Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won't Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats  —  Top Virginia Democrats have decided against exercising a controversial procedural end run around last week's state Supreme Court ruling that struck down their redistricting, which wiped away a gain of four House seats …

Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million.  Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million.  —  The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.  —  President Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million …

Supreme Court greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election  —  The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year's congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun.

Trump says he aims to suspend gas tax “for a period of time”  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — President Trump said in a phone interview with CBS News Monday morning that he aims to suspend the federal gas tax “for a period of time.”  —  “I think it's a great idea,” the president said.

Iran Defends Its Demands After Trump's Rejection  —  Iran defended its demands for a peace deal after President Trump called them “unacceptable.”  Oil prices rose and stocks were flat amid no signs of an end to the war.  —  Here's the latest.  —  With President Trump and Iran's leadership at a deadlock …

Trump picks Cameron Hamilton to run FEMA  —  The president nominated the man he fired as leader of the nation's disaster agency a year ago.  —  Cameron Hamilton testifies on Capitol Hill last year before he was fired as acting administrator of FEMA.  President Donald Trump nominated him Monday to lead the agency again.

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds  —  About 1 in 4 say the correspondents' dinner shooting was staged, the poll found, including roughly a third of Democrats, as conspiracy theories spread widely online.  —  Summary  —  About 1 in 4 Americans …

Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate  —  NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:  —  Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.  —  Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His New Silence on the Issue … Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said little publicly about vaccines in recent months, at the behest of a White House worried that his unpopular stance will hurt Republicans in November's midterm elections.

Traffic to Truth Social Soars 45% in April While Other News Websites Decline  —  Trump-Controlled Platform Vaults to #2 in Traffic for First Time Ever  —  Year-over-year (YOY) visits in April to the Trump-controlled Truth Social rose 45%, while almost every news website monitored by TheRighting experienced declines.

Trump Gets 3 ‘Fully Functional’ Arcade Games Erected At D.C. War Memorial  —  See scenes from Secret Handshake's games depicting FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the pope and others.  —  Secret Handshake, the group responsible for erecting statues around Washington …

'Bill Cassidy Sold His Soul to the Devil, and He Didn't Get Anything for It'  —  On Saturday, we'll get some data on how yet another Trump Tragedy will end.  Recent polls put Bill Cassidy, the senator from Louisiana, in third place heading into the first round of the Republican primary here.

Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang admits acting as Chinese spy, running fake news website with ex-lover in shocking plea deal  —  The former mayor of Arcadia resigned after admitting to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China in a federal plea deal unsealed on Monday.

The problem(s) with the transportation secretary's tone-deaf reality series  —  Sean Duffy's return to reality programming isn't just a political mess, it also raises unavoidable ethical questions.  —  Just two weeks into Donald Trump's second term, Axios published a report noting …

The families going hungry because of Trump's food stamp cuts  —  Under President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle.  A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.

Trump official rages at legendary basketball star: ‘What a selfish move’  —  A Donald Trump admin official took the time Sunday night to chastise one of the greatest basketball legends in history.  —  It all started with a video posted by LA Mayor Karen Bass, who is currently in a fight …

Inside the wild fight to oust a top GOP Trump critic  —  The fight between Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and President Trump-backed rival Ed Gallrein is now the most expensive U.S. House primary in history — and it's one of the nastiest, too. … - One pro-Gallrein super PAC ad features …

Trump Clears Way for More Beef Imports, Aiming to Bring Down Record-High Prices  —  The administration is suspending tariff-rate quotas on all beef-exporting nations; beef prices have climbed steadily since Trump took office  —  The Trump administration is opening the way to import more steaks …

The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians … It's a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.  —  Supporters of Israel made that point after the brutal sexual assaults against Israeli women during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Stephen Miller in Retreat  —  Just hours before Stephen Miller arrived at the Mar-a-Lago ballroom on New Year's Eve—where he would welcome 2026 by dancing next to the soon-to-be-defenestrated homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, as the 1990s cultural relic Vanilla Ice performed—he won a great, though ultimately fleeting, victory.

Navy Plans to Buy 15 Costly Trump-Class Battleships by 2055  —  The US Navy said it plans to buy at least 15 new battleships endorsed by President Donald Trump over the next 30 years, according to its new shipbuilding plan, marking a deeper commitment than previously revealed to what could be the costliest warship ever produced.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice leaves Democratic Party over antisemitism concerns … In his statement, Wecht said he's long felt antisemitism was most potent on the fringes of the right — especially after the 2018 shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, where Wecht was married and is a former board member.