‘Do the math’: GOP budget hits wary Senate  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Dems force Iran war powers votes  — AI cyberattack spurs bipartisan legislation  — CDC vote jams Cassidy into a quandary  —  With help from Jordain Carney  —  Speaker Mike Johnson successfully …

Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent  —  Latest survey shows Trump approval stuck near record low  —  Several findings in the latest Fox News Poll show voters are unhappy and want major change, which bodes well for Democrats in November …

U.S. deploys B-1 bomber as attacks on Iran intensify  —  The U.S. military used a B-1 long-range bomber on Tuesday to strike Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, U.S. officials said. … - Using B-1 bombers, which can carry two dozen 2,000-lb. bombs or dozens of cruise missiles …

Trump Says Saudi Nuclear Deal Subject to Forming Israel Ties  —  US President Donald Trump said a civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia would be contingent on the kingdom normalizing ties with Israel, throwing cold water on a landmark deal his administration finalized just a day earlier.

'We're getting into an ugly phase': Trump's new tariffs are angering voters and U.S. allies alike … Tariffs are back — and they couldn't come at a worse time for the GOP.  —  Some Republicans fear the eye-popping new levies President Donald Trump threatened to slap on Canada …

Jordan accuses Smith of lying to Congress in criminal referral to DOJ  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) late Wednesday recommended criminal charges against former special counsel Jack Smith, pushing to tee up a prosecution of the man that led the criminal cases against President Trump.

Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn  —  Not long after a federal agent killed a Colombian immigrant in Maine last week, Senator Susan Collins rushed to declare that she'd privately talked to Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin.

Vote on health emergency preparedness nominee delayed  —  The Senate Health Committee dropped plans to vote on Sean Kaufman's nomination to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response on Thursday after a tense confirmation hearing last week that focused on vaccines.

Secret Service agent on Vance's detail suspected of leaking information is put on leave amid internal review  —  JD Vance Federal agencies Media US elections  —  A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance's security detail is under internal review and has been put on administrative leave …

Will Democrats pick Harris or a socialist?  Primary calendar may give early clue  —  A bombshell poll out of New Hampshire showed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in a tight fight with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic presidential nomination contest …

Amish Shah Wins Democratic Primary in Swing Arizona House District  —  Dr. Amish Shah, who beat the choice of the party's House campaign arm, will face Jay Feely, a Republican, in a battleground district that covers parts of Phoenix.  —  Dr. Amish Shah, a moderate Democrat …

Judge says Trump's attack on mail voting is ‘unconstitutional,’ legal challenge can continue  —  A federal judge in Massachusetts has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) targeting mail voting, setting the stage for the challenge to proceed.

Noncitizens voting in New Jersey could face criminal prosecution, DOJ official says  —  It"s up to Gov. Mikie Sherrill's administration to decide if the state will hand that list over  —  President Donald Trump's Department of Justice wants to know the identities of the approximately 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls.

Stock Market Today: Oil Prices Jump After Houthis Claim Attacks on Red Sea Tankers  —  Brent crude tops $98 and bond yields hover near 2026 highs  —  Oil prices are racing back toward $100 this morning after Tehran-backed Houthi militants claimed attacks on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea …

U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War  —  The influx of troops, medics and weaponry follows the deaths of three American soldiers in Iranian attack at a base in Jordan  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. is surging forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East …

What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal  —  Associated Press reporter Kristen Gelineau, who has been covering the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts, reported and wrote the story of how the cuts have prompted scores of unemployed aid workers …

Trump Media fast feed for president's posts sparks Wall Street backlash  —  New venture has raised questions as financial firms decipher risk of paying for advanced access to market-moving feed  —  A Wall Street backlash is mounting over a proposal by Donald Trump's social media company …

Elon Musk, the New Hero of Populism  —  The useful narcissism of the new class of oligarchs  —  Republicans have settled on their midterm argument: Democrats are all Communists.  As an election strategy, this is as lame as it is ludicrous.  But there is a small kernel of political reality underlying …

I'm an Epstein survivor.  Todd Blanche isn't fit to be Trump's AG.  —  Acting AG Todd Blanche finally met with us after pressure by Sen. Thom Tillis, who will vote on his nomination.  In the meeting, there was no attempt to work with us.  It was another way to dismiss us.

Scoop: Democrat Senate Super PAC targets 4 Republican seats  —  The Democrats' main Senate super PAC is booking another $54 million in TV ads for the midterm campaign's final stretch, targeting four Republican-held seats. … - Republicans' last major advertising reservation was aimed largely …

The Smithsonian reeks of communist ideologies that our Founding Fathers would be ashamed of  —  If you wondered how communism has grabbed a foothold in the United States of America of all places, look no further than the Smithsonian Institution.  —  The world's largest and most influential museum …

Justice Department to Speed Up Merger Reviews by Asking Less of Companies  —  Antitrust enforcers will identify some deals for narrower investigations that could close sooner  —  WASHINGTON—Merging companies will get a shortcut to ending antitrust investigations under a Justice Department change meant …

Inside the Democratic Socialist uprising  —  Candidates affiliated with (or sympathetic to) the Democratic Socialists of America (the DSA) have recently won several Democratic primaries.  Although this rise of the left takes a different form, it draws from prior social movements and Bernie Sanders' presidential candidacies.

Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn  —  New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction  —  Space datacenters proposed by SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and others would release staggering levels …