The Morning Dispatch

Every weekday morning, Mary Trimble and Grayson Logue provide an essential news briefing, along with original reporting and analysis on the day’s biggest stories.

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The Morning Dispatch: What Comes Next After Mar-a-Lago Search

Plus: Is Ukraine preparing for a counteroffensive against Russia?

The Morning Dispatch: A Hint of Inflation Relief

Plus: Republican leaders split over the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.

The Morning Dispatch: Will Biden’s Big Win Matter in the Midterms?

'History suggests that when a party passes a big piece of legislation, they generally don’t get rewarded for it.'

The Morning Dispatch: The FBI Raids Trump’s Home

An investigation into documents taken from the White House escalates.

The Morning Dispatch: July’s Sizzling Jobs Report

When is a hot market too hot?

The Morning Dispatch: Another Election Denier Clinches a Governor’s Primary

Plus: The Senate votes overwhelmingly to clear Finland and Sweden’s inclusion in NATO.

The Morning Dispatch: Tensions Flare in the Taiwan Strait

Plus: A look at states’ exceptions to abortion restrictions.

The Morning Dispatch: Another Blockbuster Primaries Tuesday

We round up key results in Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, and Washington.

The Morning Dispatch: U.S. Kills al-Qaeda Leader

Plus: What’s in the CHIPS package.

The Morning Dispatch: Despite Fed Hikes, Prices Still Climbing

Plus: Reading the tea leaves of a significant West Michigan congressional GOP primary taking place tomorrow.

The Morning Dispatch: BBBack From the Dead

Plus: Fighting over the definition of "recession."

The Morning Dispatch: How Monkeypox Containment is Failing

'If we have allowed monkeypox to become an endemic virus in the U.S. ... it will be among the most unfortunate public health failures in recent times.'

The Morning Dispatch: Bipartisan Senate Group Unveils Electoral Count Act Reform

Plus: The diplomatic and logistical headaches surrounding Nancy Pelosi's proposed trip to Taiwan.

The Morning Dispatch: ‘Russia is Using Energy as a Weapon’

How the European Union is responding to Vladimir Putin’s energy blackmail.

The Morning Dispatch: Russia Still Wants to Destroy Ukraine as We Know It

Plus: The Dispatch’s pirate skiff continues to grow.

The Morning Dispatch: Donald Trump’s Inaction on January 6

The latest House select committee meeting covers 187 minutes of chaos at the Capitol and White House advisers’ attempts to urge the president to intervene.