Ukraine Gets an Encouraging Sign in Its Bid to Join the E.U. The European Union’s executive arm recommended beginning membership talks with Ukraine on condition of some further changes in Kyiv.

Prosecutors Assail Trump’s Bid to Have Federal Election Case Dismissed Prosecutors said that Mr. Trump’s barrage of motions to have the case tossed out were full of “distortions and misrepresentations.”

Blinken Meets With Palestinian and Iraqi Leaders in Bid to Contain Gaza War The U.S. secretary of state made two unannounced visits on Sunday, the first to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the second to Baghdad.

Blinken Meets Arab Ministers in Bid to Calm Outrage Over Israel Airstrikes A missile attack on an ambulance convoy has drawn severe criticism, including from the U.N., but Israel says it was transporting Hamas fighters.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Defense Team Makes Last-Ditch Bid to Get ‘English Law’ Detail in Jury Instructions A set of filings from Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team late Monday shows his attorneys still hope to clarify that English law governed FTX’s terms of service – which may have implications on the fraud charges.

Dean Phillips Announces Last-Minute Bid to Challenge Biden The Minnesota congressman made his presidential bid official in New Hampshire before a crowd of a few dozen people composed largely of journalists and campaign staff.

Cruise halts robotaxi services nationwide in bid to ‘earn public trust’ Only supervised operations will go ahead while Cruise halts it’s autonomous robotaxi services across the US. | Image: CruiseCruise, the autonomous vehicle operator backed by General Motors, says it decided to “proactively pause” its fleet of driverless cars across the United States. The operations halt comes just two days after Californian regul…

Larry Elder Ends Long-Shot Presidential Bid Mr. Elder, a Los Angeles Republican who bills himself as “the sage from South Central,” endorsed Donald Trump.

Blake Masters Announces Run for Congress, Skipping New Senate Bid After losing his Senate race last year in Arizona, Mr. Masters, a Trump-backing Republican, is running in a primary against a onetime conservative ally.

Here’s Everything We Know About The Andretti Cadillac F1 Bid Son of the most recent American Formula 1 champion, 1991 CART champion, and former Celebrity Apprentice contestant Michael Andretti has been making a case for his team to join the Formula 1 grid for the last 18 months with backing from the fifth-largest automaker in the world. Earlier this month the newly-renamed… Read more…

Democratic Group Steps Up Warnings Over a No Labels Third Party Bid A Third Way memo cites a recent polling presentation from a centrist organization, No Labels, which shows a hypothetical ticket scrambling the presidential race.

Turkey’s President Sends Sweden’s NATO Bid to Parliament for Ratification President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been holding out on approval of Sweden’s application. It’s unclear why he is now moving it forward.

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Mainstream Republicans Opposing Jim Jordan’s Speaker Bid Dig In Against Him Facing intimidation for opposing Jim Jordan’s speakership candidacy, mainstream Republicans are refusing to back down, defying their reputation for caving in the face of party clashes.

Republicans Fear Jordan Speaker Bid Could Cost Them House Majority Nearly 200 G.O.P. lawmakers have supported Representative Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohio lawmaker, in the speaker fight. Some Republicans say that may doom the party in coming elections.

Nikki Haley’s Pro-Israel Record Could Shape Her ’24 Bid The G.O.P. contender’s combative defense of Israel defined her tenure at the United Nations. Will it also define her presidential campaign?

Sources: Sheikh Jassim withdraws Man United bid Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim has withdrawn from the process to buy Manchester United, a source has told ESPN.

L. Thompson’s bid to make PGA Tour cut stalls Lexi Thompson missed a 6-foot birdie putt on her final hole at the TPC Summerlin and had to settle for a 2-under 69, leaving her at least one shot outside the cutline in her bid to become the first woman in 78 years to make a 36-hole cut on the PGA Tour.

Scalise Bid for Speaker Meets Resistance From G.O.P. Factions The holdouts who refuse to back the No. 2 Republican, the party’s nominee, reflect the many competing groups inside the divided G.O.P. conference.