Former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller has died  —  Robert Mueller, the former FBI director for more than a decade who later served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, died on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world's richest person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers during their second unpaid work stoppage in six months amid a protracted federal funding lapse.

Trump Is Hiding the Truth About the War in Iran  —  From his first announcement of the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, President Trump has issued a stream of falsehoods about the war.  He has said Iran wants to engage in negotiations, though its government shows no sign of it.

State Dept. fumes after insiders reveal who ‘motivated’ Trump to launch Iran war: report  —  President Donald Trump's decision to kick off the U.S. war against Iran last month was motivated, in part, by “pressure from outside allies,” multiple insiders told Bloomberg in its report Saturday …

G.O.P. Bid to Target Transgender Athletes Falls Flat in the Senate  —  In moving to bar transgender women and girls from women's and girls' sports, Republicans sought to put Democrats in an awkward political spot on a sensitive issue ahead of the midterm elections.

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 …

In Trump's Administration, Military Housing Is Becoming a Hot Commodity  —  Until President Trump took office for the second time, it was rare for civilian government officials to live on military bases or installations.  —  All across Washington, some of the most powerful people …

The Mojtaba mystery: CIA searches for signs of Iran's new leader  —  The CIA, Mossad and other intelligence agencies around the world were watching during Nowruz on Friday to see whether Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei would follow his father's tradition and give a new year's address.

Dozens injured in Israel after Iranian missile strikes target areas near nuclear research center … “The war is not close to ending,” said Israel's army chief, Gen. Eyal Zamir.  —  Iran's health ministry said more than 1,500 people have been killed there so far, the state broadcaster reported.

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 …

Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war  —  Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away from anything but very careful public comments about Japan's 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor.  So there was embarrassment …