Iran War Live Updates: Trump Calls Off Witkoff and Kushner's Travel to Pakistan for Peace Talks  —  What We're Covering Today  — Negotiations: President Trump on Saturday canceled plans for two of his top advisers, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to go to Pakistan.

Term-limited Trump mortgages GOP's future  —  President Trump is governing like a man who will never face voters again, mortgaging his party's future on promises he won't be around to keep. … His signature bets — tariffs, the war in Iran, redistricting — are curdling into long-term liabilities …

Patel's White House hangover  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Saturday afternoon.  This is Adam Wren.  The consensus from our team is that Semafor had the best overall scene and food (short-rib grilled cheese sandwiches and oxtail empanadas) …

Donald Trump Lost In 2020.  An Alarming Number Of His Nominees Won't Say So.  —  Dozens of the president's court picks have refused to say Joe Biden fairly won in 2020.  Now his executive nominees are avoiding the question, too.  —  WASHINGTON - It's a pretty simple question: Did Donald Trump lose the presidential election in 2020?

Firm Building Trump's Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job  —  The National Park Service increased the value of the contract several times over and then awarded it to Maryland-based Clark Construction, in a process that experts said was highly unusual.

The 85-Year-Old Widow Snagged by Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  In her first interview since being deported, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, the French widow of a former G.I., recounted her experience in ICE detention.  —  Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé …

Trump to Dine With Reporters He's Been Roasting All Week  —  President Trump has boycotted the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in previous years.  —  When President Trump makes his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night …

Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known  —  U.S. bases and equipment across the Middle East came under attack — including from an Iranian F-5, despite American air defenses — and repairs could cost billions of dollars.

Trump Is Going After Birth Control.  Here's Why. … We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth control, with President Donald Trump launching the most serious effort in decades to curb contraception.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services recently released …

Millionaire US big game hunter, 75, is trampled to death by five elephants while hunting antelope in central Africa  —  A millionaire US big-game hunter was ambushed and killed by five elephants whilst hunting small forest antelope in central Africa.  —  Californian vineyard owner Ernie Dosio …

Trump's FCC eyes new ways to squeeze the TV networks … “There's a very healthy feedback loop when the local broadcasters could not just communicate their concerns to the national programmers but if need be, actually preempt,” said Carr, who has repeatedly expressed a desire to return to an era …

Measles Is Back.  What Comes Next Will Be Worse.  —  The resurgence of measles — a terrible disease that can swell the brain and cause permanent disabilities or death — is alarming enough on its own.  There have been more than 1,700 cases reported in the United States already this year, up from about 70 per year in the early 2000s.

Appeals court wipes out $8.2 million award for Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy Moore  —  A federal appeals court overturned the $8.2 million in damages awarded to former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore in 2022.  —  Moore launched a lawsuit in 2019 against the Senate Majority PAC …

How a Fringe Conspiracy Theory About Missing Scientists Got the FBI's Attention  —  Speculation over disappearances and deaths grew for months online; Trump vows 'we're going to look at it'  —  Private investigator Thomas McNally sees no link between the disappearance of Melissa Casias and some 10 other missing or deceased scientists.

The US no longer leads  —  The changing context for UK defence policy  —  One of the most important tasks of political leaders at times of crisis is to explain to the public the seriousness of the situation and possible courses of action.  Perhaps the government assumes that the nature …

Justice Department makes it easier to deport those with DACA status  —  The Trump administration is making it easier to deport immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.  —  A new precedent decision published Friday by the Board of Immigration Appeals …

Judge questions legal basis for Trump's $10 billion case against IRS  —  The Florida judge noted that Trump, who oversees the IRS as president, is on both sides of the case.  —  A federal judge is asking the Justice Department and President Donald Trump's private attorneys to explain whether …

Trump eager to show off latest White House project to King Charles  —  The president's black granite path is the newest change to the West Wing, following gold lettering, Oval Office gilding and a “Presidential Walk of Fame.”  —  Summary  —  When King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive …

Would-be UFO whistleblower died of accidental drug overdose after agreeing to testify to Congress  —  An Air Force veteran who agreed to testify before Congress about secret government UFO programs died just months before the hearings of an accidental drug overdose, The Post has learned.

Roger Stone is back … Stone, who registered his first federal lobbying client in eight years on Trump's 16th day back in office, has reported earning $2.7 million so far during the second Trump administration.  Almost half of that total, $1.2 million, came in the first three months of 2026 alone …