‘I came, I saw, I conquered:’ Trump set to claim victory in Iran at primetime address … “Two, three weeks, definable objectives.  ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’ — and we are hanging around a couple of weeks to conquer some more — maybe even then a ceasefire, while reiterating …

Trump Will Lose the Birthright Citizenship Case.  But in a Way, He's Already Won.  —  If anything was clear during Wednesday's Supreme Court oral argument in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, it's that President Trump is going to lose.  The justices' questions were skeptical enough …

Mike Johnson caves on Senate's DHS deal, paving way to end shutdown  —  Just days after labeling the Senate deal to end the record-breaking shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security a “crap sandwich,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., appears ready to swallow it whole.

Trump Has Discussed Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi  —  President Trump has not made a final decision, but he has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator.  —  President Trump has discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondi in recent days …

Risky commando plan to seize Iran's uranium came at Trump's request  —  A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran's nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.  —  The U.S. military has given the president …

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service  —  Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency's 121-year history.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam's Death Was a Homicide  —  County medical examiners announced the ruling on Wednesday.  New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating.  —  On Wednesday, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office announced that it ruled the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam …

Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours  —  President Trump has been dealt his fourth legal loss in less than 24 hours, as the federal judiciary rebukes his various abuses of presidential powers.  —  On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump's claim …

‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported  —  The top official in charge of the federal government's disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he's experienced “teleportation” - an experience he insists was real …

Border Patrol chief Michael Banks hit with prostitution allegations by agents  —  EXCLUSIVE — The national chief of the Border Patrol, Michael Banks, was known among colleagues for taking regular trips abroad to engage in sex with prostitutes, according to six current and former Border Patrol employees …

The Actual Danger of Trump's Phony Vote-by-Mail Executive Order  —  Sometimes it's the chaos, not the cruelty, that's the point.  —  That certainly seems true of President Donald Trump's second executive order on elections, issued on Tuesday.  The order purports, among other things …

“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East  —  Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found.  But the Pentagon won't acknowledge it.

Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records … - The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president.

30 Members of Congress In Scotland On Taxpayers' Dime Amid Shutdown  —  2:40 PM PT — We've ID'd another legislator in the Edinburgh Castle crowd ... Michigan's Rep. Bill Huizenga is the guy in the blue jacket sitting against the wall.  His spokesman told local outlet, Michigan Advance …

I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments, but Not in a Threatening Way  —  Can't a president go watch his justices?  —  Subjects!  —  Yes, I am here watching the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara.  What of it?  Can't a sitting president come watch an oral argument …

Democrats risk a historic upset in California … “We know there's this risk ahead — a 15 percent chance of calamity.  It's not a 15 percent chance of stubbing your toe, it's a 15 percent chance of losing the governorship, losing the down-ballot races,” said Paul Mitchell, a leading Democratic data strategist in the state.

Spain hits back at Trump in escalating row over euthanasia  —  Madrid is irked by the State Department's move to investigate the assisted suicide of a 25-year-old Spanish woman.  —  Spain blasted the U.S. government on Wednesday for probing a high-profile euthanasia case in Barcelona …

Federal prosecutors indict close associate of Eric Adams … Petrosyants was among the former mayor's closest friends during his time leading the city.  —  Adams frequented several restaurants run by Petrosyants and his twin brother.  The former mayor sometimes stayed over at a condo unit rented …