Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal: China Reins In Its Belt and Road Program, $1 Trillion Later — After loans have gone sour and projects have stalled, Beijing is revamping its troubled initiative — China has spent a trillion dollars to expand its influence across Asia, Africa and Latin America through its Belt and Road infrastructure program.

Jonathan Lemire / Politico: — The earthquake in Italy has sent tremors that could be felt in the White House. — The victory of Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni rattled Europe, furthering fears about a new right-wing shift on the continent …

Natasha Korecki / Politico: — Updates about tonight's races in Iowa — 🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back. — It's such a blow to Iowa Democrats who really believed they were gaining traction in the state. — I think Iowa and Ohio are going to miss being swing states …

Denise Chow / NBC News: — It was a cosmic smash-up watched around the world. — A NASA spacecraft on Monday intentionally slammed into an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to protect Earth …

Wall Street Journal: — U.S. has banned use of its weapons against Russian territory but not against the occupied areas of Ukraine Putin now intends to annex — Ukraine Annexation Vote Starts as Russian Reservists Bid Farewell to Families

Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times: — Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, a Russian businessman and close associate of President Vladimir V. Putin, acknowledged on Monday that he is the founder of the Wagner Group, a shadowy private military company that has fought on Russia's side in the war in Ukraine.

Jenny Vrentas / New York Times: — His role in the misappropriation of welfare money has infuriated people in his native Mississippi and prompted some fans to call for his removal from the Hall of Fame. — The website for Brett Favre's foundation, Favre 4 Hope …

Associated Press: — A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 24 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said. The shooting took place in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city 960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region.

Jack Stebbins / CNBC: Trump-linked SPAC changes address to UPS Store as investors pull over $130 million — DWAC, the blank-check company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, changed its address to a Miami UPS Store in a filing Friday. — As of Friday, DWAC had lost $138.5 million of its $1 billion in private financing.

NBC News: — A high-ranking member of the far-right Oath Keepers organization who has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot exchanged messages in November 2020 with former Trump White House aide Andrew Giuliani about election issues.

New York Times: — With images of lawlessness, G.O.P. candidates are pressing the issue in places where worries about public safety are omnipresent. Democrats, on the defensive, are promising to fund the police.

Brian Schwartz / CNBC: Campaigns spend over $6.4 billion on ads for 2022 elections, making race one of the most expensive ever — Campaigns have spent almost $50 million on midterm ads running on Facebook and Google alone, over the last 30 days, according to data compiled by the companies.

Tracey Tully / New York Times: — The bulldozer has become a symbol of oppression in India. Its appearance in a New Jersey parade has exposed fault lines between the region's Hindu and Muslim communities. — EDISON, N.J. — The India Day Parade featured …

Adam Liptak / New York Times: — In a surprising filing, state chief justices opposed an argument pressed by Republicans — that state legislatures may set federal election rules unconstrained by state constitutions.

Ashley Southall / New York Times: — People who have been punished for marijuana offenses are applying to open the state's first retail cannabis dispensaries. — Anytime the police approached the street in the Bronx where Hector Bonilla used to hang out …

Lauren Aratani / The Guardian: — Pen America says Central York school district banned the books but officials strongly deny it in statement — A school district in Pennsylvania has banned the Girls Who Code book series for young readers …

Bloomberg: — Trenton, N.J. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. James Florio, who championed a plan that substantially raised the state's sales and income taxes leading to his reelection defeat in 1993, died Sunday. He was 85.

Politico: — It's Mitch McConnell versus Joe Manchin yet again. — McConnell is urging Senate Republicans to vote no on advancing Manchin's permitting reform legislation as part of a government funding package, according to three people familiar with the effort.

Hugo Lowell / The Guardian: — Claim of call at 4.34pm made in book by former Republican congressman and adviser to House select committee — The White House switchboard dialled a phone associated with a January 6 rioter after it was clear …

Associated Press: — President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday. Snowden is one of 75 foreign nationals listed by the decree as being granted Russian citizenship.

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times: — As he runs for governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano is being heavily outspent by his Democratic rival and trails badly in polling. National Republicans show little desire to help him.

Seung Min Kim / Associated Press: — President Joe Biden will announce a new initiative Monday that will eventually allow consumers to see a more complete price on airline tickets — including baggage and change fees — before they buy, as the White House continues …

New York Times: … A recruitment officer was wounded in the latest attack on a Russian draft office. — A gunman apparently distraught over Russia's chaotic military mobilization opened fire at a draft office in Siberia on Monday …

Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times: — Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers' well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors. — Michael, 17, arrived in the sleek white waiting room …

New York Times: — A draft agreement with the Biden administration to keep the Chinese-owned video app operating in the United States is under review. That could mean more wrangling. — The Biden administration and TikTok have drafted …

New York Times: — The comments by the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, illustrate how quickly the rhetoric has intensified as Russia has faltered on the battlefield in recent months. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's …

Wall Street Journal: — Officials worry push by lawmakers to threaten sanctions on those that don't comply could derail proposal targeting Moscow — Nord Stream: How Russia Has Turned Its Gas Into a Global Economic Weapon — Created with sketchtool.

Adam Cancryn / Politico: — The White House finally believes it has an economic story worth telling. Now, it's trying to figure out how to get voters to listen. — Emboldened by a string of legislative victories, President Joe Biden …

Jordain Carney / Politico: — Asked about the House GOP's relationship with the FBI, Rep. Matt Gaetz — the pro-Trump Florida conservative poised to avoid charges in a federal sex trafficking probe — summed it up in only two words: “It's complicated.”

New York Times: — U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a rebound, with companies adding workers amid high consumer demand for products. — WASHINGTON — Ever since American manufacturing entered a long stretch of automation and outsourcing in the late 1970s …

Steven Shepard / Politico: — Pollsters know they have a problem. But they aren't sure they've fixed it in time for the November election. — Since Donald Trump's unexpected 2016 victory, pre-election polls have consistently understated support for Republican candidates, compared to the votes ultimately cast.

Bloomberg: — The selloff in UK assets went into overdrive on Monday, sending the pound to an all-time low, slamming government bonds and sparking talk of emergency action by the Bank of England. — The market mayhem extended the damage seen …

Peter Pomerantsev / The Guardian: — Putin's propaganda glories in devastation but, like the Nazis, he is sowing the seeds of self-destruction — o you want Total War? " Goebbels demanded of the Nazi faithful as the Second World War went south for Germany in 1943.

Jason Horowitz / New York Times: — Early results suggest that she could be Italy's next prime minister, the first woman to hold the position, and the first with post-Fascist roots. It will still be weeks before a new government is formed. — Giuseppe Lami/EPA, via Shutterstock