A top Trump aide resigned over Iran.  Liberals should stay away from him.  —  This morning, Joe Kent — the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — resigned in protest over the war in Iran.  “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war,” he said in a resignation letter addressed to Trump and published on X.

‘They hold the cards now’: Trump allies fear Iran is slipping beyond the president's control … “We clearly just kicked [Iran's] ass in the field, but, to a large extent, they hold the cards now,” said one person close to the White House, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the war.

Trump's War Psychology  —  TWO WEEKS AFTER THE START of the war in Iran, the picture is coming into focus.  Why would a president who promised countless times not to start new wars, particularly “forever wars” in the Middle East, have leapt into this conflict?

Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court and Orders Bosses to Testify  —  Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey's top federal law enforcement office.  —  A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the New Jersey U.S. attorney's office …

Comer subpoenas Attorney General Pam Bondi over Epstein files  —  House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday, demanding she testify before lawmakers over her handling of the Epstein files.  The move came after five Republicans …

Russia Is Sharing Satellite Imagery and Drone Technology With Iran  —  Moscow has expanded intelligence sharing and military cooperation to help keep Tehran in the fight against U.S. and Israeli military might  —  Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran …

Senate launches debate on SAVE America Act with endgame uncertain  —  Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to launch debate on a GOP elections bill President Donald Trump called his “No. 1 priority” in Congress.  They are preparing to keep it on the floor at least into next week.

Federal judge in D.C. issues new grand jury policy after failed indictment of Democrats  —  Jeanine Pirro's office has recently clashed with Chief Judge James Boasberg over its attempts to prosecute individuals targeted by Trump.  —  The chief federal judge for the District of Columbia …

Roberts defends Supreme Court against Trump attacks … But with Trump lashing out at the justices — or at least some of them — every few days since his high court defeat last month, it seemed clear the chief justice sought to counter the president's public expressions of displeasure.

Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms  —  Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.  —  The Trump administration is considering a new strategy for throttling …

College Republicans group disbanded after students allegedly give Nazi salute  —  The University of Florida's chapter accused the Florida Federation of College Republicans of lying “to silence christian conservative groups on campus.”  —  The University of Florida's College Republicans chapter …

Trump said he spoke to a former president about bombing Iran.  Four denials suggest otherwise.  —  Trump said twice Monday that he spoke to one of his predecessors about the Iran war and that the former president said he wished he had taken the action Trump did.

Families search for loved ones after deadly Pakistan strike on Kabul rehab  —  Families have gathered outside a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, looking for their loved ones after it was hit in a Pakistani air strike, which Taliban authorities said killed 408 people.

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’.  That's the verdict of the world's most credible democracy watchdog  —  Sweden's V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy.  And autocracy is creeping across Europe too  —  The US is no longer a democracy.

Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming.  In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.  —  The right-wing tech investor is giving lectures near the Catholic church's administrative heart.  Commentators there are rejecting his apocalyptic vision.  —  4 MIN READ  —  The Grand Canyon I Never Got to See

Pentagon says lethal boat strikes are ‘just the beginning’ in South, Central America … Democrats on Tuesday also questioned military leaders' assertions that the six-month effort to sink smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific has made a meaningful impact …

UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach  —  Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran's ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say  —  Britain's national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between …

Is MAGA in its cringe era?  —  Trump 2.0 was supposed to be younger and cooler than what came before.  The vibes have shifted.  —  A little over a year ago, a new class of Trump supporters arrived in Washington to celebrate the dawn of the president's second term.

It's great that the NYT is thriving.  But I have a worry.  —  A New York Times journalist posted on social media over the weekend that she was happy to be covering the Academy Awards for the sixth time.  She noted that she was part of a 60-person Times team assigned to that coverage.  —  Sixty.

Loud ‘boom’ reported across NE Ohio: Possible meteor?  —  (WJW) - A loud ‘boom’ was reported across northeast Ohio just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday.  —  Nexstar's WJW viewers flooded its newsroom with reports of what sounded like a “large explosion” lasting several seconds and causing homes and businesses to “shake.”

Planning to fail  —  Shortly after the start of the war in Iran on February 28, Iran declared that the Strait of Hormuz — which is used to transport about 20% of the world's oil — was closed.  Since then, vessels near the strait have been struck by drones and other projectiles.

CNN Data Guru Reports War in Iran ‘Tremendously Popular’ With Trump's MAGA Base: ‘Tucker Carlson Be Darned’  —  Some right-wing media figures have bashed President Donald Trump's war against Iran, but CNN data guru Harry Enten said don't let them fool you into believing that's how most Make America Great Again voters feel.