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.

House again passes resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as some Republicans defect  —  The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.

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 …

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 …

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.

'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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Cassidy will support Trump's CDC nominee  —  President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz, secured a key vote from the health committee's chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who had for days refused to say if he would support her.

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 …

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 …

Dow tumbles 500 points as Brent crude tops $100, Alphabet and Tesla drop: Live updates  —  U.S. equities fell on Thursday, as oil prices surged amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, while investors weighed quarterly results from two of the largest companies in the world.

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 …

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 Can't Stop Pretending the Iran War Is Over  —  DONALD TRUMP GETS AWAY WITH LYING most of the time.  But sometimes reality is so stark and serious that he can't escape it.  That's what happened in his first term, when he pretended that COVID would quickly disappear.  —  Now it's happening in the Persian Gulf.

‘New York Times’ alleges White House abuses legal system to intimidate reporters  —  The New York Times will argue in a federal court hearing Thursday that the White House is abusing the justice system to fish for its reporters' sources in a story that outraged President Trump.

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 …

A nuclear deal for the Saudis.  A media blackout for Kushner's corruption.  —  On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.  The Saudi government has been aggressively seeking such a deal for years …

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.

Iran, China, Canada?  A Defense of Trump's Grand Strategy  —  A Pentagon official argues that “people can no longer take the United States for granted.”  —  Is President Trump's grand strategy unraveling?  The United States is at war with Iran, China is ascendant, Russia and Ukraine …