U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump's Hormuz blockade for months  —  A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile and drone arsenal.  —  Summary  —  A confidential CIA analysis delivered …

Kash Patel ordered polygraphs of more than two dozen members of his team, sources say  —  FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail, as well as other staff, and has been described as being in panic mode to save …

Federal court rules against new global tariffs Trump imposed after loss at the Supreme Court  —  A federal court ruled Thursday against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.  A split three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade …

UN health agency chief says hantavirus outbreak shows why US should rejoin … Argentina had withdrawn from the WHO two weeks before, following the U.S. withdrawal in January.  President Donald Trump said he was pulling out because he believed the agency had mishandled the Covid pandemic, among other issues.

Federal and State Officials Discuss Closing Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  —  When My Father's Canary Flew Away  —  In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed.  What was going on in his brain?  —  10 MIN READ  —  ADVERTISEMENT

I haven't changed.  Here's what has.  —  Working across the aisle is the only way forward.  —  John Fetterman, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.  —  Many might not know, but I won my first race by a single vote to be mayor of Braddock, a small steel town …

Jet-Fuel Prices Are Spiking and Trump's Advisers Are Worried  —  Administration officials have spoken to the airline industry, which has voiced concerns about the rising costs  —  Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu delivered a warning to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a recent visit …

The Congresswomen's Pact  —  For the first time, twelve congresswomen reveal how they're banding together after the Trump administration came for one of their own: Rep. LaMonica McIver. … The first call came just before eight o'clock.  Then the second, then the third.

Exclusive: How Trump's Minneapolis immigration blitz hobbled federal crime fighting  —  The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents also dramatically slowed other federal investigations and prosecutions into an array of serious crimes, a Reuters review of federal court records found.

John Roberts likes being political.  He just doesn't like the accountability that comes with it.  —  Roberts complained Wednesday that people view the justices as “political actors.”  They are, though, issuing political decisions that have real-world consequences.

Minneapolis man who attacked Ilhan Omar pleads guilty  —  A Minneapolis man on Thursday pleaded guilty to attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with a syringe filled with vinegar during a town hall in January.  —  Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, faces a maximum term of 96 months in prison …

The GOP's New Solution to Fund Trump's Ballroom: Your Money  —  Plus: Tennessee just approved a new map of congressional districts.  This lawmaker's career might end because of it.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The Grassley is always greener  —  When President Donald Trump first floated his plan …

Kelly's profile rises as he heads toward another likely victory over Hegseth … And he's leveraged the media attention into a megaphone while growing his online following.  Regardless of how the appeals court rules, the case is likely to end up before the Supreme Court either …

New York Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in Broad Immigration Deal  —  State and local officials will also be prohibited from formally cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement under the agreement.  —  Four months after masked federal agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti …

ICE Keeps Detaining the Same US Citizen Again, and Again, and Again.  He's Fighting Back.  —  “I only wish to live my life in peace,” Leonardo Garcia Venegas said in a declaration.  —  On the morning of May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas was driving home from a convenience store run in Silverhill …

Tennessee enacts new US House map carving up majority-Black district in Memphis  —  Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP's advantage as part of President Donald Trump's strategy …

US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns  —  The U.S. State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.  The department told The Associated Press on Thursday …

The Roberts Court Takes a Page from Plessy v. Ferguson  —  In destroying the Voting Rights Act, the justices echo the court's darkest and most racist days.  —  Nothing is new and history repeats.  When the Supreme Court delivered a death blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act last month …

Bill eliminates requirement to notify voters with new polling places in new congressional districts  —  11:55 a.m. May 7 update: After this blogpost was made, Tennessee Elections Coordinator Mark Goins contacted me to say that it was not his intention of SB7001 /HB 7001, which he helped write …

Trump Is Getting Away With Murdering an American Industry  —  President Donald Trump is now effectively blocking any new wind projects in the United States, according to the main renewables trade group, using the federal government's power over all things air and sky to grind a routine approval process to a screeching halt.

Whose House?  Trump's House.  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was back in the hot seat yesterday, giving closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee over his contradictory statements about his past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Ahead of Lutnick's appearance …

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announces surprise resignation 6 months after reelection  —  Longtime Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles plans to step down less than halfway through her latest term leading the nation's 14th-largest city.  —  The five-term Democrat will resign June 30, spokesperson LaToya Evans said in a statement.

Campaign staffers tell NPR they make ‘thousands’ betting on their own candidates  —  It was a tight race, so a campaign staffer doubted the results of an unreleased poll showing their candidate up — by a lot.  —  The tip about the outside poll didn't match up with the campaign's internal numbers.

Porter: If Trump is going to attack California, ‘F him’  —  On Tuesday, Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who is among the handful of Democrats running to become California's next governor, said if President Trump attacks California in any way, “F him.”  —  CNN's Kaitlan Collins was co-moderating …