Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say  —  The US military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program and likely only set it back by months …

Live Updates: Mamdani Holds Lead Over Cuomo in Democratic Primary for N.Y.C. Mayor  —  Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman, built a significant advantage over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo thanks to a strong showing in Brooklyn and Manhattan.  A winner might not be declared until ranked-choice ballots are tabulated next week.

‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government  —  The technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency who's gone by the name “Big Balls” online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED.  —  Edward “Big Balls” Coristine …

Key GOP senator warns Medicaid cuts could spell political disaster for Republicans  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), one of the most vulnerable Senate Republican incumbents facing re-election in 2026, warned Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) bluntly in a private meeting Tuesday that deep cuts …

The National Archives at College Park, Maryland  —  We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include:  — Textual records from civilian agencies  — Army unit records dating from WW1  — Navy unit records dating from WW2  — Berlin Documents Center microfilm

Democrats fume at “unserious” Trump impeachment vote  —  House Democrats privately vented their fury Tuesday about what they said is a “premature” and “unhelpful” vote on impeaching President Trump for his strikes on Iran.  —  Why it matters: Impeachment has dogged Democrats since Trump came …

Donald Trump Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Withdrawn  —  A senior Ukrainian lawmaker who nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize has withdrawn it, as peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow slip under the radar and the president keeps his sights fixed on the Middle East.

DOJ Whistleblower Erez Reuveni Exposes High-Level Defiance of Court Orders and Retaliation  —  WASHINGTON—Today, Government Accountability Project and Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. submitted a protected whistleblower disclosure on behalf of Erez Reuveni, former Acting Deputy Director …

Antoinette Lattouf has won $70,000, but her case has cost the ABC so much more  —  The costs of the ABC's decision to prematurely end the short-term contract of fill-in radio host Antoinette Lattouf are incalculable.  —  Forget about the $70,000 she was awarded in the judgment handed …

Mike Johnson says War Powers Act is unconstitutional  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both parties who are invoking the law in an effort to block President Trump from further military action in Iran.

Masked Terror  —  At this point, we have all seen the videos.  Men dressed in plaid shirts, jeans and boots descending on constructions sites, chasing migrants in fields, lurking in courthouse hallways at courthouses, knocking on doors of homes, and surrounding cars.  We see them wrestling men and women to the ground.

Trump Complains Biden Let Thunderstorms Into the U.S.  —  FORCE OF NATURE  —  The president made an embarrassing flub aboard Air Force One while en route to a summit where he will discuss mounting global instability with other NATO leaders.  —  President Donald Trump got a little tongue-tied speaking …

Despite promise to remove ‘worst of the worst,’ ICE has arrested only 6% of known immigrant murderers  —  ICE told Congress in September that over 13,000 immigrants known to have committed murder remained at large.  Since then, only 752 have been arrested.  —  After six months …

A decade after Obergefell, LGBTQ+ rights remain under threat  —  It's been ten years since the Supreme Court's landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S. But Jim Obergefell, the case's lead plaintiff, says the fight is far from over — marriage equality remains under threat.

U.S. Textile Makers, Feeling Forgotten by Trump, Hope Boom Days Are Ahead  —  The Trump administration faces hard choices in determining what industries to protect as it uses tariffs to construct an industrial policy.  —  The Trump administration faces hard choices in determining what industries …

Disgusting  —  Don't pour yourself a whiskey and get too comfortable, settling in for protracted Slack Tide goodness.  This isn't a real piece, where I tap dance and dazzle you with wordplay, as is our custom around these parts.  It's just a short, blunt, angry cry.