Trump and Iran Strike Defiant Tone as Oil Markets See Little Relief  —  President Donald Trump and Iran's new supreme leader both struck defiant tones on the 13th day of the war, offering little relief to energy markets as Brent crude briefly topped $100 barrel despite fresh US efforts to curb oil prices.

Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security, AP source says  —  A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation's largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, The Associated Press has learned.

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting ID'd as convicted ISIS supporter, officials say  —  The shooter opened fire just before 10:49 a.m. at ODU's Constant Hall in Norfolk, Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others.  The gunman is also dead.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE

Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents This Week, Calling It A “Historic Opportunity” … “I'm thrilled to announce this historic seminar between the FBI and the UFC at Quantico,” said Patel in a statement released today by the UFC.  “This is a tremendous opportunity …

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony.  Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves  —  Over the course of a six hour long or so deposition, Justin Fox, a former investment banker turned DOGE bro, refused to define what he believes counts as DEI; admitted he used ChatGPT to scan government contracts …

Energy Secretary Wright says U.S. ‘not ready’ to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz yet … The U.S. Navy is not ready to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Thursday.  —  “It'll happen relatively soon but it can't happen now,” Wright said.

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power … Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men.

Furious MAGA allies lobby Trump to keep deporting migrants … Eighty-seven percent of Trump 2024 voters surveyed, including 79 percent of Hispanic Trump voters, want the president to exceed the previous largest deportation effort in history, led in the 1950s by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

SUCKER  —  My year as a degenerate gambler  —  n a thursday evening in September, I excused myself from the family dinner table and slipped into my bedroom.  I didn't want my kids to see what I was about to do.  —  With the door locked behind me, I pulled out my phone and downloaded the DraftKings betting app.

‘Like Humpty Dumpty’: It won't be easy to put VOA back together again  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.

Senate passes major housing affordability bill by Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott  —  The vote marks a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a salient issue.  The bill aims to boost housing supply and prevent Wall Street from buying up single-family homes.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate passed …

Trump Surprised To Find He's At War in Iran  —  Once his not-even-half-baked plan failed to materialize in Iran, it's clear that there's no Plan B. … The hardest thing for the media to wrap its hands around over the last year is that Donald Trump has no plan — for anything, ever.

White House outraged over new CBS News hire  —  White House officials are outraged over CBS' hiring of Jeremy Adler, a communications executive who previously worked for former Rep. Liz Cheney.  — Adler will join CBS News' communications team, according to two people familiar with the move.

Dems flip 28 state legislature seats in Trump 2.0 … “I'm ringing the alarm bell,” said Brendan Steinhauser, a Texas GOP consultant who has run campaigns for Republicans in the state, including Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Dan Crenshaw.  —  The results of these state-level elections reflect …

I Went to Florida to See the 31-Year-Old Candidate Thrilling Gen Z. We're in Trouble.  —  Last Tuesday, James Fishback, a 31-year-old running for governor in Florida, was speaking to a packed house at the Queens Harbour Yacht and Country Club in Jacksonville.

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee  —  The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in a purported assault partially caught on camera.

US to Ease Shipping Rule in Bid to Tame Spiraling Fuel Prices  —  The Trump administration plans to waive a century-old maritime law that requires American ships be used to transport goods between US ports as it seeks to blunt surging oil and gasoline prices, according to people familiar with the matter.

US intervention in oil futures would be ‘biblical disaster’, CME warns  —  Terry Duffy says any attempt by the government to lower prices using derivatives market would erode confidence  —  Jamie Smyth and Jill R Shah in New York, Claire Jones in Washington and Malcolm Moore in London

Trump Endorses Jake Paul (Who Isn't Running for Office)  —  The president called Mr. Paul, a boxer and provocative influencer, a “great guy” and predicted that he would run for an elected position.  —  President Trump is still holding out his endorsement in the closely watched Republican Senate primary in Texas.

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence  —  The Shajareh Tayyebeh School was adjacent to an Iranian military compound and was among at least seven buildings struck February 28.  Its online presence included a local business listing and a website that showed girls at work and play.

U.S. military plane crashes in Iraq as status of crew is unknown, officials said  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — An American military aerial refueling tanker that was involved in the U.S. military operation in Iran crashed in Western Iraq on Thursday, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News.

Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”  —  The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen shot by an officer in Chicago, offers a rare window into the recent spate of D.H.S. shootings—and the smear campaigns that often follow.  —  Like other young women she knew who lived …

Epstein and His Co-Conspirators' New York Crimes: What NY Officials Can Now Do  —  For nearly twenty-five years, Jeffrey Epstein's townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side served as a base of operations for the horrific trafficking and sexual abuse of girls and young women.

Trump doesn't know if Iran war will nab him elusive Nobel Peace Prize  —  EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump, more than a week into his seismic military campaign in Iran, no longer wants to talk about winning the Nobel Peace Prize.  —  The president often claims that his peacemaking bona fides and …