Trump Confounded by the War He Started  —  It's now clear: There was no plan.  —  Andrew bought a Toyota hybrid a couple months ago, and at one point the thought occurred to him: You know, this gas mileage would be even sweeter if gas weren't pretty cheap right now.

Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves GOP to become an independent, complicating Johnson's majority  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday he was immediately leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.  —  “I'm also today asking the clerk …

House Republican's Shock Racist Post Triggers Instant Backlash  —  OH MY GOP  —  Tennessee congressman Andy Ogles is showing his nasty side.  —  MAGA hardliner Andy Ogles is under fire for a shockingly Islamophobic post on social media.  —  The Tennessee Republican …

Trump's Weird Fetish for Discount Dress Shoes Revealed  —  GRIN AND BEAR IT  —  “Everybody's afraid not to wear them,” one White House insider said of the shoes Trump keeps forcing on his aides.  —  President Donald Trump apparently has a bizarre obsession with Michael Jackson's favorite men's shoe brand …

‘Nobody Could Have Seen This Coming,’ Says Blindfolded Administration  —  The Trump administration can't foresee straight.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The hard-working staff here at Drezner's World has written previously and repeatedly about the Trump administration's inability to think coherently about grand strategy.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down  —  Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.  —  Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky, the social media platform exclusively announced to WIRED.

Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says  —  The encrypted transmission was intercepted by the U.S.  —  A crowd holding Iranian flags gathers during a demonstration in support of the nomination of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as successor to his late father …

Trump's voting bill ultimatum adds to pressure on Congress  —  Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter.  Subscribe here.  —  In today's issue:  —  ▪ Trump puts pressure on Thune  —  ▪ Iran chooses new supreme leader  —  ▪ Trust in public health institutions drops

Ahead of 2028, Sen. Cory Booker to unveil bill to make $75,000 in income tax-free  —  The bill is a marker for the next time Democrats get a chance to rewrite the tax code.  The New Jersey senator told NBC News he's keeping the door open to a 2028 presidential bid.

Live Updates: N.Y. Police Commissioner Says Gracie Mansion Incident Inspired by Islamic State  —  Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that three improvised explosive devices were found, including one that was found in a vehicle on Sunday.  No one was injured in the incident on Saturday.

Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren't Anymore?  Moderate.  —  The center-left group Third Way held a conference last week where moderate Democratic strategists and politicians blasted progressive ideas and the party's left wing.  Third Way and other centrist Democratic groups espouse positions …

Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power … Jason Berry, a spokesperson for Maricopa County, said in a statement the county had not yet received a subpoena but would cooperate if it did.  —  The move comes just six weeks …

Billionaires Made 19% of Federal Election Campaign Contributions in 2024  —  Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections.  Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount  —  U.S. President Donald Trump bought more than $1.1 million of Netflix (NFLX.O) bonds over the last three months as the streaming giant unsuccessfully fought Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O) to buy Warner Bros Discovery …

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows  —  The evidence contradicts President Trump's claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.  —  A newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit …

Live Nation settles antitrust case with DOJ, avoids Ticketmaster breakup  —  The agreement takes a company breakup off the table and lifts regulatory uncertainty — but critics say high fees and competition concerns remain.  —  Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster …

The Pete Hegseth Exception  —  Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences.  —  the uniform code of Military Justice serves as the criminal-justice framework for America's armed forces.

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: “Show some guts and go through that strait and do it”  —  Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones: Talking about higher gas prices as a reason to stop the war “is exactly what Iran wants to happen”