Monday, August 3, 2026

An immigrant held at the Delaney Detention Center in New Jersey has died; the mayor of Newark identified him as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The facility has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees, even as Trump's DHS chief Markwayne Mullin pushes deportations aggressively and the administration shares needy families' data with ICE over California's lawsuit.

Trump's Iran brinkmanship has entered its fifth month, with former Ambassador James Jeffrey warning the president is nearing the limit of credibility on strike threats. Since April, Trump has called off planned airstrikes on Iran at least five times to allow space for negotiations, a pattern his own former chief of staff warns is losing U.S. credibility.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears certain to be confirmed under a deal Maggie Haberman reports was brokered, an arrangement an analyst calls a "recipe for confrontation" that leaves Democrats facing a "major question mark" over the department's direction.

In Michigan, Tuesday's Senate primary pits Abdul El-Sayed against Haley Stevens in a battle over who controls the Democratic Party and whose interests it serves. El-Sayed is questioning the assumption that Michigan voters are moderates, running a populist campaign.