National News at a Glance

Warren Is Warming Up for 2020. So Are Many Other Democrats.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., leads a small advance guard of Democrats who appear to be moving deliberately toward challenging President Donald Trump in 2020. Former Vice President Joe Biden, wielding a political network cultivated over decades, has been reasserting himself as a party leader, while Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California have emerged as fresher-faced messengers for the midterms. And Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the runner-up in the 2016 Democratic primaries, has been acting like a candidate as he considers another race. All have been traveling the country, raising money for Democrats and gauging the appeal of their personalities and themes.

Plans Unveiled for Memorial at Site of Charleston Church Massacre

Three years after a blood bath in its fellowship hall, Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, unveiled designs Sunday for a memorial to the nine victims and five survivors of the horrific attack. The focal point of the memorial is a pair of sleekly curving high-backed pews, carved of white marble, that would welcome visitors like outstretched arms. Some congregants have seen in them a pair of angels’ wings, or even the hull of a slave ship. At the center will be a fountain whose waters wash over the inscribed names of the worshippers killed on June 17, 2015.

California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees.

For years, there has been a movement in California to restore floodplains by moving levees back from rivers and planting trees, shrubs and grasses in the land between. The goal has been to bring back some of the habitat for birds, animals and fish that existed before the state was developed. But in addition, floodplain restoration is seen as a way of coping with the future — one of human-induced climate change. The reclaimed lands will flood more readily, and that will help protect cities and towns from the more frequent and larger inundations that scientists say are likely.

California Democrats Back Incumbent’s Rival

The first rebuke to Sen. Dianne Feinstein came in February, when the California Democratic Party delivered 54 percent of its convention vote to her opponent, Kevin de León, a state senator — just short of the 60 percent he needed for the party’s endorsement. In the California Senate primary last month, Feinstein crushed de León. But Saturday night, the party’s executive committee struck again at Feinstein, embarrassing her by voting to endorse de León despite the primary result. He received 217 votes from the committee of party leaders and elected delegates, or 65 percent of the 333 votes cast.

Georgia Governor’s Race Pivots on Guns, Saws and Trucks

His opponent has recorded ads with a chain saw, shotgun and “big truck” that he says he’ll use to round up “illegal immigrants." In a private conversation secretly recorded in May and made public Monday, Casey Cagle, the Republican lieutenant governor, was captured criticizing the tone of his party’s primary. He said it had become focused on “who had the biggest gun, who had the biggest truck, and who could be the craziest.” Now Cagle’s opponent in the Republican runoff, Brian Kemp, is accusing Cagle of turning up his nose at the Republican base.

Suspect Killed, 3 Officers Wounded in Kansas City Gunfight

A man wielding a rifle shot and wounded three police officers Sunday during a firefight in Kansas City, Missouri. The episode ended when police killed the suspected gunman. Police Chief Rick Smith said that when officers went to confront the man outside a motel, he shot two officers and fled. Police hunted for the suspect for roughly an hour before tracking him to a house near the motel, where he shot another officer. Smith said the officers were expected to survive. The suspected gunman had been sought in connection with the killing of a college student from India, he said.

Ryan Says His SUV Was ‘Eaten by Animals’

House Speaker Paul Ryan says an unexpected casualty of his job is his Chevrolet Suburban. Ryan was at the Economic Club last week to discuss tariffs and trade policy when the conversation turned personal. Ryan said he had been keeping the vehicle in Wisconsin. He said his mother recently tried to start it but could not. Ryan had it towed to a dealer. “They realized that a family of woodchucks lived in the underbody of my Suburban, and they ate all the wiring out of it,” he said. “And so my car was eaten by animals, and it’s just dead.”