The New York Times

1. Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips

   President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.

2. U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List

   The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.

3. Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting

   President Trump began the meeting by criticizing media coverage about him showing signs of fatigue. Last month, he appeared to doze off during a meeting in the Oval Office.

4. Trump and Hegseth Comments on Boat Strike Leave Adm. Bradley Exposed

   Adm. Frank M. Bradley will soon face questions from lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

5. Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Strike Clinging to Wreckage

   The defense secretary supported the admiral he said called for the second strike on Sept. 2 against a boat the administration says was smuggling drugs.