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 …

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.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says  —  Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump's assertion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

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 …

Joe Rogan Says Trump's Supporters Feel ‘Betrayed’ by Iran War  —  The influential podcast host described the conflict as a sharp reversal from the policies the president had campaigned on.  —  Joe Rogan, the influential podcast host, said on his show Tuesday that the war in Iran was “crazy” …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison Bought Stock in an Autonomous Warship Company as War in Iran Raged  —  A spokesperson for the Minnesota lawmaker said an “investment adviser” made the trade.  One government watchdog called it a “clear conflict of interest.”  — Copy

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 …

Republicans Concede They Need to Pivot on Immigration Before 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.

Florida man charged over alleged threats against Rep. Swalwell, Jerome Powell and President Trump  —  One of the threats came in reply to a post in which Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell said Attorney General Pam Bondi “REFUSED” to prosecute earlier threats against him.

The mysterious case of the DHS white supremacist memelord  —  Or: why some MAGA group chats leak, and others don't. … There's a story that I've been chasing for months, along with, apparently, every other political reporter in Washington covering the Trump administration: Who is responsible for the government's racist tweets?

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.

Iranian-linked cyberattack cripples global medical technology company  —  An Iranian-linked hacker group that took credit for a cyberattack against a global medical technology company on Wednesday said it was spurred to action by the airstrike against an elementary school in Iran.

Hawley introduces bill to strip FDA approval from ‘inherently dangerous’ abortion pill  —  New Senate bill would prohibit mifepristone, which was used in 63% of all abortions in 2023, according to Guttmacher Institute data  —  FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is introducing a new bill …

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 …

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 …

Leaked Documents Show a Border Patrol Remade in the Image of Gregory Bovino  —  Leaked documents and the accounts of multiple Department of Homeland Security employees paint a picture of the U.S. Border Patrol being remade in the image of its former commander-at-large Gregory Bovino.