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Donald Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial against him last month, NBC News reports. The probation interview is required by the court as part of the former president’s pre-sentencing report.

President Emmanuel Macron dissolved France’s lower house of parliament and called new legislative elections after his group was drubbed in a European vote on Sunday, Bloomberg reports.

Doug Sosnik writes in his latest memo: “This is the first election in living memory that is about the past rather than the future. The candidates are not campaigning on their proposals going forward but rather litigating their prior records. This focus will be the defining element of each campaign in the months leading up to election day.

Rudy Giuliani said that in President Biden’s quest for a “dictatorship” he “took God out of schools and government to establish loyalty to only him,” the Michigan Advance reports.

“Republicans in Congress are preparing to not just extend former president Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts if they win control of Washington in November’s elections, but also lower rates even more for corporations, laying the early groundwork for a ferocious debate over taxes and spending next year and beyond,” the Washington Post reports.

Politico: “Trump’s new anti-vaccine persona could have far-reaching consequences if he’s elected to a second stint as president with far-reaching administrative powers.” “Public health experts say a White House opposed to immunization mandates could potentially cause upticks in cases of measles, polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases, or hamper efforts to fight a future pandemic.” “The CDC could pare back the number of vaccines it recommends children receive or eliminate those recommendations entirely.