US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now  —  The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties.  Trump Officials Scrapped It.  —  Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J. Bryant had pored over in his mission to overhaul how the U.S. military safeguards civilian life.

Thune eyes action on SAVE America Act next week — without a ‘talking filibuster’  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune is aiming to take action on a GOP-only election bill next week — without pursuing a longshot procedural gambit advocated by some Republican hard-liners.

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 …

CPI Report Today: Inflation Holds Steady at 2.4%, Oil Forges Higher on Gulf Disruption  —  Dow futures pause, IEA countries are set to decide Wednesday whether to release oil reserves  —  Oil prices forged higher as concern over disruption to energy flows in the Middle East outweighed hopes …

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job  —  The Social Security inspector general's office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familiar with the process.

DOJ nopes out of Ticketmaster antitrust suit  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🎟️ Subscribe to PN 🎟️  —  In 2024, it was just possible to pretend that Trump's populist bombast might translate into a real antitrust policy.

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 …

Democrats win GOP seat in New Hampshire, notching 10th straight special election flip  —  The third time was the charm for New Hampshire Democrat Bobbi Boudman, who flipped a Republican-held seat in the state House in a special election on Tuesday night.  —  Boudman, a financial analyst …

Scoop: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations … - Nearly half — 49% — of Americans say Trump's mass deportation campaign is too aggressive, including 1 in 5 voters who backed the president in 2024, a Politico poll from January found.

Justice Department Probes Iran's Use of Binance to Evade Sanctions  —  Investigation focuses on money flowing through crypto platform to network backing terror groups, including Yemen's Houthi militants  —  The Justice Department is investigating Iran's use of Binance to evade U.S. sanctions.

The Trump DOJ is giving guns back to felons, including one alleged fake elector  —  Last month, the Department of Justice quietly published a list of 22 names in the Federal Register.  With little explanation or fanfare, the department announced that these individuals had their federal gun rights restored.

Democrat Shawn Harris to face Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller in runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, CNN projects  —  Republican Clay Fuller will face Democrat Shawn Harris in a runoff to replace former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, CNN projects.

Affordability trumps all  —  Presented by With help from Gelila Negesse  —  Albany's state budget battle is now in full swing — and competing visions over how to address voters' pocketbook concerns is at the heart of the fight.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul's $263 billion spending plan …

Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’ … In announcing his withdrawal in a social media post, Carl thanked the administration for nominating him and praised the White House for being willing not “to simply pick nominees from the same stable …

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 …

Secret Service agents question driver of suspicious vehicle near White House  —  Secret Service agents investigating a suspicious vehicle near the White House on Wednesday have detained the driver for questioning, the U.S. Secret Service said.  —  Various entrances and streets in northwest D.C …

The contracting mess Noem's leaving behind at DHS  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is on track to leave dozens of pending contracts on her desk when she leaves office in three weeks, the legacy of a system she imposed to cut “waste, fraud and abuse,” but that has stalled DHS programs.

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 …

As another shutdown impacts travelers, some see eliminating TSA agents as a solution  —  Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the latest government shutdown drags on.

LA County is ‘Ground Zero’ for Hospice Fraud  —  David mentioned this topic earlier but I wanted to drill down on the issue of hospice fraud.  LA County is the capital of this type of fraud and despite state efforts to get it under control, CBS News investigated and found that things have only gotten worse.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers drop proposal to revisit covid-19 shot  —  Some members of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel have publicly questioned the safety and manufacturing of the shots, including raising a debunked theory that DNA contaminants in the vaccines are harmful.

There's one building in LA with 89 registered hospices: “Ground zero” for fraud?  — 3H AGO  —  Alexander brothers found guilty on all charges in sex trafficking trial  — 13H AGO

Iranians need to get online to topple the regime  —  The United States and Israel continue to pummel the tyrannical regime in Iran.  Its leadership has been more than decimated.  Its “supreme leader,” Ali Khamenei, was killed in the opening salvo.  The U.S. has control of Iranian airspace …

Behind the Curtain: America's big lie  —  Watch TV, scroll social media or listen to politicians, and the verdict seems clear: Americans are hopelessly divided and increasingly hateful.  — It's a ubiquitous, emphatic, verifiable ... lie. … They work, raise kids, coach Little League …