain’s commitments to Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky became his first international visitor as prime minister. The UK will share technology behind its Stone Cloak electronic warfare system to help Ukraine produce it at scale.
Sen. Mitch McConnell remains in rehabilitation after a June fall and has not been medically cleared to return to the Capitol. His office gave no timetable for his return as he continues intensive physical therapy.