Pete Hegseth's broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack  —  Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment on behalf of US defence secretary  —  A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment …

Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz  —  Administration officials assess that forcing the waterway back open would mean extending the military mission  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump told aides he's willing to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran …

ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina  —  As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.

‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying’: Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC  —  At a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era.  —  As the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference wound to a close …

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 …

Rep. Eric Swalwell sends cease-and-desist letter to FBI director  —  The Democratic lawmaker's move comes after report in The Post that Kash Patel was preparing to release investigative files related to the congressman.  —  Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) …

DeSantis signs bill to rename Palm Beach airport after Trump  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday signed legislation renaming Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) to “Donald J. Trump International Airport.”  —  The bill, which Republicans in the Florida House and Senate passed …

Army investigating after helicopters hovered alongside Kid Rock's swimming pool as he saluted  —  The Army has launched an administrative review after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run hovered near the hillside home of Kid Rock as the outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump saluted their crews.

Vital U.S. radar aircraft was destroyed by Iranian strike on U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, photos show  —  Images geolocated by NBC News showed a command and control E-3 Sentry jet heavily damaged after the Iranian strike that also wounded soldiers.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE

Trump approval just hit the 30s.  Can his numbers get any lower?  —  $4 gas is a big problem for Trump.  But broken campaign promises and series of self-inflicted wounds are eroding support even among Trump's base.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The last time I did a check-in on President Trump's popularity …

Israel Passes Bill Mandating Death Penalty for Palestinians Convicted of Lethal Acts of Terrorism  —  The bill's wording creates a distinction designating it almost exclusively for Palestinian terror, while the ideological burden of proof it sets is expected to make its application to Jewish nationalist terror difficult to impossible

Trump's skyscraper presidential library looms over Miami in newly released images … The renderings depict a skyscraper that would loom over Biscayne Bay, emblazoned with Trump's name in large block letters in a similar style to construction projects his company helped develop prior to his entrance into politics.

Big change for California small businesses: No more SBA loans for non-citizens  —  Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.

Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch, Proceeds to Blast Modern ‘Trek’  —  Given the ‘Project Hail Mary’ writer's past comments about his ‘Star Trek’ hopes, it's perhaps not hard to imagine why they were turned down.  —  Andy Weir is perhaps one of the biggest names in Hollywood right now …

Israel apologizes after barring cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday  —  VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following outcry from political and religious leaders for barring Catholic leaders in the Holy Land from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday (March 29) …

Members of Jan. 6 mob sue police who fended off Capitol attack … Fischer and the Sullivans are looking to represent a class of plaintiffs that includes dozens of others present that day on the Capitol's West Front, the scene of the most violent confrontations between rioters and police.

Sean Hannity predicts Iran war will end “no later than three weeks from today”  —  Nick Fuentes: In 2024, Trump “was everything to everybody because he needed every vote, every nickel, every dime to get elected by any cost to get out of jail”  —  Megyn Kelly: The goal for Iran war changed from …

Senators Seek Answers From Trump Administration About Airport Immigration Arrests  —  Airport security officials have been sharing passenger data with immigration agents, but the program received little attention until videos captured a woman and her daughter being detained at San Francisco's airport.

Judge appears skeptical of Pentagon's latest press restrictions: ‘Is this a Catch-22?’ … “How weird is that?” the judge said.  “Is this a Catch-22?  Is this Kafka?”  —  Justice Department attorney Sarah Welch told Friedman that the information given to the Times may have preceded …

Trump Orders War Crimes.  Then What?  —  For one thing, we'd learn a lot about America.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Epic Fury  —  Holy Week began with a 7:26am Truth Social post from our commander-in-chief:  —  Two items of note here.  —  First: Trump is laying the groundwork to declare victory.

After Months of Threats, Trump Softens His Stance on Blocking Oil to Cuba  —  The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.  —  The United States on Monday signaled …

JD Vance appears at secretive conservative donor summit as 2028 presidential speculation grows  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Nashville, Tennessee — A line snaked around the first floor of the posh Four Seasons hotel in Nashville Monday evening as wealthy conservative donors eagerly waited …

Trump Administration Sues Minnesota Over Transgender Student Athletes  —  Last year, the state said it would not follow President Trump's directive on transgender athlete participation in girls' sports.  —  The Trump administration sued the Minnesota Education Department and the state group …

“CEO Said A Thing!”  Journalism  —  Even before our dim authoritarian overlords came to town, the U.S. press generally existed to prop up the interests of corporate power and the extraction class.  This used to be a subject of some debate whenever academics brought it up, but at some point any pretense of subtlety evaporated.

This Is What Happens When the Gas Runs Out  —  With a cutoff in shipments imminent, Asian countries, the biggest importers of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East, are already burning more coal and reducing consumption.  —  Countries across Asia are bracing for a complete cutoff …

Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico  —  President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’  —  Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections …

Iran's Fractured Leadership Is Struggling to Coordinate, Officials Say  —  As leaders are killed and replaced, Iranian negotiators may not know what their government is willing to concede in any negotiations.  —  The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has fractured the Iranian government …