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In this week's Elie v. US, our justice correspondent schools the Democrats on the proper response to Trump's speech. Plus: Where have all the African American baseball players gone?

Danny and Derek round up the week's global news, from Iran, Gaza, and Yemen to Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, the ICC, and shifting US-China influence.

Foreign malign intelligence.

Not even Fox News buys Trump's new lies, but they will be used to undermine the midterms.

Yet Democrats such as Haley Stevens, Angie Craig, Wesley Bell, and Greg Stanton are still voting for blank checks. Their primary rivals have something to say about that.

SNAP-Ed helped children in food-insecure Los Angeles neighborhoods grow fresh produce. Trump's Big Beautiful Bill cuts have ended the program that made those gardens possible.

Trump's attacks on Somali kindergarteners, immigrants, and the rule of law form a coherent authoritarian project. But voters and the courts are pushing back.

An expensive, ruinous conflict resumes for no other reason than one octogenarian narcissist's inability to face reality.

Gen Z is playing an instrumental role in propelling Mamdani, his slate of candidates, and his progressive vision to office.

Interviews across this crucial swing state offer lessons for Democrats hoping to flip the House.