New York Times

• Trump Shrugs Off A.I. and Data Center Concerns as Voters Grow Anxious

  The president and his top aides have been especially bullish about data centers, despite national blowback against the facilities.

• How Trump’s Yearlong ‘Takeover’ of Washington Has Changed the Capital

  The deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents into the streets has been expensive. How effective it has been is debatable.

• Trump Concedes There Was ‘Some Contractor Error’ in Reflecting Pool Renovations

  The president had insisted for weeks that the landmarks’ algae-stained waters and peeling lining were the fault of vandals, not the project itself.

• Traffic to Trump’s Truth Social Falls Sharply This Summer

  President Trump’s social media platform has had double-digit declines in visitors in June and July, according to estimates from a widely cited online tracking firm.

• One Source of Paxton’s Wealth: A Cell Tower at a Hospital He Knew Well

  Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, makes six-figure income from a cellphone tower on the grounds of a hospital where he was a board member.