Clock Strikes Midnight for Pelley … Around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Scott Pelley was informed via email that he had been fired from the network he had called home for more than three decades. … The correspondent had been scheduled to be on vacation, but I'm told he held back after igniting the five-alarm fire at CBS News on Monday.

Trump Has Given Up  —  Another day of many errands and meetings, so another short, informal post.  —  Donald Trump will never admit that his gratuitous Iran war has been a total disaster.  But the debacle has clearly broken him.  So we are now saddled with a president who has given up governing …

Trump's pick for Iowa governor loses GOP primary in upset  —  Rep. Randy Feenstra's loss to farmer Zach Lahn is a blow to the president's dominance in Republican nominating contests.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump's pick for Iowa governor, Rep. Randy Feenstra …

Order Shielding Trump Family From I.R.S. Audits Will Remain, Blanche Says  —  The acting attorney general said the administration was preserving a broad order protecting the president and his family from audits of already filed returns, despite dropping a $1.8 billion payout fund.

America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance  —  The Heritage Foundation's “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” — popularly known as Project 2025 — was much more than a wish list of conservative policy preferences.  It was much more, even, than a blueprint for a second Trump administration.

Breaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissent of the 3 Liberal Justices, Allows Alabama to Use Maps that a Lower Court Found to Be Intentionally Discriminating Against Black Voters (Now Updated with Analysis-This is a Significant and Very Bad Ruling)  —  June 2, 2026 redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act

DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi  —  In February, four months after being released from federal prison, former Republican congressman George Santos took to social media to express his enthusiasm about attending President Trump's upcoming State of the Union address.

Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them  —  Records show that Trump's first administration opted not to save DMs in its library archives, raising questions about compliance with the Presidential Records Act.  —  Summary

Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job  —  The Trump administration's appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.  —  Summary  —  A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who later …

GOP Rep. Andy Ogles deletes homophobic social media post, blames staffer  —  The now-deleted comment, which received pushback from both Democrats and Republicans, read: “Homosexuality has no place in America.  Happy Nuclear Family Month.”  —  Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. …

Trump confirms profanity-laced Netanyahu call over Lebanon … - “I did,” Trump replied.  — “I wouldn't say angry. … - He then mentioned he likes Netanyahu and has worked well with him. … - The call came after Iran threatened to abandon negotiations with the U.S. over Israel's actions in Lebanon.

Top ultra-processed food researchers call for sweeping policy change: ‘The system is rigged’  —  Special issue of American Journal of Public Health lays out the case for government action over personal responsibility  —  The all-star lineup of ultra-processed food researchers who teamed …

Mullin refuses to commit to following court orders for DHS  —  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin repeatedly refused Tuesday to commit to following court orders from judges who rule that the Department of Homeland Security is acting illegally.  In his first appearance …

Iran and the US trade strikes in the Persian Gulf, further testing the ceasefire  —  Kuwait briefly shut the country's main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a terminal building, killing one person and wounding dozens — the latest salvo in a series of back-and-forth attacks …

Playing Politics with Military Promotions  —  When personal preference trumps professionalism and merit, trust breaks down.  —  SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH removed nine Navy officers from a promotion list after they had already been selected by a board of senior admirals …

The House GOP majority dwindles, and so does the calendar … That 43-day gap is looming extra large as Hill Republicans face a massive time crunch ahead of the midterms, with hopes of passing several major pieces of legislation ranging from a GOP-only immigration enforcement funding package …