Exclusive: Trump says he's “close” to decision on “massive attack” against Iran  —  President Trump told Axios on Thursday that he is seriously considering restarting major combat operations in Iran — including strikes that would be bigger than the ones carried out during “Operation Epic Fury.”

Trump's patience with Thune ‘is running out’  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing Thursday that President Donald Trump's patience with Senate Minority Leader John Thune is wearing thin, as Republicans struggle to advance his voting overhaul legislation …

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 …

July 2026 National Poll: Democrats with 11-Point Generic Ballot Advantage  —  Opposition to data centers growing; majority think US spending too much on Israel aid  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey of likely 2026 voters finds the Democrats with an 11-point advantage over the Republicans …

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 …

Man Who Killed Dem Lawmaker and Her Husband Sentenced to Two Life Terms Plus 40 Years  —  A federal judge said it was the longest sentence he's ever handed down, for a man who posed as a police officer to gun down elected officials in their own homes.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch  —  Add us on

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.

MAGA Rallies Around Andrew Tate  —  Can MAGA Fight the Charges Against Andrew Tate?  —  PROMINENT MANOSPHERE INFLUENCERS and accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by U.S. marshals in Miami last weekend, as they were set to host—what else?—a bare-knuckle boxing match.

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 …

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 …

Issue 107 - An unserious offer  —  Check back soon for the audio version, or subscribe to the audio feed in your podcast app.  —  The Clarity Act, a sweeping cryptocurrency market structure bill aimed at enshrining the crypto industry's deregulatory wins into law, may be dead.

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 …

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.

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 …

How Much Money Has Trump Made as President?  —  In his first term, President Trump presided over the largest business empire of any president in modern U.S. history.  —  Mr. Trump's financial disclosures do not pinpoint his net worth, but they paint a clear picture of how much money he takes in each year.

Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador  —  As a reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments, advertisers, and corporate backers.  This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most, beholden only to the truth.

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 got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump's orbit  —  Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI  —  Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance …

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.

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 …