Iran Believes It's Winning—and Wants a Steep Price to End the War  —  Tehran sees an opportunity to control the Mideast's energy as it bets on outlasting Trump's will—a risky gamble  —  DUBAI—Three weeks into the war, the Iranian regime is signaling that it believes it is winning …

Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil  —  As oil prices soar, Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Iranian crude already loaded onto vessels — giving Iran's war effort against the U.S. a boost.  —  As the cost of oil continues to soar …

Iran Targeted Diego Garcia Base With Ballistic Missiles  —  Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to multiple U.S. officials.  Neither of the missiles hit the base …

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt  —  To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a friend of Russia, in his election, operatives proposed “the Gamechanger” — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.  —  BUDAPEST — In the run …

‘This is about attention’: Mike Lee's MAGA crusade is driving his colleagues crazy … “That seems to be a self-serving attempt at elevating yourself at the expense of your Republican colleagues, and I don't have any patience for that sort of stuff,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said in an interview about Lee's social media strategy.

High Gas Prices, Driven Up by the Iran War, Loom Over the Midterms  —  The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability.  Democrats see an opportunity to drive their economic message while tying President Trump to an unpopular overseas conflict.

Trump Administration Sues Harvard, Claiming University Failed To Protect Jewish And Israeli Students  —  Friday's lawsuit came less than two months after Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies.

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of $44 billion acquisition, jury says … A jury in California found that Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders during the runup to his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to a verdict issued on Friday.

Super PAC spending passes $200M, with some groups hiding their cause  —  Special interest groups, including the pro-Israel AIPAC, have sometimes veiled spending, using what appear to be unrelated organizations to support or attack candidates.  —  The political arm of the American Israel …

Growing Frustration With Chuck Schumer Spurs Talk of Replacing Him  —  Some Capitol Hill Democrats are discussing how to get the N.Y. senator to step aside as minority leader amid concerns about his negotiating style and midterms strategy  —  Sen. Chris Murphy was dining with progressive activists …

Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times  —  A federal judge found that controversial updates to the policy violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of the New York Times and one of its reporters, Julian E. Barnes.  —  A federal judge in Washington …

The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA's Top Antitrust Fixer  —  Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back  —  Gail Slater, then-head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, was reviewing Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion bid …

White House revises its DHS offer as talks to end shutdown pick up  —  The White House offered additional immigration enforcement concessions to Democrats Friday evening as border czar Tom Homan met a second time with a bipartisan group of senators seeking to end the Homeland Security shutdown, according to lawmakers who attended.

Exclusive: Bags of shredded documents at NY jail after Epstein's death, officer tells FBI  —  Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, something was afoot inside an office where the Federal Bureau of Prisons …

The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War  —  Let's ponder for a moment the vast sums that we're pouring into the war with Iran.  —  The Pentagon has requested $200 billion (more than $1,400 per American household) to fund the war, but even that understates the total cost.

CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting  —  Go Deeper With The Free Press  —  The U.S. Needs More Weapons.  Can This Company Supply Them?  —  The new defense entrepreneurs think America's preparedness suffers from two problems: a lack of modern warfighting tools …

Nas, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G. Politics and the rap choices of NYC Mayor Mamdani  —  Mamdani chooses uber-capitalists Biggie, Nas and Jay-Z among his five favorite rappers.  Is it a pivot to center?  Are Common and Lupe Fiasco a nod to his base?  —  While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani …

Underground Railroad museum says Trump administration cut funds over race  —  The founders of an Underground Railroad history site in Albany, N.Y., claim the Trump administration's funding cuts were aimed at marginalizing Black history.  —  An Underground Railroad museum in Albany, N.Y. …

Chuck Norris, Black-Belt Action Star of Movies and Television, Dies at 86 … Chuck Norris, who channeled his skills as a martial arts black belt into a durable acting career that left film critics largely unimpressed but delighted millions of fans savoring his good-guy triumphs and fortune-cookie musings, died on Thursday.

A massive border wall expansion is underway  —  The aggressive pace of expansion has alarmed advocates who say the construction will destroy pristine country, threaten endangered species, and cut off access to sacred Indigenous and archaeological sites.  —  TERLINGUA, Texas …

Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland  —  The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.  —  As tensions with President Trump peaked …

From streets to murals, the erasure of Cesar Chavez is fast underway in California  — 7 min Click here to listen to this article  —  It took three decades of battles and lobbying for Cesar Chavez's name and likeness to grace hundreds of buildings, roads, parks and schools.

Iran war's economic shocks could reverberate for a while … - “But attacks on South Pars and Iran's retaliation raise the risk that the conflict is shifting toward physical damage of production capacity.” … - “Productive capacity will be offline for an uncomfortably long time …