Dire Straits: The Iran War Is Run by Idiots  —  Also: Americans don't care about process.  So they will get corruption.  —  ∙ Paid  —  People were not happy with me in the comments after yesterday's TNL.  Many were upset that I spent part of the episode lamenting how unbelievably stupid …

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says  —  Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump's assertion that Iran could be to blame.

Sen. Cornyn: Why the SAVE Act matters more than the filibuster  —  If a man takes a swing at you and barely misses, that doesn't make him a pacifist — it just means he has bad aim.  —  Standing still and giving him a second free swing wouldn't be wise or honorable; it would be foolish.

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out photographers from two subsequent news conferences.  —  The Defense Department has barred press photographers …

FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert  —  The warning came in a bulletin that was reviewed by ABC News.  —  Iranian-made Shahed-136 ‘Kamikaze’ drone flies over the sky of Kermanshah, Iran, March 7, 2024.  —  The FBI warned police departments …

Bondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats  —  The attorney general relocated from a Washington apartment to a base in the area within the past month, according to people familiar with the situation.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi has quietly relocated to one of several military bases …

The untold reason Kristi Noem's alleged lover Corey Lewandowski did ‘whatever the f-k I want’ at DHS  —  WASHINGTON — Embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's top aide and alleged lover Corey Lewandowski bragged that he could do “whatever” he wanted as a powerful federal official …

Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed six U.S. service members in the early hours of the war with Iran was more severe …

Trump Ordered Justice Department Reversal on Law Firm Sanctions  —  ‘I never signed off on that,’ the president told aides  —  The Justice Department's surprise reversal last week on defending the White House's sanctions against law firms came after an angry outburst by President Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

Iran's Control of Hormuz Means It's Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War  —  Tehran is letting ships carrying its crude go through the strait, while it scares off others  —  Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, showing it is in control …

Poll: Confidence in the Supreme Court drops to a record low  —  The latest NBC News poll shows that the percentage of voters with a “great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence in the court is at the lowest ebb since the question was first asked in 2000.  —  The percentage of voters …

Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show  —  A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI's investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau's New York Field Office three years ago …

How Trump's War on Iran Is Hastening the Coming MAGA Crack-Up  —  Congratulations are in order for Donald Trump: His attack on Iran is the most unpopular American war in modern history.  The New York Times compared support for Trump's war with initial support for nine other wars going back to World War II …

Dems score upset win in New Hampshire special election, giving GOP fresh reason to worry  —  Heading into Tuesday's state legislative special election in New Hampshire, Republicans had reason to be cautiously optimistic.  The race was in a district that Donald Trump won by 9 points in 2024 …

Why DOJ Hasn't Charged Anyone Else From the Epstein Files … But more than a month after the release, something like the opposite has happened.  —  A variety of public figures in the U.S. have incurred professional and reputational consequences as a result of socializing with Epstein …

California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Takes Lead in Governor Primary, 25% undecided; Election for LA Mayor Wide Open  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey of the June primary for Governor finds Congressman Eric Swalwell leading the open primary with 17%, followed by Steve Hilton …

Impossible, But True: CNN Gets Worse, Says Mamdani Was Target of Terrorist Attack  —  The word went out on Saturday that the terrorist attack on Jake Lang and anti-Islamist demonstrators in New York City was to be rebranded as a right-wing attack on Zohran Mamdani.

Trump to Unveil New Tariff Probes  —  Investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 will target what the U.S. deems as unfair trade practices  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is preparing to announce new tariff investigations that could result in higher levies on a litany …

Republicans Concede They Need a Pivot on Immigration Ahead of Midterms  —  In public comments and private meetings at a House G.O.P. retreat, top officials allowed that President Trump's immigration crackdown had hurt the party and that they needed a course correction on the issue.

Tillis says DOJ probe of Powell ‘reaching the point of the absurd’  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Wednesday suggested that the Justice Department should admit it made a mistake by launching an investigation related to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.  Asked by reporters about a potential off-ramp …

The media is structurally pro-Trump  —  Lately, when I try to explain to myself or to other people how US politics has reached its current state of decadent degradation, I find myself returning to a handful of aphorisms.1  —  Here's one of my favorites: The media is structurally pro-Trump.

A data center opened next door.  Then came the high-pitched whine. … STERLING, Virginia — Lindsay Shaw was happy when she found out a data center was going up 100 meters from her front door.  —  Unlike most of her neighbors, she preferred a supercomputing hub to a shopping mall, which might bring a crush of car traffic.

Leaked Documents Show a Border Patrol Remade in the Image of Gregory Bovino  —  Bovino's smash-and-grab tactics are now the norm for immigration enforcement across the country.  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Leaked documents and the accounts of multiple Department …