House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump  —  House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation designed to force President Trump to end the Iran War, marking a victory for Democrats and the constitutional purists who say the conflict is illegal without explicit congressional approval.

Senate Republicans drop Trump ballroom funding from immigration bill  —  Congressional news Donald Trump Immigration  —  Senate Republicans have formally removed funding for President Donald Trump's ballroom security as part of their sprawling immigration funding package, according to revised legislative text released Wednesday.

Trump Has Given Up  —  Another day of many errands and meetings, so another short, informal post.  —  Donald Trump will never admit that his gratuitous Iran war has been a total disaster.  But the debacle has clearly broken him.  So we are now saddled with a president who has given up governing …

Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F  —  President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order formally converting nearly 10,000 career federal workers into Schedule Policy/Career, making them effectively at-will employees.

Primaries leave muddled picture of Dems' way ahead … - Iowa's Senate primary: Moderate state lawmaker Josh Turek easily topped Zach Wahls, a progressive endorsed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), with a $10 million assist from an organization often aligned with the Democratic establishment.

Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race  —  President Donald Trump carried Ohio by more than 11 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News survey finds his standing in the Buckeye State has deteriorated — a development that is benefitting Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Senate race.

America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance  —  The Heritage Foundation's “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” — popularly known as Project 2025 — was much more than a wish list of conservative policy preferences.  It was much more, even, than a blueprint for a second Trump administration.

Rubio grows exasperated with Democrats at heated House hearing  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly annoyed with the Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee during his Wednesday testimony, openly voicing his exasperation in several exchanges.

Judge: Paedo Sex Offenders May Use Girls' Locker Room  —  Because of their allegiance to alphabet ideology, liberal jurisdictions are about as sex offender-friendly as is possible in the First World.  —  Scott Wiener, the utterly degenerate California State Senator Scott Wiener …

xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity  —  Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm …

G. Elliott Morris  —  This chart from the latest YouGov/Economist poll result is really quite stunning.  Trump's net approval is not only deeply negative, but about 15(!!) points below what it was at this point in 2018.  With this data you'd expect this year's midterms to be even worse …

Trump says Iran has agreed to not have a nuclear weapon  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would probably meet with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point if things “work out”.  —  “They've already agreed they're …

Trump attacks CNN's Collins: ‘Hatred in her eyes’  —  President Trump on Wednesday attacked CNN's Kaitlan Collins, accusing her of having “hatred in her eyes,” while he took questions from reporters in the Oval Office.  —  The president was answering a question about the recently defunct …

Senate Confirms Trump Court Pick Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Be A Federal Judge  —  Katie Lane, the first of Trump's judicial nominees to earn the abysmal ABA rating in his second term, now has a lifetime seat on a Montana district court.  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans voted Tuesday …

Rules of Engagement When the Troops Appear at Polling Sites  —  State election officials can mitigate the perils of federal “armed men” at the polls.  —  Meet The Authors  —  Open, noncoercive, and safe elections are a hallmark of a healthy democracy.  Today, those characteristics are in jeopardy.

Feds raid $35M SoCal mansion of tech boss charged with sending secret shipments to Iranian military, nuclear programs  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The California Post on Google  —  Federal agents, in a daring predawn raid Wednesday, pounced on the opulent …

Trump says 'maybe we'll never' take down the UFC structure outside the White House  —  Trump said in a video posted to his TikTok account that “maybe we'll never ever” dismantle the structure being assembled outside the White House for an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight this month.

Americans' national parks passes will pay for Trump's July 4 plans, documents show  —  Entry fees are going toward a $1.6 million fireworks display and D.C. beautification, while donations will fund a $5 million helipad at the White House.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration is diverting …

Aftermath: Something Is Going to Snap  —  This story was first featured in the Aftermath newsletter, a series from David Dayen exploring the economic consequences of the war in Iran.  To have these stories delivered to your in-box as soon as they are published, sign up for the newsletter here.

Centrist Democrats launch new pledge: ‘We are capitalist, not socialist’  —  A pair of Democratic House members who won Republican-held seats want others to sign a vow for moderate policies.  —  Summary  —  Two Democrats in Congress who flipped Republican-held seats in 2024 plan to debut …

The Supreme Court Just Transformed Its Horrible Voting Rights Ruling Into Something More Calamitous  —  This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court.  The best way to support our work—and unlock exclusive legal analysis—is by joining Slate Plus.

New Mexico truth commission approves subpoenas, isn't letting Epstein fade  —  Donald Trump has told Americans to “get on to something else” other than the Jeffrey Epstein files, in which the president, a former friend of the deceased sex offender, is named thousands of times.

Thune calls out ‘bizarre’ copycat candidate in Dan Sullivan Senate race: ‘Designed to confuse’  —  A closely watched U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska is stoking controversy after a candidate bearing the same name as one of the major candidates entered the race.