8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting  —  The alleged gunman, who is related to some of the children, was killed after a vehicle chase, according to police.  —  Eight children were killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Sunday morning, according to police.

U.S. takes Iran-flagged ship into custody, Trump says  —  American forces stopped an Iranian-flagged cargo ship “by blowing a hole in the engineroom” after it tried to bypass a U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman, President Trump said Sunday.  —  The big picture: Trump said the Marines disabled …

Behind Trump's Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears  —  The president's impulsive style has never before been tested during a sustained military conflict; ruminating on Jimmy Carter  —  It seemed like Donald Trump's appetite for risk had run out, and his fears were ramping up.

Poll: Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war  —  Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll, with some cracks emerging in his GOP support.

Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington.  They Invoked the Trump Name.  —  The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president's second term.

Trump's fixation on White House ballroom is increasing, Post analysis finds  —  The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump had just begun a Jan. 9 meeting at the White House with oil …

3 University of Iowa students wounded in mass shooting, wild brawl near campus  —  At least three students were injured in a mass shooting a block away from the University of Iowa's campus during a wild brawl early Sunday.  —  Police were responding to a large fight at the Pedestrian Mall …

Trump Proved to be Unimaginably Bad for the Free Market Cause: A Conversation with Veronique de Rugy  —  He has done things that Bernie Sanders would never have dared and opened the door to radical leftist interventions  —  Shikha Dalmia: We are here today taping a segment of Zooming In with my friend, Veronique de Rugy.

‘Most important speech...that should never have been given’: Fmr Judge pans SCOTUS justice's remarks  —  At a recent event, the conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a grievance-soaked address that argued that progressivism is incompatible with the Declaration of Independence.

Aspiring pot companies had big dreams for Florida.  Reality has hit hard. … “It's going to be a challenge, and I think expectations have been moderated,” said Jeffrey Sharkey, president of Medical Marijuana Business Association of Florida.  “There was always a sense that some of them would sell …

Why Yale's term paper on what's wrong with college gets a ‘D-’  —  By Yale's sad standards, the Ivy League university's new, high-profile report on why Americans have lost all faith in higher education deserves a grade of at least an ‘A-.’  —  Why?  Because nearly every student paper that's produced …

Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation  —  Before Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's defense attorney, he was Boris Epshteyn's attorney.  —  Before Todd Blanche was Boris Epshteyn's attorney, he represented Igor Fruman …

Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist … - The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit. … - The military is now broadening its use of Anthropic's tools while simultaneously arguing in court that using those tools threatens U.S. national security.

A forceful opening  —  The opinion opened with unusually blunt language, calling out the case as a broader test of the rule of law.  —  “Unserious leaders are unsafe.  There is nothing more serious than our leaders' dedication to the rule of law so that we might maintain the integrity of our constitutional democracy,” Kasubhai wrote.

Impact of Iran war will hurt US even after conflict ends, economists warn  —  Wave of inflation will persist as higher fuel prices feed through into businesses  —  Donald Trump's war in Iran has unleashed a torrent of inflation in the US that economists warn will linger long after the conflict ends …

Battleground Republicans are starting to worry about the Senate … “Republicans have the best candidates that they've had in a long time but are facing serious headwinds,” said New Hampshire GOP strategist Mike Dennehy.  —  “I wouldn't say I feel warm and fuzzy about things right now,” …