Kash Patel files defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic … “We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,” The Atlantic said.  —  The article, citing about two dozen anonymous sources, details Patel's alleged …

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Concerns  —  Fed up with the state's censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.  —  Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson …

Iran War Live Updates: Iran Vows Retaliation for U.S. Attack on Cargo Ship  —  President Trump said that a U.S. Navy destroyer had fired on an Iran-flagged vessel that was trying to evade a blockade.  He also said an American delegation was heading to Pakistan for more peace talks …

Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents  —  Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether Catholic preschools …

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?  —  Last year, four huge companies pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fund the creation of Donald Trump's presidential library, a planned monstrosity in Miami that—in a perfect Trumpian twist—may also double as a hotel.

Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility  —  Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.  —  At the start of the 2026 election cycle, the Senate looked far out of reach for the Democrats.

221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.  I'm grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you'll consider sharing some of what we're doing with your networks.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency  —  Throughout US President Donald Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements.  —  The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets …

World Cup stress test for LA  —  READ THIS FIRST — Eric Swalwell thought he was untouchable — until he wasn't.  Melanie, Jeremy B. White, Daniel Lippman and Riley Rogerson spoke with 30 people who had a front-row seat to his rise from the Bay Area to Washington.

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos's Private Retreat  —  For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.  —  at the end of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis's oil-baron character, old now and richer than Croesus …

Trump says energy secretary ‘totally wrong’ on gas prices not dropping to $3 until next year  —  President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright's assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year.  —  “No, I think he's wrong on that.

Trump's Not Paying Attention to His Own War  —  As the Iran crisis spirals back out of control, it's a big day for the president of the United States: His official schedule suggests he will have “Executive Time” all morning until 1:30 p.m., followed by a ninety-minute policy meeting and a closed-press session to sign executive orders.

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto  —  It is not enough for the broligarchy to have untold wealth.  They also wanted political power.  Now they have that.  And they want to be esteemed as philosopher kings, while simultaneously shielded from criticism.  Well, that's a taller order.

Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs  —  The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president's trade policy.  —  When President Trump unveiled his sprawling global tariffs last spring …

House Ethics panel issues rare statement committing to helping secure a sexual harassment-free workplace  —  The bipartisan House Ethics Committee released a statement Monday calling for victims of sexual misconduct to report their accusations to congressional authorities …

The Iran War Sent Shock Waves Through Asia That Are Likely to Spread  —  The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks.  Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.  —  When the war in Iran started on Feb. 28 …

The Harm from Hormuz  —  Why we should still fear a global slump from Trump's Iran debacle  —  Another week, another false all-clear.  —  The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.  It appears increasingly obvious that the 20 percent of world oil supply that normally flows through it to world markets …

He sat atop an extremist empire.  She thought he needed money. … Summary  —  Kristine Kasubienski's donation appeared on viewers' screens four hours into the live stream of Nick Fuentes, the far-right influencer she often called her second son.  —  “I pray DAILY for your safety,” …

Ukraine's Second Miracle Year  —  The war isn't won, but for the first time in years, outright victory seems possible.  —  THE END OF 2024 LOOKED GRIM FOR UKRAINE: President Trump was promising no further aid, and Hungary under Viktor Orbán was vowing to block any further European Union financial support.

The pope's English fuels a Trump feud  —  Escalating tensions between Pope Leo XIV and President Trump may hinge on something unusually simple: the pope doesn't need a translator. … - Without that layer, Leo's comments land more directly in the American media ecosystem and to American Catholics …

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce?  —  The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time.  —  Prego, the pasta sauce company, is getting into hardware …

Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one👇  —  📊 Subscribe to PN 📊  —  As the 2018 elections approached, President Trump found the perfect issue to reverse the usual pattern …

Republicans stare down a growing, neverending FISA crisis … For many Republicans, the high-drama meltdown in the House was entirely predictable and has been months in the making, after Trump demanded a clean extension of the surveillance law despite well-documented skepticism within his own party.

GOP lawyer Joe diGenova, now running Trump's “Grand Conspiracy” probe, said Bondi had “nixed” him from the role  —  Fox News apparently banned diGenova six years ago  —  Joe diGenova, a GOP lawyer who represented President Donald Trump in his bogus election fraud cases in 2020 and a longtime fixture …

The New York Times is wrong about the birth rate  —  The Times says a boom of older mothers is coming to reverse low fertility, but the math is against them.  —  Fewer American women are choosing to have children young.  So much is obvious.  The big question is whether …

Supreme Court Voices Little Interest in New Curbs on SEC's Power  —  The US Supreme Court expressed little enthusiasm for curbing one of the Securities and Exchange Commission's most important enforcement tools, as the justices weighed restricting the financial watchdog for the fourth time in a decade.

Gaza Needs $71 Billion Over Next Decade to Rebuild, Study Shows  —  Gaza needs an estimated $71.4 billion over the next decade to recover from two years of war that devastated most of the Palestinian territory, a new study by the European Union, United Nations and World Bank shows.

Fed chair nominee Warsh set to commit to be ‘strictly independent’ on rates … The durability of the Fed's insulation from short-term political pressures will be a central theme at Warsh's hearing Tuesday.  Trump has continuously pushed for rate cuts and has even threatened to fire Powell for not lowering them more dramatically.

Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions  —  When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world's richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.  —  That was nothing new.