Trump's Signature Is Set to Be Added to America's Currency  —  President Trump is poised to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on the U.S. dollar.  —  President Trump's signature will appear on U.S. dollars later this year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.

A War No One Wants to Defend  —  Don't look now, but there's yet another major potential energy shock on the horizon: Reuters reported yesterday that Ukrainian drone attacks had forced shutdowns at two major Russian oil export terminals.  The war in Iran has been a godsend for Russia's war economy …

Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They're Actually Cheering For  —  from the bad-defendants-make-bad-law dept  —  First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining …

Trump faces new oil shock threat as Iran eyes second strait … The strait, hundreds of miles from the Strait of Hormuz, at Yemen's southwestern tip, is a pathway for ships carrying about 10 percent of the world's oil and natural gas supplies.  —  Bab el Mandeb has been targeted previously by the Houthis …

Scoop: Nancy Mace eyes break with GOP on Iran war powers  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Axios she will “most likely” vote for House Democrats' resolution to constrain President Trump from waging war with Iran the next time it comes up for a vote. … - Mace emerged as a suddenly fierce critic …

Exclusive: Pentagon Weighs Sending Another 10,000 Ground Troops to the Middle East  —  The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning said.

Trump Eyes White House Treaty Room for Latest Renovation Project  —  President Trump is making new plans in one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House.  —  President Trump has discussed turning the White House Treaty Room, historically a meeting place for diplomats …

Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dealing with the Iran war and rising prices to talk Sharpies  —  President Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword — as long as it's a Sharpie.  During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran …

Kennedy Center begins layoffs, rocking institution ahead of two-year closure  —  According to several staff members, the people cut include Nick Meade and Rick Loughery, whom Richard Grenell installed in top roles after Trump's takeover of the center.  —  The Kennedy Center began layoffs on Thursday …

NEW: “It's a bad f**ing idea”, Congress blasts Trump Admin. war briefings  —  “It's a bad fucking idea,” he said into the phone in a tone so calm and measured, the words landed unexpectedly, but powerfully.  —  Rep. Adam Smith, a Washington state Democrat who is the ranking member …

South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote  —  The law, which mirrors national Republican priorities, requires newly registered voters to show that they are U.S. citizens in order to cast a ballot in state or local races.  —  New voters in South Dakota will have to prove …

Trump Officials Investigate Stanford, Ohio State and U.C. San Diego Medical Schools  —  The Justice Department's demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, reveal an expansion of its higher-education pressure campaign.

Education Dept. to leave headquarters, give building to Energy Department  —  Abandoning the D.C. headquarters is the Trump administration's latest and most visible move toward eliminating the Education Department altogether.  —  The Education Department said Thursday it would move …

FACT FOCUS: Only some driver's licenses usable for voter registration under the SAVE America Act  —  As the Senate debates the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, misleading claims about the bill's impact on voter registration are spreading on social media …

‘Appalling’ Video Shows Protesters Cheer American Troops Returning Home From Iran War ‘In Caskets’  —  Shocking video from a radical anti-Iran war protest in Philadelphia showed participants explicitly supporting Islamic terror groups and calling for “cheers” every time an American servicemember comes home “in a casket.”

“Margin Call” in the age of “Epic Fury”  —  The allegations of insider trading tied to the Iran war had a familiar shape: people close enough to power to know what was coming using their knowledge of a pending catastrophe to profit before it became public.  —  For millennials …

Kennedy's Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration.  Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes.

Judge pauses Anthropic's supply chain risk designation … Lin added that the court's record supports “an inference that Anthropic is being punished for criticizing the government's contracting position in the press.”  —  By granting Anthropic's request, Lin removed the stigma of the designation …

Fed, DOJ clash over Powell probe — as government says it has no evidence of misconduct … The case took an unusual turn with the release of the transcript of the initial hearing on the matter, in which the DOJ lawyer said, “We do not know at this time” whether there is evidence of misconduct at the central bank.

House Republicans huddle with Johnson to plot party-line package  —  A large contingent of House Republicans — encompassing hard-liners, Budget Committee members, panel chairs and party leaders — piled into Speaker Mike Johnson's office Thursday afternoon to discuss a second party-line package …

Israel says IRGC Navy's commander, other chiefs killed; Qalibaf said removed from hit list  —  Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri said responsible for efforts to close Hormuz; FM Araghchi, parliament speaker Qalibaf reportedly not hunted, at Pakistan's request, to allow them to conduct talks

The U.S. Military Assets Damaged or Lost in the Iran War  —  Radar systems and aircraft worth billions of dollars have been damaged and destroyed by Iranian attacks, friendly-fire incidents or accidents  —  Billions of dollars of highly sophisticated military equipment has been lost …

Texas Republicans Are Moving From Demonizing Muslims to Stripping Away Their Rights  —  For American Muslims, the Republican Party has become a giant no-go zone, ringed with barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs.  From the president on down, Islamophobia is now a standard sentiment, expressed without inhibition.

Utah Republican petition to repeal redistricting law fails after signature removal campaign  —  The Republican-led effort to put Utah's redistricting law back on the ballot fell below the required threshold in one state Senate district on Wednesday after a signature removal campaign by supporters of Proposition 4.

House Ethics Panel Holds Rare Public Hearing on Democrat's Conduct  —  Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is charged with stealing $5 million in FEMA money for her campaign.  —  The House Ethics Committee on Thursday opened a rare public hearing into the conduct …