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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

Poll: The battle for MAHA that could sway the midterms … Republicans hope the Make America Healthy Again movement becomes a permanent fixture of a big GOP tent.  But the party can't count on its support heading into midterm elections this November.  —  New results from The POLITICO Poll show …

The Trump-voting pastor Democrats think could cost them a chance at a Nebraska Senate seat  —  Congressional news Donald Trump Primary elections Senate election  —  In Nebraska's Senate race, a Trump-supporting, anti-abortion pastor is running as a Democrat.

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.

First Draft: Are These Trump's Worst Poll Numbers... Ever?  —  EXCLUSIVE: A new poll shared with Zeteo shows Trump's approval rating falling to 33%, and widespread opposition to the war in Iran.  Plus, AOC is hitting back against her critics on the left. … Good morning!  Andrew here.

‘Battle of the titans’: Trump's distorted reality on Iran war runs into a brick wall  —  War is testing operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to it  —  “Let me say, we've won,” he told a rally in Kentucky on 11 March.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Justice Dept. Watchdog Has Gone Silent, Lawyers for Whistle-Blower Say  —  Lawyers for a fired Justice Department lawyer say the agency's inspector general appears to have ignored at least 20 different requests to scrutinize misconduct.  —  The Justice Department's internal watchdog …