Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal  —  The president said the “terms aren't good enough yet” to make a deal with Iran amid a widening war in the Middle East.  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he's not ready to make a deal to end …

Trump says Cornyn and Paxton are both electable as he mulls endorsement in Texas Senate race  —  The president told NBC News that an endorsement could hinge on the SAVE America Act, while adding that he likes both candidates “very much.”  —  President Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it “woke”  —  The Defense Department has begun to exert greater control over Stars and Stripes, weeks after a top spokesman accused the independent military newspaper of focusing on “woke distractions.”

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 …

Formula 1 cancels races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid Middle East conflict … Iran targeted both Gulf countries in the early days of the conflict in a retaliatory campaign that saw Tehran take shots at Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Cyprus and Israel.

Judge Rules Lawmaker Must Be Allowed to Join Kennedy Center Board Meeting  —  A judge ordered that Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, be given access to planning documents and have the chance to oppose changes to the center at a board meeting next week.

Israel is running critically low on interceptors, US officials say  —  The Scoop  —  Israel informed the US this week that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran rages on, US officials told Semafor.  —  Israel had reportedly entered …

Five Air Force Refueling Planes Hit in Iranian Strike on Saudi Arabia  —  Five U.S. Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials.  The tankers were hit during an Iranian missile strike on the Saudi base in recent days, the officials said.

How Epstein lured girls to his Zorro Ranch and kept authorities away  —  At least 10 women and girls say they were groomed at what was once Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.  —  To girls without much money who needed help with college or a career, visiting Jeffrey Epstein's 10,000-acre …

How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank  —  The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.  —  In the past several years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entrenched Israeli control of the West Bank …

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 …

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.

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 …