Trump claims international coalition will send war ships to reopen the strait of Hormuz  —  President Trump claimed on Saturday the U.S. and several other countries will send war ships to the Gulf to reopen commercial shipping in the strait of Hormuz.

Iran strikes back after US bombs an oil-critical Iranian island as Mideast war enters third week  —  A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week Saturday.

Push for GOP voting law has many switching sides on filibuster issue  —  Some Republicans, just like Democrats in 2022, are eager to change the Senate's rules in an effort to pass a national election law.  —  Senate Republicans have found themselves in a spot nearly identical to the one Democrats were in four years ago.

Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel's war on Lebanon intensifies  —  Communities displaced and destroyed while death toll rises faster than during any previous war in Lebanon  —  For Batoul Hamdan and her two children, seven-month-old Fatima and Jihad, three, Monday's iftar …

Everyone Has Trump's Phone Number Now  —  Washington's hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets, drive the news, and shift policy—but only if the timing is right.  —  The White House has received reports in recent weeks that President Trump's personal phone number …

How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post … Jeff Bezos called Matt Murray, the executive editor of The Washington Post, in late November to send an urgent message: Please do not quit.  —  Mr. Murray had known for months that Mr. Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and owner of The Post …

Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon  —  Josh Nass had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive who was convicted of tax crimes before being freed by the president late last year.  —  Josh Nass, a conservative lawyer and lobbyist …

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96  —  Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died.  He was 96.

Justice Dept. Legal Threat Complicates Trump's Pick for Fed Chair  —  An investigation of the Federal Reserve was thwarted on Friday, but a department appeal could reimpose an obstacle in Kevin Warsh's path.  —  For a moment on Friday, Kevin M. Warsh was on a glide path to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

Where Mamdani Has Refused to Moderate  —  The New York City mayor is not soft-pedaling his views on Israel.  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, played host this past week to another young married couple, who came to Gracie Mansion to break their Ramadan fast.

Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war  —  The email solicitation to benefit Trump's PAC also offers donors “private national security briefings.”  —  President Donald Trump's political action committee this week sent a fundraising email promising donors …

The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet  —  The DOGE deposition videos a judge ordered removed from YouTube on Friday after they had gone massively viral have since been backed up across the internet, including as a torrent and to the Internet Archive.

Pentagon's Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told  —  Experts condemned the U.S. campaign at a human rights meeting in Guatemala, and the Trump administration condemned the meeting.  —  Experts in international and U.S. domestic law told an inter-American human rights organization …

Who will be the first to take off their shoes?  —  When Joseph Stalin took the stage, applause wasn't just standard.  It meant your freedom.  —  As the crowd thundered with cheers, no one dared to break first.  Not after two minutes.  Not after four.  Not after six.

Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy  —  President Trump's son-in-law is trying to raise $5 billion or more from foreign governments and others for his private equity firm.  —  Jared Kushner, one of the U.S. government's chief negotiators in the Middle East …

2028 Dem veteran?  Uncle Sam wants you. … Gallego isn't alone.  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a Navy captain who flew combat missions during Operation Desert Storm in 1990, has also racked up a run of high-profile media appearances, as has former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg …

GOP, fearing tough fight for Texas Senate seat, paints Democrat as radical  —  In one resurfaced video, James Talarico declares that “God is nonbinary.”  Talarico says the attacks are a distraction from real issues.  —  Fearing a tougher-than-expected race for one of Texas's two Senate seats …

Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan  —  The $5 billion project in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to produce up to 10 billion barrels of oil by the end of this decade.  Critics say it could endanger people and marine life.  —  The Trump administration on Friday approved …