The Desire for Terror  —  A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States.  This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections.  —  Self-terrorism might not have been the initial aim …

Poll: Trump struggles on immigration, prices and Iran as Democrats hold a midterm edge  —  Voters give Trump higher marks on border security, but they disapprove of his handling of several key issues, according to a national NBC News poll.  —  Majorities of registered voters disapprove …

Israeli ambassador to US declines to rule out putting boots on the ground in Iran … Still, Iran's foreign minister said Sunday his country is prepared to fend off ground forces, telling NBC's “Meet the Press” that Tehran's soldiers are “waiting for any enemy who enters into our soil to fight …

Device ignited at Gracie Mansion protest was an improvised explosive, NYPD says  —  Two men were taken into custody after one of two devices was ignited during an anti-Islam demonstration and a counterprotest outside the mayor's residence.  —  A device found outside of Gracie Mansion …

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined  —  A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by the The Post and Courier through public records.

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  Prosecutors were ready for troublemakers.  —  Federal officer Dinko Residovic had spoken with the U.S. Attorney's Office before heading out to arrest two immigrants held at a jail in Washington, D.C.  —  “They were, like, 'If you need anything, let us know.

Trump says he won't sign any bills into law until SAVE Act passes  —  President Trump on Sunday threatened to not sign any bills into law until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is approved by the Senate, doubling down on his push to change voting requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

Senator mocked ‘green energy crap.’ His house runs on it. … “It's my personal home, so it's not really any of your business,” he said in a brief interview in December.  —  Sheehy's use of renewable energy led local industry officials to ask him for help opposing legislation championed …

Oil market prepares for $100 a barrel as Middle East producers cut output  —  Further attacks on energy infrastructure over weekend also pose new threat  —  Oil prices are on the brink of crossing the $100-a-barrel threshold for the first time in almost four years, as the Middle East's …

How Trump's War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine  —  The many similarities between the White House's justification for war in Iran and Russia's messaging on Ukraine underscore the risks of a vaguely defined, open-ended war.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last Monday that the United States …

AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America's soul  —  The numbers — maybe 175 dead, maybe more — are staggering, but what really matters are their names.  —  There was Ehsan Saleminia, just 6 years old; Fatemeh Zahra Karimi, age 7; Zeynab Bahrami, 10 …

Trump Org Files Trademarks to Put the President's Name Front and Center at ‘America 250’  —  In one filing submitted on Friday, a “Trump 250” image was trademarked to be used on a variety of merchandise.  — Copy  —  The Trump Organization filed several previously unreported trademark applications …

'You're Accumulating Opposition and Enemies' … When Dan Crenshaw joined Congress in 2019, he was instantly a star.  —  The then-34-year-old GOP lawmaker was young, had combat experience, and was great on TV; the eyepatch from an injury in the Afghanistan War only made him more memorable.

Checking in on Pravda, and It Is Worse Than You Can Imagine  —  In my Sunday Smiles essay, I took a shot at CNN's doing propaganda for the Iranian regime.  —  But, seriously, CNN's shilling for the IRGC is hardly the worst media malpractice we have seen this week.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes Charlie Kirk memorial license plate, sparking GOP outrage: ‘This bill falls short’  —  Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing fierce backlash after vetoing a bill that would have created a specialty license plate honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk …

At 8:50 yesterday morning, President Donald J. Trump posted on social media: “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!  After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners …

U.S. weighs sending special forces to seize Iran's nuclear stockpile  —  The U.S. and Israel have discussed sending special forces into Iran to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium at a later stage of the war, according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions.

Prison guards discussed cover-up of Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI  —  An inmate housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York told the FBI he overheard guards talking about covering up Jeffrey Epstein's death on the morning he died.  —  The federal government's online Epstein …

For Israel's Netanyahu, Trump grants wishes, but his support carries risks  —  Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.  The war in Iran is their biggest gamble yet.  —  JERUSALEM — For Prime Minister …

How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel on the Right … It's no secret that Israel is losing ground in American public opinion on both the left and the right, even as many American Jews feel newly besieged by rising antisemitism.  On much of the left, activists …

‘Putin will be smiling’: Ukraine struggles as US focus moves to Iran  —  Ukrainian ex-defence minister says conflict provides simultaneous ‘risks and opportunities’  —  At the Iranian embassy in Kyiv, a salmon-pink mansion on a street close to the presidential administration …

Lev Parnas, ex-member of Trump's ‘cult’, runs for Congress as Florida Democrat  —  Parnas, who worked with Rudy Giuliani to find or manufacture dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine, says he ‘woke up’  —  Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American businessman who served a 20-month sentence for campaign contributions …