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 …

Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional  —  A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon's restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.  —  A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Pentagon's restrictions …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Top Disaster Response Official Claims He Teleported to a Waffle House  —  FEMA's Gregg Phillips says he has experienced multiple “scary” episodes of sudden teleportation  —  Far-right activist turned high-ranking FEMA official Gregg Phillips has a problem.

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.

Not So Fast, Bill Maher  —  The comedian was set to receive the Twain Prize before a sudden reversal of course.  —  You could measure the on-and-off feud between President Trump and the comedian Bill Maher in weeks, years, or decades.  Last month, Trump called Maher a “highly overrated LIGHTWEIGHT” in a lengthy Truth Social post.

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 …

Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth.  Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.  —  A review of the betting market's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.  —  Polymarket, the betting website that accepts wagers on everything from who wins …

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.

Alexander Brothers Are Said to Seek Trump Pardons for Sex Trafficking  —  People representing the three brothers have reached out to a lobbyist and an influential Jewish group that have supported clemency for others.  There are no signs the White House is considering a pardon.

Iran War Puts U.S. Diplomatic Missions in the Crosshairs  —  Drone and missile attacks as well as new terror threats have U.S. embassies worldwide on high alert  —  The U.S. war with Iran has triggered the broadest and fastest wave of attacks against U.S. embassies and consulates in the post-9/11 era …

US furiously seeks to avert potential monthslong closure of Strait of Hormuz  —  The Middle East National security Donald Trump Federal agencies  —  US officials are furiously trying to avert a potential monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz, privately acknowledging that reopening …

Mark Robinson admits ‘I lied’ about CNN story  —  Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile investigation during the final months of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, uncovering his extensive history of posting inflammatory and racist comments on a pornography website.

Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’  —  An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island's energy crisis.  The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.  —  The Cuban government this week refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana …

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. …