246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling  —  The Supreme Court's grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it's also not the main event over whether Trump's patently unlawful executive order can take effect.  —  I apologize in advance for writing a stream …

2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania  —  The individuals were not vaccinated, health officials said.  —  Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.  Both were unvaccinated.  —  These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years …

Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front  —  So here, according to Trump and his officials, is the state of the war with Iran: Iran has been totally defeated and is desperate for a deal — indeed, Trump has announced that a deal is imminent on at least six distinct occasions.

Trump denies US pushed Canada on French language  —  A Canada-U.S. deal to stave off American tariffs fell apart last week  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning denied that the White House had sought to interfere with the French language spoken in Quebec, as the two countries trade jabs over who is at fault for the trade war.

Trump says U.S. could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war  —  The president cited his tariff fight in a social media post, saying the United States doesn't expect to be “doing much business with Ontario any longer.”  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump …

Kennedy Center finances deteriorated sharply after Trump name change  —  Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.  —  Summary  —  Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed …

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on secret trip in Russia  —  CIA Director John Ratcliffe is in Moscow, Russia, for meetings, sources familiar with the situation told CBS News on Tuesday.  —  News of his trip comes after a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport plane was spotted …

Xi Signals Defiance as US Threatens Sanctions for Iran Support  —  Xi Jinping's government is sending a message of defiance to Donald Trump over China's economic ties with Iran.  —  Hours after the US sanctioned dozens of Chinese entities and threatened to target an unspecified …

US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say  —  The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States.

Key Voter Group Rages at Trump for Sparking Historic Crisis  —  FIELDS OF ANGER  —  Farmers who overwhelmingly backed Trump are now warning they are in the worst financial crisis since the 1980s.  —  Donald Trump's farm-country stronghold is struggling due to an economic crisis that farmers say he is making worse.

A MAGA Propaganda Circular Firing Squad  —  How leaking to a prominent pro-Trump influencer prompted accusations of entrapment and deep-state conspiracy.  —  PRO-TRUMP INTERNET SLEUTH Jennica Pounds—better known as “Data Republican” to her nearly one million followers on X—made a grim announcement on Friday.

J.D. Vance Is Rattling the GOP's Old Guard  —  Vice President JD Vance has attacked several conservative icons in recent weeks, unnerving many in the Republican Party's old guard ahead of the 2028 presidential primary.  —  Last month, Vance criticized British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher …

States can build America's affordable energy future  —  Americans are facing rising energy bills while witnessing a presidential administration with a vendetta against the cheapest, fastest-to-install form of energy.  It's a bizarre mix: President Trump tried to shut down an 80 percent …

Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley  —  The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama's presidential portrait.  —  The State Department wants to sell a painting …

Secret Service says it is aware of Iranian state media video threatening Barron Trump  —  The footage, reportedly released by media linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, claimed a $10 million bounty had been placed on the president's youngest son.  —  Summary

Mystery as U.S. military transport plane lands in Moscow  —  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not have information about the aircraft.

Do I really buy that Texas could turn blue?  —  Some of the skepticism about James Talarico's chances amounts to superstition.  But I have one lingering concern about our forecast in Texas.  —  ∙ Paid … I don't donate to political campaigns.1 But the algorithms correctly determine …

‘They Want Us All To Leave’: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff  —  The Interior Department has reassigned around 30 of its most senior staffers to teams largely outside their areas of expertise, alarming lawmakers and federal government workers already worried about the Trump administration's erosion …