It's Not a TACO.  It's a Surrender.  —  Iran 1, Trump 0  —  William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift  —  Well, that was all pretty dumb, wasn't it?  Happy Wednesday.  —  Trump Surrenders  —  I'm old enough to remember when President Trump assured us, “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”

‘A wow moment’: Democrats' election hot streak goes scorching … “It's a wow moment in Wisconsin politics,” said former Republican strategist Brandon Scholz, who left the party in 2021.  “Republicans ought to be sitting down tonight and going, 'Okay, we just screwed up another race.

Pam Bondi Backs Out Of Deposition On Jeffrey Epstein  —  DOJ claims the former U.S. attorney general can just ignore a House committee's subpoena because she's not in the job anymore.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is backing out of a deposition scheduled for later …

Stung by Voters, Republican Legislators Move to Curb Citizen Initiatives  —  After citizens in Republican states used ballot measures to protect abortion, expand Medicaid and raise the minimum wage, statehouses are moving to make such initiatives much harder.

Ignorance and Ignominy  —  So the world's greatest military power went to war with a poor, medievalist theocracy.  It was an incredibly uneven match.  Here's are the GDPs of Iran and the United States in 2024:  —  Yet Iran won.  The Iranian regime has emerged far stronger than it was before …

Trump Just Fed America a Sh*t Sandwich  —  Understanding Trump's ceasefire/surrender—and what comes next.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Told You So  —  We have a bunch of contradictions to keep in our heads today and it's not going to be fun.  But first I want to underline the value proposition …

After pager attack on Hezbollah, Hungary offered help to Iran  —  Revelations about a 2024 call offering aid raise questions about Hungary's ties to Iran as the Trump administration is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Orban for reelection.  —  Soon after the deadly Israeli attack …

Long Island architect Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murdering 7 women and admits he killed another  —  A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings.

Trump asks NY court to toss remnants of fraud case against him … In their brief, Trump's lawyers applauded the lower appeals court for tossing the “excessive” judgment but asked the Court of Appeals to reverse the fraud finding and remove a ban that blocks Trump and his two eldest sons …

Trump administration personnel agency is asking for federal workers' medical records  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families.

MAGA's favorite strongman might be on the brink of defeat  —  We're about to find out whether an authoritarian can lose at the ballot box. … Under normal circumstances, an election in Hungary — a landlocked Central European country of less than 10 million — would not be a major world event.