Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting.  How Much Is It Worth?  —  Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.  —  The redistricting wars heading into the November midterm elections had been in a stalemate, with each party's tit-for-tat gerrymanders roughly canceling each other out.

Disrupting Iran's Overseas Military Procurement Networks  —  Today, the Trump Administration is imposing sanctions on 11 entities and three individuals based in Iran, China, Belarus, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involved in Iran's efforts to acquire or use arms and related materiel.

Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship  —  No quick dispatching of disease investigators.  No televised news conference to inform the public.  No timely health alerts to doctors.  —  In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans …

DOJ sees fallout after push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey  —  Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department, others are considering doing so, and at least one major case has been disrupted.  —  Summary  —  More than a half-dozen prosecutors have been demoted or pushed …

Péter Magyar sworn in as Hungary's prime minister to end 16-year Orbán era  —  Jubilation in Budapest as Péter Magyar becomes leader and invites people to ‘step through gate of regime change’  —  The pro-European centre-right leader Péter Magyar has been sworn …

Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA  —  After a gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last month, Senator John Fetterman seized on the moment to accuse his fellow Democrats of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

US strikes Iranian oil tankers while awaiting Tehran response on peace plan  —  The attacks on the ships near the Strait of Hormuz cast more doubt on a tenuous ceasefire that the Trump administration insists is still holding.  —  The U.S. military on Friday said its forces struck and …

MAGA Religious Leaders Dedicate and Bless 22-Foot Golden Trump Statue at Doral  —  A 22-foot, gold-leafed Trump effigy at Doral, blessed by Pastor Mark Burns and a circle of evangelical and Jewish clergy.  The Catholic Church has a name for what just happened — and a duty to stop it.

Deadly Israeli Strikes Erode Cease-Fire in Lebanon  —  Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has shown little sign of abating, with Hezbollah also continuing to attack Israeli troops, and both sides accusing the other of violating a U.S.-brokered truce.  —  Israel carried out a deadly wave …

SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian.

Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds  —  The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.  —  About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in the war against Ukraine through the end of 2025 …

All Those A.I. Note Takers?  They're Making Lawyers Very Nervous.  —  A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings.  They could also potentially waive attorney-client privilege.  —  Jeffrey Gifford is a lawyer in San Antonio …

Russia and China Dominate African Airwaves Following the Shutdown of Voice of America  —  The abrupt closure of Voice of America by the Trump administration has allowed Russian and Chinese state media to dominate African news.  The stakes are immense.  —  Get Context

Trump throws his base a UFO bone, but critics say it's Iran ‘smoke and mirrors’  —  President Donald Trump's release of declassified UFO files on Friday drew excitement from longtime transparency advocates — and immediate skepticism from critics on both the Left and Right who argued the timing …

Trump's ruthless midterm power play  —  President Trump is flexing his dominance over the Republican Party to stamp out primaries that would bleed party coffers and fracture the GOP ahead of a treacherous midterm election. … - He endorsed 95 percent of the 217-member House GOP Conference …

This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World's Poorest Children  —  A year after some of the world's richest men cut aid for the world's poorest children, they're trying to roll out a new public relations narrative: … As Jeremy Lewin, the acting under secretary of state for foreign assistance …