South Korea must brace for ‘worst-case scenario,’ President Lee says, as Trump cuts military drills … South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that maintaining peace was “most important” for the country, but it needs to prepare for the “worst case scenario.”

Ossoff just went viral again.  That was probably the point.  —  Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip.  Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script. … It was part of a larger prepared speech that hammered Trump over the war in Iran …

Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran as Hormuz Standoff Drags On  —  Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran With Control of Hormuz in Limbo  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:01 Loaded: 15.67% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.

Rep. Cory Mills's GOP primary offers the latest test of running under an ethical cloud  —  The Florida Republican faces allegations of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse, on top of campaign finance violations.  —  Summary  —  Embattled GOP Rep. Cory Mills is running for reelection Tuesday …

Kindergarten vaccine exemptions jump to another record high  —  Coverage among kindergartners for major vaccines fell in more than half the states, continuing a years-long trend, as measles cases climb.  —  Summary  —  The share of U.S. kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements …

Hegseth travels to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity’ amid 2028 speculation  —  Officials familiar with the defense secretary's thinking believe he is considering a run for president or some other office after his time in the Trump administration ends.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday …

Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war with Iran will last a long time, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.

It Is Past Time for You to Quit Elon Musk's X … If you are still posting on X, you should stop today.  Quitting the site yesterday would have been better, but doing it today is better than doing it tomorrow.  —  The moral and political case for quitting X is so obvious that it scarcely bears repeating …

SCOOP: Trump's Iran War Has Burned Through Well Over 90% of Key Long-Range Missiles  —  Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in ‘at least the high nineties.’  —  However terribly you think the Iran war …

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit  —  ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.  —  An expert witness testifying …

Jeanine Pirro pushes hard to keep alleged memorial vandal in jail  —  Weeks after being rebuked by President Donald Trump for dropping cases related to alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is going to unusual lengths to try …

James Talarico Poaches Cornyn Staffer  —  Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's campaign hired a staffer from Republican Sen. John Cornyn, NOTUS has learned.  —  Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser …

ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC  —  Disney's ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, raising the pitch of the company's efforts to countermand unusual pressure from the federal government to force the company's stations to submit licenses for early renewal proceedings.

Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools  —  Civil rights advocates on Monday said they asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, teeing up a case that could set a new national standard …

Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says  — 3 min Click here to listen to this article … - The phony poll by a company called Median Strategies showed Bass leading Raman by a wide margin, but the company acknowledged Monday that it was fake.

Political dirty tricks upend midterm races across the country  —  The 2026 midterms are becoming a watershed election for primary meddling, mysterious super PACs, alleged straw candidates and all other manner of political shenanigans. … - The Pennsylvania Green Party and a group …

Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida  —  The president also voted by mail in 2020 and in a Florida special election in March, even as he has railed against the practice and equated it to cheating.  —  President Trump voted by mail ahead of Florida's Republican primary on Tuesday …

More than Trump's ‘human binkie’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.

Judge Rules Trump Administration Can't Scrap F.B.I. Move to Maryland  —  The ruling is almost certainly not the end of the lengthy fight over the F.B.I.'s future headquarters, which has lasted for years.  —  A federal judge in Maryland blocked the Trump administration from abandoning …

Lawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical Care  —  MeidasTouch has obtained a detailed narrative from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, describing a violent apprehension by immigration authorities …

Mary Peltola Shakes Up Senate Campaign Staff Days Before Alaska Primary  —  Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, fired a longtime senior aide and named a new campaign manager.  —  Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Alaska, has shaken up her campaign in the final days …

Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level On Record As Water Crisis Continues  —  Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River.  —  Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation's largest reservoirs …

ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.

No, Senator Murphy, I don't want to join your cult.  —  Politics isn't where you should find meaning. … - Jerusalem Demsas  —  U.S. Senator Chris Murphy's new book Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America subverts the norms of its genre.