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 …

Zelenskiy says Ukraine wants money, technology in return for Middle East drone help  —  Ukraine wants money and technology in return for helping Middle Eastern nations that have sought its expertise as they defend against Iranian kamikaze drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after Kyiv sent specialists to the region.

F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters' Licenses Over War Coverage  —  The comment from Brendan Carr came on the heels of a social media message from President Trump criticizing the news media's coverage of the war with Iran.  —  Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …

Trump's latest tariffs face a fresh set of legal hurdles … Legal experts told POLITICO that Trump's backup tariffs are probably on stronger legal footing than the “Liberation Day” taxes the high court struck down.  —  Despite that, his challengers are exuding bravado about their chances.

Jeffrey Epstein victim: He trafficked me to Mohamed Al Fayed  —  ‘Natalie’ says she was sent to the Harrods boss as a teenage model and he sexually assaulted her on his yacht  —  Josie Ensor, Chief US Reporter, Katie Tarrant and Dipesh Gadher, Home Affairs Correspondent  —  What you need to know

He Was Chevron's Man in Venezuela—and a CIA Informant  —  After retiring from the U.S. oil giant, Ali Moshiri warned the Trump administration it would face a morass if it tried to replace Maduro with the democratic opposition  —  In the months before President Trump moved …

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.

In Texas, an Unyielding Gun Culture Jumps Off YouTube and Into Politics  —  Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate for Congress, built a large online fan base as a “guntuber.”  —  Two young men stood on the windswept prairie of Northern Colorado.  —  One of them, Brandon Herrera …

Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers  —  The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building's front entrance  —  For nearly two centuries, the White House's main entrance …

How Minnesota Beat Trump  —  The last year has been one of the most depressing of my nearly 50 years as a journalist.  It's not just that I've had to watch the Trump administration destroy cherished alliances, like ours with Western Europe and Canada, that have upheld freedom, democracy and global trade since World War II.

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 …

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.”

UF disbands College Republican chapter, citing antisemitic activity … The University of Florida deactivated its College Republicans chapter after the Florida Federation of College Republicans alerted the university to a photo showing a student leader performing a Nazi salute.

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.

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.

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 …

Iran is receiving ‘military cooperation’ from Russia and China, foreign minister says  —  Iran is receiving “military cooperation” from Russia and China, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an exclusive interview with MS NOW on Saturday.  He also accused the United Arab Emirates …

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 …

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.

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 …