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 …

Netanyahu will visit a White House increasingly at odds with him  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected at the White House this week at a moment of significant tension between the longtime allies — after months of waiting for an invitation to come.

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.

Jeffries Kicks Off Midterm Sprint With Economic Pitch  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, focused relentlessly on affordability in a swing district.  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries stood inside a union hall in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley on Sunday …

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. …

Want a Better Food System?  Use the Anti-Tobacco Playbook.  —  When Bryce Martinez started feeling an aching around his heart, he thought it might be an asthma attack.  But at the school nurse's office, his blood pressure was found to be so high that he was rushed to the emergency room.

67 boat strikes.  221 dead.  The cocaine hasn't slowed, officials report.  —  The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea.  Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration's deadly military strikes …

Potential Presidential 2028 Democrats Split Over Russia Sanctions  —  A bipartisan bill aiming to penalize Moscow's war in Ukraine has exposed a fissure among potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders, some of whom worry the measure would turbocharge President Donald Trump's power to impose tariffs and harm the economy.

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 …

Newcomer Darline Graham Gets Crash Course in Politics  —  Appointed to finish late brother Lindsey Graham's term, South Carolina senator now faces a competitive primary to keep the seat  —  WASHINGTON—In the span of a week, Sen. Darline Graham was sworn into office, co-sponsored her first piece …

After Trump's order, West Point curbed faculty speech.  One professor said no. … NYACK, N.Y. — The longest-serving law professor at West Point rose to declare the school's new rules unconstitutional.  Within moments, a uniformed colonel stood to challenge him.

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 even some Trump supporters are souring on his handling of the economy  —  Americans voted President Donald Trump into office last year in part because he promised to fix an inflation-battered U.S. economy.  But higher gas and energy prices caused by Trump's war in Iran appear to be eroding their optimism.

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.

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 …