Trump ousts National Science Board members  —  Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.  —  Summary  —  Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established …

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 …

The Most Articulate Apologist  —  Ben Shapiro went on ' podcast this week and gave the most clarifying interview I have read in a year.  Not clarifying about Donald Trump, who has been clarified for some time.  Clarifying about Ben Shapiro, and about the specific kind of figure that has been keeping …

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 Truth About the Trump Plan to Bring Back Execution by Firing Squad  —  A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration's “brutality trip.”  —  The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal capital cases.

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.

The Billion-Barrel Hormuz Oil Shock Is About to Crash Demand  —  The Strait of Hormuz oil shock has yet to crash demand as the rich world borrows from its stocks and pays up to secure supply.  Traders are now sounding the alarm that a harsh adjustment is coming.

Close watch on how Trump and journalists will get along at White House correspondents' dinner  —  Donald Trump's expected attendance at Saturday's annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington for his first time as president will put his administration's often-contentious relationship …

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?

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) …

Trump Seeks to Abolish Iran's Atomic Stockpile, a Problem He Helped Create  —  President Trump withdrew from the Obama-era nuclear accord in 2018, saying it was the worst deal ever.  But Iran responded with an enrichment spree that haunts the negotiations to this day.

Trump's changes to Reflecting Pool worry preservationists, locals  —  Some warned that the president's blue-tinted resurfacing would distort the experience for visitors and make the national symbol resemble a “large lap pool.”  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump this week unveiled …

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 …

‘Hyperscale’ data center project in Utah — expected to generate and consume more power than entire state — nears final approval  —  Celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary plans to build a massive hyperscale data center project in Box Elder County — which state boosters say will fund modern buildings …

15 chemical spraying drones stolen in NJ as FBI investigates possible ‘nightmare scenario’: report  —  Someone stole 15 giant agricultural drones in New Jersey — and experts fear a “nightmare scenario” if they end up in the hands of terrorists.  —  The fleet of Ceres Air C31 drones …

Trump's Crypto Luncheon Draws ‘Superstars.’ But His Token Hovers Near Low.  —  The president's address touched on everything from the war in Iran to his policies supporting the crypto industry  —  President Trump feted the biggest holders of his namesake memecoin on Saturday …

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 …

Iran war throttles global fluoride supply, impacting US waterworks  —  Fluoride is becoming harder to source as the war in Iran places more strain on global supply chains, leading some local governments to reduce their own use of the widely used cavity-fighting agent.

Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74 … Kempthorne, a Republican, was elected mayor of Boise at age 34 and served seven years before winning the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Sen. Steve Symms.  Rather than run for reelection in 1998 …

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 …