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 …

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.

Top U.S. military commander in Middle East advised halting Hormuz bombing  —  The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, Adm. Brad Cooper, recommended stopping the bombing campaign around the Strait of Hormuz because it has reached the limit of its effectiveness, according to two sources with knowledge of his position.

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 …

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.

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 …

Nvidia in Talks With OpenAI to Guarantee $250 Billion Financing for Data Center  —  Project would be one of the largest AI computing hubs and involve power controlled by the U.S. government  —  Nvidia is in talks to provide a roughly $250 billion backstop for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project …

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.

Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status  —  A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S.  —  Around Washington …

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.

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman says Angie Craig sought his endorsement while he was in ICU  —  Hoffman and his wife were the victims of a politically motivated assassination attempt last year.  —  Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman said Friday that Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn. …

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 …

CBS News poll finds Iran conflict marked by feelings of uncertainty; most say it's more difficult than Trump had expected  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Across months of the Iran conflict, the public continues to express three main ideas:  — A perceived lack of clarity about what's happening day to day in the Strait of Hormuz.

Cyclospora outbreak not under control yet, says former FDA commissioner  —  Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Sunday the agency does not yet have the outbreak of cyclosporiasis under control.  —  “I don't think it's under control yet, per se.

Dems' 2028 primary schedule angers some progressives  —  Some progressive Democrats are fuming that the party's new schedule for 2028 presidential primaries could make it harder for one of their own to win the party's nomination.  — A powerful Democratic National Committee panel voted Friday …

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 …

Dr. Fauci's bizarre fame fixation as COVID deaths mounted revealed in newly released diaries  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci became increasingly fixated on his newfound fame as pandemic deaths soared, reveal the former White House COVID adviser's newly released diary entries.

Why Trump Has ‘No F*cking Way Out’ of His Failed Iran War  —  Trump's not ready to fully wave the white flag, but his team is also largely ‘too scared’ to tell the president a ‘massive’ escalation against Iran won't work, sources tell Zeteo.  —  ∙ Paid