Politics today spans power, borders and the press. In Asia, Xi Jinping is preparing for a rare trip to Pyongyang, his first since 2019, underscoring China’s continued importance to Kim Jong-un as tensions over North Korea’s weapons program linger. In Washington, the Senate pushed through a $70 billion immigration enforcement package for ICE and Border Patrol, handing the House a major test of President Trump’s domestic agenda. The House, meanwhile, approved a separate Ukraine aid bill paired with new sanctions on Russia, revealing that bipartisan support for Kyiv still exists even as its future in the Senate looks uncertain. Media politics also broke into the open: three of 60 Minutes’ best-known correspondents say they will stay, but only while sharply criticizing CBS leadership after recent upheaval. And in Maine, a Senate race is complicated further by accusations that The New York Times downplayed troubling allegations against candidate Graham Platner.