Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.  —  Military.com reviewed a memorandum …

MTG Admits She Didn't Read Trump Mega Bill She Voted For  —  Diehard MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she wished she had not voted for President Donald Trump's “One Big, Beautiful” spending bill, explaining that she wasn't aware of its contents.  “Full transparency …

Scoop: DNC rents taco truck to mock Trump on ‘TACO’ slogan  —  The Democratic National Committee is commandeering a taco truck to mock Trump's apparent fury at the slogan “Trump Always Chickens Out,” or “TACO,” Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Democrats clearly think they have found a way to get under the president's skin.

Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions  —  The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.

Boulder suspect's family detained by ICE, set for expedited removal, Kristi Noem says  —  Family members of the man charged with Sunday's attack in Boulder, Colorado, have been taken into custody, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday.

Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36 percent from previous year  —  Sales for ticket packages across all genres are down about $1.6 million year over year, a window into the arts center's challenges following President Donald Trump's takeover.  —  Sales of subscriptions for the coming season …

Exclusive: CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role, sources say  —  Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency …

Texas man arrested and accused of trespassing at Mar-a-Lago told police he wanted to ‘marry Kai’  —  Anthony Reyes told law enforcement that he wanted to “marry Kai,” according to a police report.  Kai is the name of the president's 18-year-old granddaughter.

Bakersfield girl who faced deportation and loss of lifesaving medical care is allowed to stay in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The family of a 4-year-old Bakersfield girl with a rare medical condition has been granted humanitarian protection from deportation, allowing her to continue receiving lifesaving treatment in the United States.

The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers  —  A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.  —  The Washington Post has published some of the world's most influential voices …

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing  —  ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year.  Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.

2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism’ fungus into US: DOJ  —  Authorities said it was in connection with work at the University of Michigan.  —  This photo released by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan shows what authorities …

Joni Ernst's Medicaid Quip Could Cost Iowa GOP  —  Up until now, Iowa has been the poster state for Donald Trump's alleged electoral revolution.  Prior to Trump's first race, it went Democratic in six of the seven presidential elections (and went Republican only by an eyelash in the other).

Google's New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud  —  Google's recently launched AI video tool can generate realistic clips that contain misleading or inflammatory information about news events, according to a TIME analysis and several tech watchdogs.

Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study Finds  —  With high casualty figures and the slow pace of Russia's territorial gains, President Vladimir V. Putin could face years more of a grinding war of attrition in Ukraine.  —  Nearly one million Russian troops have been killed …

Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames  —  President Trump's effort to punish Harvard over antisemitism is complicated by his extensive history of amplifying white supremacist figures and symbols.  —  In the Oval Office one day last week, President Trump renewed his no-holds-barred attack …

The Senate's stablecoin bill risks repeating past legislative mistakes  —  In 2000, various forms of over-the-counter derivatives were emerging fast into the financial mainstream, and Congress passed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, or CFMA, which purported to encourage financial innovation …

Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures  —  Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman's chief of staff is leaving her post, two people familiar with the matter confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday.  The move is yet another key departure for a congressional office that's been marked …

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform  —  WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.