2 U.S. Navy destroyers transit Strait of Hormuz after dodging Iranian onslaught  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf after navigating an Iranian barrage, according to defense officials who spoke …

Education Department opens probe into Smith College for admitting trans women … Smith College, a private liberal arts school founded in 1871, has admitted trans women since 2015, along with many other elite women's colleges.  —  The school's admission policies drew attention and sparked …

Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Louisiana Voting Map Decision  —  Louisiana voters who successfully challenged the state's voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander had asked the justices to quickly return the case to the lower courts, clearing the way for a new map.

Trump Is Losing a Second War  —  The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels  —  Last month, out of more than 11,000 new passenger vehicles registered in Norway, only around 150 had internal consumption engines.  The rest were fully electric.

Infighting erupts as Democrats intervene in contested primaries  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sparked a rare and heated bout of public infighting between House Democrats on Monday by endorsing multiple candidates who are still locked in contested primaries.

Exclusive: VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti  —  Federal agencies Veterans Labor unions  —  For days after the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, fellow workers for the Department of Veterans Affairs held vigils …

How Trump Turned His Ballroom into a Midterm Gift for Democrats  —  Trump says he can't afford childcare but wants to use your tax dollars to build a ballroom/  —  How leaders respond in moments of crisis tells you everything about their values and priorities.

U.S. Military Strikes Boat in Caribbean, Killing 2  —  The aerial strike raised the death toll to at least 187 in the U.S. campaign against boats the Trump administration accuses of smuggling drugs.  —  The U.S. military said on Monday that it had struck another boat in the Caribbean Sea …

Secret Service Shoots and Wounds Armed Man Near Washington Monument  —  A 15-year-old boy was also hit.  The motorcade of Vice President JD Vance had passed through the area shortly before the shooting.  —  The Secret Service shot and wounded an armed man on Monday afternoon just south …

Trump Tries to Downplay Economic Effects of the Iran War  —  At a White House event for Small Business Week, he described the economy as “roaring” and predicted that gas prices would go down soon.  —  Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Trump …

Scoop: Rep. Chuck Edwards singled out young female aides for special attention  —  Rep. Chuck Edwards told a young female staffer that she had “written a complex chapter in my heart” shortly before she was set to leave his office, according to a handwritten letter he sent her that was reviewed by Axios.

It'll be years before Americans get used to higher prices — and politicians can't just wait it out  —  Consumers will eventually adjust, but in the meantime, they'll keep punishing leaders who don't act  —  Strength In Numbers is a reader-supported publication.

Exclusive: US intelligence indicates limited new damage to Iran's nuclear program, sources say  —  U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a U.S.-Israeli attack had pushed …

Ken Paxton Narrowly Leads John Cornyn in Bruising Texas GOP Race  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton held a slim edge over incumbent John Cornyn in a new poll as the state's bitter Republican Senate primary nears its finale.  —  Paxton led Cornyn 48% to 45% among likely GOP voters …

'They're spinning': Republicans, grappling with midterm anxiety, go negative … And while Trump has never shied away from blaming the opposition, especially his predecessors, his tendency to deviate from his message — to talk about the new White House ballroom, the reflecting pool or the construction of his …

Trump Administration Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia  —  The Justice Department again appears to be using the investigative power of the federal government to rehash debunked claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election.  —  The Justice Department has demanded the identities …

Magistrate judge says alleged WHCD attacker being mistreated by DC jail … “The Jan. 6 defendants all were moved to the CTF,” Faruqui said.  “Pardons may erase convictions but they do not erase history ... He's being treated differently than anyone I've ever observed.”

Vladimir Putin hunkers down for fear of assassination  —  Security around Russia's president tightens after audacious drone attacks from Ukraine

'When You Think of It, We Shouldn't Even Have an Election'  —  President Trump hates to lose.  —  Heading into the 2026 midterm elections, you can't say that the president hasn't warned us, over and over, that he will do all he can to prevent the congressional contests from turning into a humiliating Republican rout.

Soil at D.C. Golf Course Where East Wing Debris Was Dumped Contains Toxic Metals  —  The National Park Service said the dump of debris, between the fourth and ninth holes, does not exceed environmental limits.  Opponents disagree.  —  Soil at a public golf course in Washington …

Trump's New European Car Tariffs Demonstrate Why His ‘Deals’ Are Worthless  —  When President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with the European Union in July, officials on both sides stressed how it would ensure long-term stability to trans-Atlantic trade.  —  The Trump administration called …

Trump Promised Transparency in Venezuela, but Oil Secrets Linger  —  Trump officials and their Venezuelan allies have promised a new era of accountability to unlock Venezuela's immense oil wealth.  But the country's oil industry remains a black hole.  —  U.S. and Venezuelan officials …

The age of the American Pharaoh  —  It would be strange if dynastic succession were not on Trump's mind  —  Were America's 25th amendment to be used on Donald Trump, his ejectors would surely cite the monuments he is building to himself.  “Me,” was Trump's answer about the object of his proposed 250ft triumphal arch in Washington.

Judge mulls contempt over DHS' ‘patently false’ allegation in deportation case … But DuBose noted that the Trump administration itself had publicly disclosed the existence of the warrant in a press release earlier last month.  She also noted that the April 30 release slamming her …

Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event … A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested in Miami on a charge of indecent exposure while off-duty, authorities said Monday.  —  The officer, John Spillman, had earlier worked on exterior security screening …