U.S. Suspends Tariffs on China, Stoking Fears of a Loss of Leverage

Anti-Gun Backlash From School Shooting? Probably Not in Texas

Europe Edition: Royal Wedding, Ireland, Mafia: Your Monday Briefing

Santa Fe High’s Baseball Team Takes the Field, Shadowed by Tragedy

The Great Revolt review: Trump-approved study of 2016 is key reading for Democrats

Salena Zito and Brad Todd pull punches on race but show just how the ‘blue wall’ collapsed and how hard it will be to rebuild

Between November 2007 and late 2016, white Americans lost more than 700,000 jobs. Seemingly oblivious to that reality, on the manicured lawns of Martha’s Vineyard, Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills Hillary Clinton repeatedly shared that a chunk of Donald Trump’s base was irredeemably deplorable. Only when Clinton was busted for repeating that same line at a Wall Street fundraiser did she bother to feign remorse.

The powder that exploded on election day 2016 was all around. But it took Donald Trump to light the match, and few were prepared for the ensuing conflagration. The industrial midwest, the Democrats’ famed blue wall, collapsed. A segment of the electorate that had cast its lot with Barack Obama, together with others who had never before voted, propelled Trump to the White House.

Cougar Attacks Two Bicyclists in Washington State, Killing One

Officials grilled over huge Barrier Reef grant – politics live

Kristina Keneally questions the process for giving $440m to a little-known foundation. Follow all today’s events in Canberra

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6.18am BST

Tony Smith says he is still talking to the Australian Electoral Commissioner about the dates for the byelection, and there are some issues over changed regulations for section 44, so he doesn’t feel like he can issue the writ today. (Which means no June 23 byelection)

Tony Burke says “we are currently in a situation where a government could delay a regulation for as long as it wanted and that would determine when a byelection could be held” and that we are now in a situation where “it is taking longer to fill five seats than it would take to fill 150 seats”.

6.14am BST

Question time ends - but to be honest, I checked out at the last dixer, because Penny Wong is serving so many looks in estimates, it’s mesmerising.

John Lloyd is taking on notice to get advice about the basis on which he can make a public interest immunity claim. "I will do it expeditiously...as quick as I can". Someone turned up to school without his "dog ate my homework" note. #estimates #auspol

Santa Fe School Shooting Victims: Here Are Their Stories

Once Hated by U.S. and Tied to Iran, Is Sadr Now ‘Face of Reform’ in Iraq?

Op-Ed Columnist: The Mississippi Man Tried Six Times for the Same Crime

Trump Demands Inquiry Into Whether Justice Dept. ‘Infiltrated or Surveilled’ His Campaign

Mourning Our Daughter, While Ireland Votes

Op-Ed Columnist: Enough Is Enough

K2 Eyed as Culprit After 14 People Overdose in Brooklyn

In Belmont Stakes, Justify Might Face Familiar Competition

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern opens Techweek ... as a hologram – video

A virtual Jacinda Ardern opens the Techweek animation conference as a holographic display, a move she said ‘seems appropriate’. New Zealand’s prime minister said this year’s theme was ‘innovation that’s good for the world’, which she said sat well with her, citing the country’s nuclear-free policy and action on climate change.

US rejects 'insult to democracy' as Venezuela president Maduro pursues second term

Chile and US dismiss elections as a sham while Nicolás Maduro hails a ‘fiesta’ of democracy

The United States condemned Venezuela’s election as “an insult to democracy” and opposition leaders rejected a “fraud foretold” on Sunday as low voter turnout looked to have spoiled what President Nicolás Maduro had promised would be a great “fiesta” of democracy.

Venezuela’s 34,000 polling stations – open since 6am when Maduro cast the first vote – had been due to close at 6pm. But as darkness fell, state broadcaster Telesur announced they would stay open “as long as there are people in line to cast their vote”.

Itu Aba Journal: Island or Rock? Taiwan Defends Its Claim in South China Sea

MP blames Pacific 'failed states' for New Zealand's drug problems

Tonga spokesman says comments by assistant finance minister border on racism and that his country is not the ‘wild west’

A New Zealand MP has said the country’s Pacific neighbours are to blame for New Zealand’s worsening drug problems, blaming “failed states” in the region for failing to stop drug smugglers.

Shane Jones, the assistant finance minister, has earned a reputation in his six months in government for his blunt and often controversial rhetoric.

Trump Grappling With Risks of Proceeding With North Korea Meeting

The Right Way to Fix the Prisons

Motability needs a new road map for managing finances, MPs say

Top executives are paid too much and company reserves are too high, report says

MPs have called for an overhaul of the management of the Motability car leasing scheme for disabled drivers after concerns were raised over its “totally unacceptable” pay for top executives.

Two select committees – Treasure and work and pensions – say the £1.7m earned by the scheme’s chief executive, Mike Betts, in 2017 was unjustifiable at a monopoly provider effectively sustained by public money.

Venezuela elections: Nicolás Maduro wins second term

Main rivals both declare poll, which was boycotted by the opposition, illegitimate due to alleged widespread irregularities

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has shrugged off international condemnation and allegations of vote buying and electoral fraud to claim a second six-year term at the helm of his crisis-stricken nation.

Addressing crowds of supporters outside the presidential palace in Caracas on Sunday night, Maduro hailed the “impeccable electoral process” that had returned him to power with 67.7% of the vote.

Kelly Clarkson, a Gun Owner, Urges Action at Billboard Music Awards

Brexit blamed for dramatic fall in UK business registrations

Collapse is mirrored by tumble in direct foreign investment into Britain of 90%

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has sparked a dramatic fall in the number of French, Dutch and Belgian businesses registering in the UK, in a further illustration of Brexit’s impact on the UK economy.

Figures from Companies House show that French companies registered 48% fewer businesses in the UK in 2016-17 than the previous financial year while companies in Belgium registered 38% fewer. Companies in the Netherlands, which is probably the worst affected by Brexit of Britain’s trading partners, registered 52% fewer companies last year than in 2015-16.

Review: A Rising Star Takes Her Turn, as the Met Turns the Page on Levine

Maduro Wins Venezuela Election Amid Widespread Disillusionment

Mueller Hopes to Wrap Up Obstruction Inquiry Into Trump by Sept. 1, Giuliani Says

Man Intentionally Plowed Vehicle Into a Restaurant, Killing His Daughter, Police Say

Don’t Put That in My Heart Until You’re Sure It Really Works