POLITICS * Live Updates: Trump threatens to "massively blow up" Iranian gas field if Iran attacks Qatar - (CBS News) * Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi meets with Trump as he seeks help securing the Strait of Hormuz - (Associated Press) * Gabbard tells senators Iranian regime is degraded but still intact
POLITICS * The Senate’s marathon elections debate is dividing Republicans, not Democrats - (Politico) * Live updates: Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib killed, Israel defense minister says - (Associated Press) * The top Iranian officials killed since Iran war's start - (Axios) * Top US intelligence officials set to testify about Iran war, threats
POLITICS * Israel says Ali Larijani, top Iranian security official, killed by Israel in strike - (Associated Press) * Trump says he’ll have the ‘honor’ of ‘taking’ Cuba: ‘I can do anything’ - (The Washington Post) * Hundreds feared dead in strike on Kabul hospital - (Financial Times) * Supreme Court to consider whether Trump can
POLITICS * Drone hits Dubai airport as Iran targets commerce; Israel says war will go on - (The Washington Post) * Trump suggests he may delay China trip, but Bessent says it's not to pressure on Strait of Hormuz - (Associated Press) * Iran war: Trump dials up the pressure to secure Hormuz
POLITICS * Trump claims international coalition will send war ships to reopen the strait of Hormuz - (Axios) * Covington Air Force Captain among six identified in Iraq refueling plane crash - (KOMO News) * China Resumes Military Flights Around Taiwan After Sudden 10-Day Hiatus - (The Wall Street Journal) * Trump says Iran is ready
POLITICS * IDF Issues Evacuation Notice to Iran's Tabriz Industrial Area - (Haaretz) * Iran War News Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Bombs ‘Obliterated’ Military Targets on Kharg Island - (The Wall Street Journal) * 8 accused of antifa ties convicted on terrorism charges over shooting at Texas immigration facility - (Associated Press)
POLITICS * The Senate passed its first major housing bill since the subprime mortgage crisis. Can it actually become law? - (Yahoo Entertainment) * Scoop: Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is "about to surrender" - (Google News) * Vance was ‘skeptical’ voice in White House on Iran strikes - (Politico) * Live Updates:
POLITICS * Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site - (The Washington Post) * White House takes first step toward permanent fix for illegal tariffs - (The Washington Post) * Trump’s energy ‘tiger team’ struggles to find its roar with Iran - (Politico) * Trump administration releasing 172
POLITICS * Trump and GOP plot strategy - (Axios) * Trump’s pick advances in race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene - (The Washington Post) * Israel launches new strikes at Iran and Lebanon, as US says it has hit 16 Iranian mine-laying ships - (BBC News) * I Was a US Intelligence Analyst. Here'
POLITICS * Trump and Putin discuss end to Iran and Ukraine wars on call - (Axios) * Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in Manhattan federal court - (NPR) * 2 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, men charged in "ISIS-inspired" attack outside NYC Mayor Mamdani's residence - (CBS News) * Senate Republicans splinter over
POLITICS * Energy supply fears rock markets as Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran's new supreme leader - (BBC News) * Nepal election 2026 results - (BBC News) * US begins large military drill with South Korea while waging war in the Middle East - (Associated Press) * Jesse Jackson Jr. rebukes Obama, Clinton, and Biden for
POLITICS * Trump: "Knocked out" 42 Iranian ships, will "take care" of Cuba - (Axios) * US embassy in Oslo hit by explosion, Norway police say - (BBC News) * Iran president apologizes for attacks on neighbors, mocks Trump’s call for ‘unconditional surrender' - (Fox News) * U.S. weighs sending
