Inflation Accelerates After Weeks of War in Iran  —  The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans.  —  Consumer prices in the United States rose at the fastest rate since May 2023 last month …

Trump's uphill climb on gas taxes  —  President Trump's endorsement of suspending federal gas taxes pushes the idea higher on the political radar, but it still faces long odds. … - The federal tax is 18.3 cents for gasoline and 24.3 cents for diesel (with another .1 cent fee for addressing leaking underground tanks).

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.

The Art of the Ceasefire  —  How President Trump's approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo.  —  The obstacles to a lasting political deal between the U.S. and Iran were apparent from the very start of the ceasefire that was announced in early April.

Arcadia mayor resigns, to plead guilty to working as an agent for China  —  The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, abruptly resigned Monday as federal prosecutors announced she had been charged with acting as a covert foreign agent for China.  —  Wang has agreed to plead guilty …

The VRA Ruling Might Have Handed Republicans a Weapon to Attempt a Jan. 6-style Midterm Coup  —  An outlandish scenario to refuse to seat newly elected blue state representatives just became more plausible  —  Republicans have been throwing everything they can at the 2026 midterms …

China Increasingly Views Trump's America as an Empire in Decline  —  For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment.  President Trump's volatile second term shattered that image.  —  When President Trump visited China in late 2017 …

Trump Says the White House ‘Was a Sh*t House’ With Columns ‘Falling Down’ When He Moved Back In  —  President Donald Trump complained that the White House was a “sh*t house” when he moved back in for his second term, claiming that the columns were “falling down” and plaster “falling off.”

One in Five HealthCare.gov Enrollees Dropped Insurance Coverage This Year  —  More Americans are dropping out of health care marketplaces than usual, after Congress let pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies lapse.  — Copy  —  The numbers are bearing out what many lawmakers feared …

The Major Trouble at ‘60’ … On Sunday evening, “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  During the wide-ranging sit-down, Netanyahu's first with a broadcast television outlet since the Iran War began, the prime minister discussed the prospects for peace …

Key Republican faces Democratic calls to resign over radio interview  —  Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) is facing calls to resign from Democratic colleagues who say she expressed agreement with a radio host's remark that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) should get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.”

Respecting Reform Voters Means Telling Them They're Wrong and Immoral  —  Understand politics with this one weird trick: just tell the truth about the far right.  —  We are living through a global reassurance of fascism.  This is shocking.  And, when shocked, there is a tendency for people to revert to their basest impulses.

This moderate Republican senator is already eyeing the exits 16 months into his term … Curtis, who replaced former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) last year, has a reputation as a pragmatic dealmaker and moderate voice from his three terms in the U.S. House.  But after seeing Washington grow …

Rod Stewart praises King Charles for putting ‘little ratbag in his place’ on US trip  —  Do Ya Think I'm Being Mean About Donald Trump?  Yes.  —  Legendary singer Rod Stewart appeared to diss Donald Trump during a meeting with King Charles.  —  During an event in London to mark …

ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir  —  The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates.  Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.

Abigail Spanberger's Faceplant  —  Has there ever been a more overhyped politician than Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger?  —  Flash back a few months, when the “moderate” pol, boosted by endless media profiles describing her competence and pragmatic leadership, swept into office vowing she would …

Behind the Curtain: Scaling sin  —  Las Vegas has long been known as Sin City for its 24/7 access to all kinds of indecencies.  — America is quickly becoming Sin Nation. … - Governments didn't turn a blind eye to most of this behavior. … This shift in American governance …

Exclusive: FBI questions CIA officers over Russia assessment in Brennan probe, sources say  —  The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the Department of Justice's investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in an intelligence finding …

US war in Iran has cost $29 billion, Pentagon says  —  The United States' war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday, an increase of $4 billion from an estimate provided late last month.  —  Jules Hurst, who is performing the duties of the comptroller …

Trump's Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations  —  President Trump privately complained to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about media leaks in the wake of the Iran war last month, according to administration officials familiar with the matter …

Steel Tariffs Are Harming Tin Can Makers and Lifting Food Prices … The simple tin can is proving to be one of the toughest tests for President Trump's tariffs.  —  Just over a year ago, Mr. Trump imposed high tariffs on steel to try to stifle imports of the metal and bolster domestic production.

Trump and Rubio's escalating rhetoric show a Cuba invasion could be imminent … - The U.S. imposed additional sanctions on Havana last Thursday, prompting the country's foreign minister to describe the measures as a “collective punishment of a genocidal nature.”

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington  —  Workers began preliminary surveys and testing Monday of the proposed site of a Triumphal Arch sought by President Donald Trump, the latest step in plans for the contentious project in the nation's capital.

This year's U.S. House elections will be least competitive on record  —  In 1976, 101 U.S. House seats were structurally competitive.  Under the new 2026 maps, that number could fall to 33 — and just 15 are true toss-ups.  —  ∙ Paid … In 1976, the U.S. House of Representatives had 101 …