First Lady Melania Trump's Statement  —  Good afternoon.  —  The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.  —  The individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility, and respect.  I do not object to their ignorance, but rather …

Netanyahu announces negotiations with Lebanon after U.S. pressure  —  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has instructed his cabinet to launch direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible. … Senior U.S. officials said Witkoff asked Netanyahu to …

EFF is Leaving X  —  After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn't a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.  The math hasn't worked out for a while now.  —  The Numbers Aren't Working Out  —  We posted to Twitter (now known as X) five to ten times a day in 2018.

Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account, say unit “was unprepared” to defend itself  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit …

White House Warns Staff Not To Place Bets on Prediction Markets Amid Iran War  —  Well-timed bets about the war in Iran have raised eyebrows and calls from Democrats for more regulation  —  Just hours after President Trump announced a sudden pause of strikes against Iran last month …

Judge Rejects Hegseth's Second Attempt to Restrict Reporters at Pentagon  —  A federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times.  —  A federal judge on Thursday rejected an attempt …

Strait of Hormuz stays shut as Trump demands Iran stop tolls  —  President Trump on Thursday demanded Iran stop charging tolls for tankers to cross the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran's supreme leader promised the country would control the crucial waterway.

Trump officials deny threatening Vatican over Pope Leo's criticisms  —  Pope Leo XIV has become increasingly concerned over Washington's military policies  —  The Trump administration is trying to calm a furore over claims it threatened Pope Leo XIV's ambassador to Washington in an effort …

Trump vented at Rutte over NATO inaction on Iran during turbulent meeting  —  The U.S. president berated allies and indicated he was considering reprisals for lack of support in the Middle East in a closed-door meeting with the military alliance chief.  —  BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump unloaded …

Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good  —  Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are being forced to turn over critical information on the shooting of Renee Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross in relation to a separate case involving Ross.

Trump administration proposes gutting rules targeting coal plant ash that threatens groundwater  —  The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater.

US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company  —  Expert said federal law bars officials from taking actions in their jobs that benefit their own financial interests  —  A high-profile US defense department official …

CDC delays COVID vaccine benefits report  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly delayed the publication of its report detailing the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine at the behest of its acting director.  —  Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya delayed the report …

Secret docs: Neo-Nazi group's newest member is ex-Navy SEAL tied to war crimes case  —  Records show that the Navy SEAL medic whose testimony helped Eddie Gallagher walk free in his war crimes case has recently joined a neo-Nazi group.  —  A former Navy SEAL whose jaw-dropping testimony upended …

MAGA Influencers Are Salivating Over Jailing Each Other  —  THE WORLD OF MAGA INFLUENCERS is growing more divided over Donald Trump's war with Iran.  But so far, those influencers largely aren't blaming the president for their divisions.  —  Instead, they are pointing to a new culprit …

Labor secretary faces discrimination complaints tied to her husband's alleged misconduct  —  At least three people have lodged formal workplace discrimination complaints against Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, alleging she created a toxic workplace and sought to retaliate against women …

Justice Department Opens Investigation Into NFL  —  Government officials have raised questions about whether the league is engaging in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers  —  The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the National Football League has engaged …

Trump administration plans to attack Biden DOJ as ‘anti-Christian’ in new report  —  The report comes out of an executive order that established a “Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias,” according to details viewed by NBC News.  —  The Trump administration is finalizing a report …

Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man  —  A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him.  Now, Louisiana's Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature …

Masterpieces of the New Deal  —  Critics wrote the work off as kitsch for the masses.  But a set of murals celebrating Social Security—now threatened with destruction—show that such sweeping judgments went too far.  —  Seek  —  to forge a new social contract is one thing.  To explain it to people is another.

At climate contrarian gathering, allies urge Trump to keep Zeldin at EPA … Zeldin's appearance, a clear sign of the Institute's growing influence inside the Trump administration, comes amid a complete revamping of climate regulations.  Under Zeldin, the EPA has cut billions of dollars …

White House calls new ballroom a national security necessity that's ‘vital’ to the Trump family's safety  —  The administration indicated that it will go to the Supreme Court if the federal appeals court doesn't rule in Trump's favor.  —  The White House is urging a federal appeals court …

Hunter Biden is too broke to pay his lawyer — as he challenges Trump's sons to a ‘cage match’ at YouTuber event  —  WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden is crying poor again over legal debts he incurred from retaining high-powered attorney Abbe Lowell in his federal tax and gun crime case …

Sotomayor blames colleagues for slew of Supreme Court emergency appeals … The Supreme Court has itself to blame for the flood of emergency appeals it's now receiving, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday.  —  “We've done it to ourselves,” Sotomayor said during an appearance at the University of Alabama Law School.

DNC avoids taking a stance on Israel, AIPAC … While the resolutions were not expected to pass, the outcomes reflect a party establishment still grappling with how to respond to the increasingly thorny politics around Israel and AIPAC — and their base's sharp turn away from the longtime U.S. ally.