Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium  —  The president hasn't made a decision, U.S. officials said, as he considers the risk to U.S. troops  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran …

Pete Hegseth Just Revealed the Real Roots of His Sadism and Rage  —  When Pete Hegseth talks to God, he asks the Almighty to help him kill people—as violently and ruthlessly as possible.  —  In a potential violation of the separation of church and state, Hegseth has ordered monthly prayer meetings …

Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship  —  The administration builds its arguments on an 1800s campaign, led in part by a Confederate officer, that scholars say was steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism.  —  Alexander Porter Morse …

GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war  —  Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. … - “There's other items we're looking at right now …

New Evidence Corroborates Claims of Trump Sex Accuser, 13  —  CONNECTING THE DOTS  —  More information given by the woman has been backed up.  —  A new investigation has backed up evidence given by a woman who has accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13, according to a report.

The Great Republican DHS Funding Rake-Stepping Fest  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ☀️ Subscribe to PN ☀️  —  Democrats steadfastly refuse to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without a series of minimal reforms.

New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows  —  The Pentagon used missiles untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck civilian sites near a military compound on Feb. 28, according to visual evidence examined by The Times and weapons experts.

Trump's America and the Axis of Autocracy  —  Do you remember the “Axis of Evil”?  In 2002 George W. Bush introduced this phrase as the opening salvo in his campaign to build support for military action against Iraq and possibly Iran and North Korea — regimes that, in fact, had nothing to do with 9/11.

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms  —  WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year's midterm elections.  —  President Donald Trump's rhetorical war on elections has seemed to only get more serious with time.

Cory Booker says Democrats have ‘failed this moment,’ need new leaders  —  Sen. Cory Booker in a new interview said the Democratic Party has “failed this moment,” urging the left to support new leadership to temper the nation's deep divides.  —  Speaking to NBC News' “Meet the Press” …

They've Been Accused of Running a ‘Covert’ Operation in Greenland.  It's No Secret.  —  Members of President Trump's circle, working in plain sight, have caught the eye of Denmark's intelligence services for trying to make friends and cut deals on the Danish territory.

Pete Hegseth Believes in the Lethality Fairy  —  A month into the war, and now they're talking about pointless ground action and/or war crimes.  —  TRANSCRIPT  —  Pete Hegseth believes in the lethality fairy, and that's a very bad thing.  Hi, Paul Krugman here.

Trump Floods Timeline With 14 Posts About Letitia James in 5 Days  —  Trump's revenge campaign intensifies  —  Donald Trump has posted about prosecuting Letitia James 14 times in just the past five days, signaling an intensifying focus on the prosecutor who previously brought a major civil fraud case against him.

Is It 1914 in America?  —  Four weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, one conclusion is already difficult to avoid.  Our leaders preside over an extraordinary machinery of destruction, but they remain strikingly obtuse about human beings — about their pride, shame, convictions and historical memory.

When ICE Blows Through Rural America  —  This article appears in the April 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine.  Read more from the issue.  —  ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA - It's afternoon and I'm riding shotgun in Theron Gjersvik's pickup, patrolling the town to look for any sign of ICE.

A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon.  The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.  —  Reporting Highlights  — Another Trump Pardon: Nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was convicted of a $39 million fraud, but President Donald Trump pardoned him just three months into a three-year prison term.

Usha Vance on disagreements with JD Vance, 2028 and shopping at Costco  —  The second lady, who was registered as a Democrat until at least 2014, told NBC News she sometimes has thoughts that are “idiosyncratic” and don't fit neatly with one political party.