POLITICS * Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and Border Patrol, in bid to end 40-day shutdown - (NBC News) * Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's ban on Anthropic - (Axios) * Trump’s signature to appear on US currency in first for sitting president - (Al Jazeera English) * Trump orders TSA officers
POLITICS * Pentagon prepares for massive "final blow" of Iran war - (Axios) * ‘You lose your credibility’: Democrats warn against turning a blind eye to a colleague’s misconduct - (Politico) * Senate locked in staring contest on DHS as insults fly - (Axios) * White House holds off on CDC pick as search
POLITICS * Live updates: Iran receives 15-point US ceasefire proposal from Trump administration, Pakistan officials say - (Associated Press) * Deal to fund DHS falters amid bipartisan pushback - (Axios) * Iran War Live Updates: Mediators Aim for U.S.-Iran Meeting by Thursday - (The Wall Street Journal) * Iran says ‘non-hostile’ ships can
POLITICS * Iran pours missiles into Israel and mocks Trump's talk of joint control of strait - (Yahoo Entertainment) * Iran targets Israel and Gulf Arab states even as Trump says US is in talks to end the war - (Associated Press) * ICE agents deployed to US airports: Which airports are affected?
POLITICS * Trump postpones military strikes on Iranian power plants for five days - (Al Jazeera English) * Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire in London in apparent antisemitic attack - (NBC News) * The Top Iranian Diplomat Who Says He’s in No Mood to Talk - (The Wall Street Journal) * Pressure builds on Congress
POLITICS * Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags - (Associated Press) * After 25 years of socialist rule, where does Paris go now? - (CNN) * Senate rejects Trump-backed measure to ban trans athletes in female sports - (The Washington Post) * Robert Mueller, who probed Trump as special counsel,
POLITICS * Iran war latest: Trump says US considering 'winding down' war but other nations must guard Hormuz - (BBC News) * Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil - (The Washington Post) * DEA names Colombian president 'priority target' as US prosecutors probe ties to drug
POLITICS * Iran hits Gulf energy sites, escalating war, as U.S. mulls sanctions rollback - (The Washington Post) * RFK Jr. went too far with comments about gender care for minors, judge rules - (Politico) * Trump invokes Pearl Harbor in front of Japanese prime minister to defend Iran attack secrecy - (CNBC) * US arts
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
