Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia - AP News

Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia  AP News

Trump-backed Republican wins runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia, NBC projects - Reuters

Trump-backed Republican wins runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia, NBC projects  Reuters

Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, which ends in January 2027.

Democrat Wins Mayoral Race in Republican-Leaning Waukesha, Wis.

Alicia Halvensleben, the president of the city’s Common Council, defeated a Republican legislator, continuing a string of Trump-era mayoral wins for Democrats.

By Mitch Smith

Trump Agrees to Suspend Iran Attacks, RBNZ Rate Decision - Bloomberg.com

Trump Agrees to Suspend Iran Attacks, RBNZ Rate Decision  Bloomberg.com

Oil Futures Mixed Ahead of Trump’s Iran Deadline - WSJ

Oil Futures Mixed Ahead of Trump’s Iran Deadline  WSJ

The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn?

Reliance Industries has made no announcement to the stock exchange about the project in Brownsville, Texas

Republican wins runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

Clay Fuller, a district attorney backed by President Donald Trump, defeated Shawn Harris in the deeply red district vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.

By Praveena Somasundaram

EEurope cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr

If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work Donald Trump is a despot and the US is a democracy. These things can be true simultaneously but not indefinitely. There is now deadlock in the struggle between a president who would be king and a constitution drafted in repudiation of monarchy. But it is a battle to the death. Tyranny will either break the spirit of the republic or be quelled by it. Sinc...

By Rafael Behr

Will Democratic wins affect plans for Florida redistricting?

After Democrats flipped two seats in surprising legislative elections, Florida political insiders weigh whether Republican should risk redistricting later this month to win more House seats.

By Douglas Soule

Liberals tighten grip on battleground state Supreme Court in low-key but high-stakes election

Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, expanding the liberal majority to 5-2 in a key battleground state ahead of November's elections.

Georgia 14th District special election - CNN

Georgia 14th District special election  CNN

U.S.-Iran ceasefire relief rally lifts global assets as oil plunges below $100

A two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran sparked a broad-based relief rally across risk assets, and even buoying traditional safe havens.

DOJ launches investigation into Jan 6 star witness against Trump Cassidy Hutchinson: report

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified in 2022 that President Donald Trump knew his supporters would become violent at the Capitol

By Graig Graziosi

The end of the American empire

Donald Trump’s war in Iran presages the destruction of US authority, not its renewal

By John Gray

‘Draft’ tag in Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s X post edit history raises questions

The post by Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, shared before Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire, has gone viral.

CNN Defends Authenticity Of Iranian “Victory” Statement After Donald Trump Posts Irate Claim It Was A “Fraud”

About 90 minutes after announcing a two-week ceasefire in the war in Iran, Donald Trump was irate over CNN’s reporting of a statement issued by the country’s Supreme National Security Council, declaring victory and averting the president’s threat to launch attacks on civilian infrastructure. Trump posted on Truth Social at 8:01 p.m. ET, “The alleged […]

By Ted Johnson