The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in a confrontation with police  —  The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said.

Trump Seems Trapped by Iran War, Even as He Wields the World's Biggest Hammer  —  A president who thought there were no limits to his power has discovered several, leaving him more frustrated and erratic.  —  President Trump often celebrates his unpredictability, declaring that it keeps allies and adversaries alike off balance.

Exclusive: In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains shift on Russia's war  —  Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online.  Now, as she travels across Ukraine to see the damage inflicted by Russia in its yearslong war, she wants to admit that she fell for some falsehoods of her own.

Unreleased Documentary Footage Captures Graham's Obsessive Push for Iran War  —  A filmmaker followed the senator over the past three years, chronicling his relationship with Trump and Netanyahu  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham planned to travel to Florida in early March to persuade President Trump …

Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midterms  —  Pollsters and GOP groups are raising the alarm about an unmotivated base in an election year that would be tough no matter what, given the president's low approval.  —  Republican pollsters and political groups …

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party  —  The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year's midterms.  But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

Democrats Reset the Maine Senate Race.  Now Comes the Tricky Part.  —  Troy Jackson is replacing Graham Platner, but Republicans are seeking to tie them together as a remade race kicks off with high stakes.  —  Democrats in Maine have reset a Senate race seen as critical to their party's chances …

Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting  —  Federal agencies US military The Middle East Congressional news  —  The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due …

UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’  —  Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’  —  Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump's administration …

An Admiral's Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth's Pentagon … Admiral Daryl Caudle during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last year.Eric Lee for The New York Times  —  Adm. Daryl Caudle saw an opening to land the Navy's top job last year, and he seized it.

100 days out from Election Day, our insider shares his intel … The terrain favors Republicans.  — The same is broadly true on the Senate side — except the structural advantages are even greater for Republicans. … - The polls. … - The cost of living. … - Redistricting.

How House Democrats Turned Against Israel Aid  —  How different groups of Democrats—leadership, progressives, millennials—shifted on Israel, and who led the way  —  What a difference two years makes.  —  More than 100 House Democrats voted for an amendment this month that sought to cut off military financing for Israel.

Trump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of ‘communist menace’  —  President harks back to red scare of his childhood to attack US left - but will such language resonate beyond Maga base?  —  Prefer the Guardian on Google  —  Perhaps above all else, Donald Trump is a child of the cold war.

I've visited the Smithsonian hundreds of times.  Warnings aren't needed.  —  An executive order from President Donald Trump may be laughable, but it shouldn't be laughed off.  —  Summary  —  The warning signs the Trump administration has ordered placed along walkways outside …

Trump's foreign policy enters its decadent, desperate end stage  —  He restarted a war no one wanted and signed a nuclear deal no one read.  What's next?  —  It's tough to find any semblance of a silver lining in the humiliating implosion of Donald Trump's foreign policy over the last year …