The Beclowning of the Madman Theory  —  The tentative cease fire negotiated earlier this week is not —repeat, not — an example of the Madman Theory at work.  —  It looks like President Trump's threat to commit war crimes by destroying Iran's entire civilization will not, thankfully, be carried out in the short run.

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 Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project  —  ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump's new ballroom.  —  President Trump has championed the U.S. steel industry, promising to strengthen …

Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats  —  President Donald Trump's threats to wipe out Iran, “a whole civilization,” ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term.

Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December  —  Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money.  —  The Selective Service System (SSS) …

Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights  —  The court is the first since at least the '50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows.  —  The sharply conservative Supreme Court …

What to Know About the Strait of Hormuz Under the Cease-Fire  —  Vessels are wary of passing the coast of Iran in the strait, given the fragile agreement, and the number of ships traveling through it has even dropped.  —  Hundreds of tankers are waiting to return to the Strait of Hormuz …

Trump Has a War Crimes Problem.  It's His Mouth.  —  He can't stop freestyling about plunder and atrocities.  —  DONALD TRUMP IS A WAR CRIMINAL.  He has used military force to extract oil from Venezuela.  He has extorted Ukraine, tried to “own” Gaza, and demanded “right, title, and ownership” over Greenland.

Former Army Employee and Top Secret Clearance Holder Arrested and Charged with Leaking Classified National Defense Information  —  For Immediate Release  —  The FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina yesterday and a federal grand jury indicted her today in connection …

The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy  —  The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV's ambassador on American military supremacy.  —  ∙ Paid … Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work

Job Growth on ICE  —  The employment slowdown: Causes and consequences  —  Armageddon may (or may not) be on hold for a little while, so let's talk about other issues, like the state of the economy — in particular, what's going on with job growth, where important things are happening.

Inside the battle to be Trump's next attorney general … GOP veteran with a key ally  —  At the center of the battle is Harmeet Dhillon, a media savvy veteran of Republican Party politics who has led DOJ's Civil Rights Division in the second Trump term.  Dhillon's eponymous law firm spent years taking …

CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits  —  The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.  —  The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication …

Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military  —  “Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but.  —  Service in wartime has long been a reliable path for Americans denied full citizenship to secure their rights.  Black troops' contributions to the Union cause during …

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers  —  A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa's student visa was rescinded without explanation. … SEATAC, Wash. — A protest broke out at SEA International Airport on Wednesday …

Fed's Inflation Woes Preceded the War With Iran  —  An energy shock stemming from the fighting has added a layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve's decision-making around interest rates.  —  Early on in the war with Iran, Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve …

Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement … One of these wallets, created Tuesday around 10 a.m. ET, placed roughly $72,000 in bets at an average price of 8.8 cents.  The buy-in for each betting event ranges from $0 to $1 each …

Hip-Hinged to the Unhinged  —  When it was not yet clear whose weapons flattened the Minab girls's elementary school and produced 150 tiny corpses, I noted that it didn't matter who did it, when it came to the danger the atrocity presented to America and Americans, should Iran decide to retaliate.

U.S. Cadets Were Stuck in the Persian Gulf After Trump Bombed Iran  —  The Trump administration failed to warn vessels with close ties to the U.S. military ahead of the strikes, leaving them trapped in the region.  — Copy  —  When the United States dropped its first bomb on Iran …

EVs Represent All That's Wrong With US Industrial Policy  —  Almost five years after the start of the US's big experiment with industrial policy, we can begin to assess the results.  Zeroing in on electric vehicles, the results are not good - losses have mounted, American tech supremacy has slipped and …

How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations … The Trump administration has systematically pressured the nation's immigration judges, threatening them with disciplinary action if they do not deport more people and firing those seen as insufficiently supportive …