Reps. Swalwell and Gonzales set to face expulsion votes  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) plans to force a vote to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) next week over sexual assault and misconduct allegations, Axios has learned.  Swalwell denies the allegations.

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.

U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War  —  China may have shipped missiles to Iran, and Beijing is allowing some companies to sell Tehran supplies that can be used in military production, American officials said.  —  American intelligence agencies have obtained information …

He Was ‘Trump Before Trump.’ Now He's in Trouble.  —  The Danube Institute, located in a refurbished villa in Budapest's wealthy castle district, is one of several government-supported think tanks and foundations in Hungary that cater to foreign conservatives.

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students  —  The immigration judges' abrupt dismissals marked the latest efforts by the Trump administration to reshape the country's immigration courts.  —  The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges …

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.

Revelations About a Trump-Witkoff Business Raise Troubling Questions  —  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.  He was regulating the banks in a time of crisis, and it wouldn't have looked right.

Appeals court rules Trump's White House ballroom construction can temporarily move forward  —  Trump's lawyers argued the ballroom is “a vital project for the safety and security of the White House and the President, his family, and his staff.”  —  A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily allowed …

Man with knife fatally shot by police after stabbing people at Grand Central, police say  —  MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan (WABC) — Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man on a subway platform at Grand Central Station on Saturday morning after he stabbed at least three people, according to the NYPD.

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 of Harvard University's …

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.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts a GOP Bloodbath in the Midterms … Republicans are going to get “slaughtered” in the midterms — losing the House and maybe even the Senate.  This prediction isn't coming from Hakeem Jeffries or Chuck Schumer but from former Republican Congresswoman and MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene.