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.

Senate agrees to end shutdown for most of DHS … Senate Majority Leader John Thune called the outcome “unfortunate” Friday.  —  “The Dems wanted reforms.  We tried to work with them on reforms.  They ended up getting no reforms but, you know, we're going to have to fight some of those battles another day,” he said.

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.

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 …

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 …

Kennedy Center to start layoffs ahead of planned closure for renovations  —  It wasn't immediately clear how many workers would be affected.  The arts center has employed more than 2,000 people in recent years.  —  The Kennedy Center will move forward with layoffs “in the days and weeks ahead …

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 …

Scoop: Cabinet to huddle to talk midterms, economy … - Trump's team believes the economy — above all other issues, including any anxiety over the president's actions on Iran or immigration — will drive voter sentiment heading into the November elections.

“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 …

White House AI rollout exposes widening rift  —  A week after the White House unveiled its long-awaited national AI legislative framework, Washington has renewed momentum to pass federal laws but no roadmap on how to get there. … - White House Office of Science and Technology Policy …

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 …

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.

‘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.”

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.

Justice Department Notifies California and Maine of Investigations into Whether Housing Biological Men in Women's Prisons Violates Constitution  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, the United States Department of Justice notified California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Maine Gov. Janet Mills …

Epstein survivors sue Trump administration and Google over release of private information  —  The class-action suit seeks at least $1,000 per survivor from the DOJ and a court order for Google to immediately and permanently take down their personal info.  —  A group of Epstein survivors filed …

MAGA is growing anxious over Orbán's fate  —  As the war with Iran continues to dominate headlines in Washington, another overseas battle is quietly capturing attention among the elite echelons of the MAGA movement: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's fight for reelection.

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 …

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 …