The District bureau

Briefing: A summer of discontent down in the White House. A ceasefire everyone keeps shooting through. + How secure is Mexico for the World Cup? Benjamin Smith on the cartels, the state, and the warring between them.

Briefing: Chairman Xi makes a special visit. The Pentagon puts China’s biggest brands on a military blacklist. + Why do so many people hate the idea of capitalism?

Briefing: A man who can’t seem to get his passport back. The war with Iran welcomes a new country. + Why would football supporters cheer on dictators buying their clubs?

Briefing: A winner Washington would rather not deal with. Tehran leaves the table. + What do Middle Eastern states want with European football clubs?

Briefing: The Champions League final, brought to you from 3,000 kilometers away. Talks and strikes over the strait. + Why did the Gulf states pour billions into global sports?

Briefing: A tech leader’s mission to the Vatican. A new strike on Iran as the U.S. president says “time is on our side.” + What would it take to build AI that serves human beings?

Briefing: A failed plan to install the next supreme leader in Iran. A court picks the opposition leader in Turkey. + Why have Americans lost faith in higher education?

Briefing: How to delay a massive American airstrike. The U.S. Justice Department takes care of the Trump family. + How have governments become some of the biggest investors in the global economy?