The New York Times

1. Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Adds to State Officials’ Alarm

   Some top state election officials, who run voting across the country, worry that the federal government has become hostile to them and their work.

2. Fulton County in Georgia Challenges the F.B.I.’s Seizure of 2020 Ballots

   The county filed a motion demanding the return of ballots and other election materials that were seized by the F.B.I. in a highly unusual move by the Trump administration.

3. Man Convicted of Trying to Assassinate Trump Gets Life Sentence

   Federal prosecutors told the judge that Ryan Routh had “plotted painstakingly” to ambush Donald J. Trump in 2024 at his golf course near West Palm Beach.

4. ‘Neoroyalism’ and What It Says About Trump

   Experts are reaching to divine the president’s approach to global policy and economics, with one theory seeing antecedents in centuries-old dynastic rule.

5. State Fiscal Chiefs Protest Federal Immigration Chaos

   Sixteen elected treasury officials, all Democrats, wrote to President Trump to say ICE crackdowns are bad for business and tax revenues: “People must feel safe to go to work.”