‘Scared s-tless’: Republicans brace for Trump's primetime speech  —  President Donald Trump is promising to reveal “really big news” on election security.  Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.  —  The president's speech, expected to be delivered in prime time Thursday from the White House …

Vance's security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests  —  On Thursday last week, Secret Service agents groused among themselves as they prepared to deliver another perk to Vice President JD Vance's family: join a military helicopter crew to fly his young son to his golf lesson.

Controlling Hormuz Would Take More U.S. Troops—and Even More Risk  —  The recent escalation of fire has crimped traffic further.  Military experts say opening the strait would require more troops and months of effort.  —  At the start of this week, President Trump asserted that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under U.S. control.

Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say  —  President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.  —  Just now  —  The lining of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting …

Johnson rushes to launch Recon 3.0  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Dems keep pressure on Blanche  — Congress braces for Trump's speech  — First in IC: Bipartisan duo's paid leave bill  —  With help from Meredith Lee Hill, Katherine Tully-McManus and Jennifer Scholtes

Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel  —  The measure failed, but the level of support among Democrats exposed a stark shift in the party away from backing the Jewish state.  —  The House on Wednesday rejected a measure to eliminate U.S. aid to Israel …

Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle  —  President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between …

How a fuming Trump reversed ICE's pause on vehicle stops  —  Late Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security's decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks.

Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone  —  Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday a new mandatory screening program to test …

Maine Mourns After ICE Killing: ‘A Man Was Lynched Here’  —  The state's residents are taking to the streets after federal agents killed a 25-year-old father on Monday … It is not roped off by crime scene tape.  It has a red tint, but it could be mistaken for some kind of spill.

Cornyn challenges Blanche on fate of ‘anti-weaponization fund’  —  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Sen. John Cornyn of Texas that while the anti-weaponization fund is “dead,” the underlying settlement agreement remains an “enforceable document.”  A critical Republican vote needed …

Trump approval stuck in the 30s amid pessimism on Iran and economy, poll finds  —  Americans give President Trump broadly negative assessments, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.  —  Summary  —  Americans give President Donald Trump broadly negative reviews for his handling of key issues …

ICE Is Out of Control.  Here's What to Do About It.  —  In the span of a week, federal immigration enforcement agents took the lives of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian man shot in Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man gunned down in Houston.

New $1 coin featuring Trump in production at US Mint, treasury says  —  Coin commemorating 250th anniversary will be released this fall and marks first time a living president appears on currency  —  The treasury department announced on Wednesday that the US Mint has started producing …

How Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century  —  A big problem for trust in government is that high-quality governance is usually invisible.  When the various agencies designed to protect the American people from all manner of threats are working perfectly …

‘Utterly baffling’: Ukrainians outraged, call for protest after Zelensky ousts Fedorov  —  This is a developing story and is being updated  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky's dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister has drawn a wave of criticism from soldiers, veterans …

Scoop: DNC officers asked to sign NDAs amid financial woes  —  The Democratic National Committee asked its leadership team to sign non-disclosure agreements before a recent meeting about the party's finances, two people familiar with the conversations told Axios.

China surpasses U.S. in global favorability, poll finds  —  China is now viewed more favorably than the U.S. in most of the 36 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center, according to a new report spanning six continents. … - It's the first time in some 20 years of Pew global opinion polls …

Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon's Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion  —  The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.  —  President Donald Trump restarted the Iran conflict with days of missile strikes, and US intelligence officials …

Trump Administration Argues for Fencing Off Park Next to White House  —  The Commission of Fine Arts is set to consider the administration's proposal regarding Lafayette Square Park, which has been the site of numerous protests.  —  A federal design panel on Thursday will consider …