Exclusive: Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her  —  A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated …

U.S. warships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began  —  Several U.S. Navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a U.S. official told Axios. … It is the first time U.S. warships crossed the strait since the beginning of the war.

Vance, who wasn't keen on Iran war, now tasked with trying to end it  —  The weekend's peace talks in Islamabad mark Vance's highest-profile assignment as vice president, with concomitant political risk.  —  Summary  —  Six weeks after President Donald Trump started a war in Iran …

Secretary Rubio Terminates Green Cards of Foreign Nationals Tied to Infamous Iranian Regime Propagandist  —  This week, three Iranian nationals with ties to the Iranian regime were arrested by federal agents following Secretary of State Marco Rubio's termination of their lawful permanent resident (LPR) statuses.

US Intelligence Shows China Set to Supply Iran Arms, CNN Reports  —  US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to provide Iran with air defense systems in a matter of weeks, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter.  —  Beijing is expected to ship shoulder-fired …

Revelations About a Trump-Witkoff Business Raise Troubling Questions  —  Rules still apply when political power and private profit intersect: Publisher's Roundup 62  —  When I was the Obama White House ethics czar during the Great Recession, I would not even allow the president to refinance his modest family home in Chicago.

As Election Looms, Washington Wonders if Trump Will Get a New Supreme Court Pick  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee.  —  Late last month, more than a hundred people gathered …

‘The plan is working’: Trump's trade chief brushes off economic fears in Rust Belt tour … Rather than the gloomy new economic indicators, Trump's trade adviser preferred to focus on the work happening at a Whirlpool factory in Clyde, Ohio producing hundreds of washing machines …

April 10, 2026  —  It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”  As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse …

Trump is still trying to DOGE the NIH.  Republicans are tired. … The health research agency's director, Jay Bhattacharya, is expected to defend the budget to Congress, but it's unclear whether he stands behind cuts to his agency any more than Congress does.

Talking with Lisa Graves  —  On the corruption of our politics — and the Supreme Court  —  Lisa Graves is a legal activist and the author of a remarkable and terrifying book, Without Precedent, that documents the assault on democracy via the story of John Roberts.

The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling—and Now Everyone's Going to Pay  —  America led a maritime system that enriched the world for decades.  Iran's “toll booth” shattered it.  —  In just six weeks, the Iran War has shattered a system of global trade that has enriched people and nations …

RFK Jr. has turned corporate America's name to mud, POLITICO Poll finds … Big American brands from Coca-Cola to Kraft Heinz are getting in line, changing their recipes to accommodate Kennedy, while others — from Dunkin' to McDonald's — have absorbed Kennedy broadsides.

Another round of layoffs hits Kennedy Center ahead of two-year closure  —  Programming was impacted in the cuts, people familiar with the matter said.  It's unclear how many departments were affected or how many people were terminated.  —  Summary  —  The Kennedy Center's layoffs continued Friday …