Trump Warns Iran ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’  —  President Trump has given a deadline of 8 p.m. ET for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  The U.S. conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island.  —  President Trump threatened to wipe out the entirety …

Our Darkest Hour  —  The civilization we destroy may be our own  —  This is America's darkest hour.  —  Hi, Paul Krugman with an update Tuesday morning.  Earlier today, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, … Not going to be a problem if we ever do get the war crimes trial that all of this deserves.

The man who watches Trump all day, every day  —  Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences.  He says it's ‘pretty bleak’  —  The psychological demands of Aaron Rupar's work are immense.

Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán - Europe live  —  US vice-president claims ‘the bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary’  —  JD Vance criticises alleged EU interference in Hungarian elections …

This Prosecutor Was Floundering.  Now He's a Go-To Guy at Trump's DOJ.  —  After Pam Bondi's ouster, the administration will likely lean even more heavily on lawyers like Robert Keenan  —  In a federal courthouse in Los Angeles last spring, Judge Otis Wright II, a no-nonsense former Marine …

How the media should cover this deranged president  —  Three suggestions—with illustrations—to counter the rampant ‘sane-washing’  —  The moment I saw Trump's crazy and dangerous Truth Social post on the morning of Easter Sunday, I could imagine the freakout in newsrooms across the country.

What to Watch in the Election to Succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia  —  Clay Fuller, a Republican allied with President Trump, will face Shawn Harris, a Democrat, in the election to fill the remainder of Ms. Greene's term after her resignation from Congress.

Wisconsin town revolts against a Trump-backed data center project … The vote comes as companies descend on Middle America to build the data centers, which are major priorities for the White House and the U.S. tech sector but the object of scorn for roughly 3 in 10 U.S. voters who …

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin plans to ‘take a hard look’ at international airports in sanctuary cities  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested Monday that the Trump administration could take action against international airports in sanctuary cities that refuse …

Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK  —  Wireless Festival has been cancelled after headliner Kanye West was blocked from coming to the UK.  —  The government refused permission for West to travel to the UK after a backlash to his planned set at the London festival this summer.

Allies Fear They Are Tied to an Erratic U.S. and Now Have Nowhere to Turn  —  Friendly countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are frustrated with President Trump but also reliant on the U.S. for their security  —  Crowning a year of disputes with the Trump administration over trade tariffs …

The “Moderate” Think Tank Backed By AI Money  —  The previously undisclosed board of an ascendant D.C. think tank pushing Democrats to the center includes a Democratic Party megadonor with a stake in artificial intelligence chipdesigner Nvidia, which could benefit from the organization's efforts …

“It's really difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is,” journalist Aaron Rupar of Public Notice told George Grylls of The Times about President Donald J. Trump.  Rupar explained that political journalists are trained to think, “'OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?'

US soldier trying to halt wife's deportation after she was detained on Louisiana military base  —  A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife's deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding.

Artemis II Astronauts Name Moon Crater After Carroll, Reid Wiseman's Late Wife  —  The crew shared an emotional moment with mission control and the family of Reid Wiseman, whose wife, Carroll, died in 2020, on the ground in Houston.  —  As the astronauts of Artemis II traveled farther …

This GOP candidate seized a half-million ballots and says he may do it again  —  Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is running for California governor as a Republican, tried to review ballots despite election officials reaffirming the results.  —  The November election results were not close in Riverside County, California.

Synagogue in Tehran ‘completely destroyed’ in US-Israeli attack  —  Synagogue hit after attack on adjacent residential building, Mehr news agency reports.  —  Add Al Jazeera on Google  —  United States-Israeli strikes have “completely destroyed” a synagogue in Tehran, according to Iranian media …