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Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran
Karim Sadjadpour: “Like many of his predecessors over the past five decades, Donald Trump risks having his presidency hijacked by Iran. The 1979 revolution and subsequent hostage crisis ended Jimmy…
Justice Department Torches Its Credibility
Harry Litman: “It’s far easier to lose institutional trust than to rebuild it. Once courts and the public begin to suspect selective enforcement or strategic defiance, credibility does not snap…
Trump’s Unauthorized War
Quinta Jurecic: “A president does not have the constitutional authority to send the country to war on his own. Trump is, as he writes in his letter, the commander in…
Trump Says He Will Pick Iran’s Next Leader
President Trump said that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader — just as he was in Venezuela, Axios reports. He acknowledged that Mojtaba Khamenei, son…
Trump Puts Ken Paxton on Notice
“President Donald Trump appears to be leaning toward endorsing Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP Senate primary, issuing a stark warning to state Attorney General Ken Paxton,” Politico reports….
Texas Democrats Are Fired Up
Axios: “In counties across Texas, Democratic voters made up a dramatically larger percentage of the electorate than in 2024 — with big increases in hot battlegrounds such as mostly Hispanic…
A War Begun on Instinct
Hanna Rosin: “The advantage of a gut-driven war decision is that it can yield sudden dramatic results. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been a brutal Iranian dictator for nearly four decades….
Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’
New York Times: “When President Trump gave reporters a brief update this week on the accelerating bombing campaign against Iran, he said: ‘We’re doing very well on the war front.’”…
Arab States Running Dangerously Low on Interceptors
“Arab states in the Persian Gulf are running dangerously low on interceptors to take down Iranian-fired missiles,” CBS News reports. “Governments in the region have asked the U.S. to expedite…
An Aerial Success and a Political Mess
The Economist: “The lopsided encounter embodies the American and Israeli campaign as a whole. At the political level, American officials have offered dubious and sometimes contradictory rationales for war, as…
The Humiliation of JD Vance
Idrees Kahloon: “Vance entered the White House as a man full of ideas—about a more modest place for the United States in world affairs; a new, worker-friendly version of Republican…
Democrats Look Strong in Pennsylvania
A new Franklin & Marshall College poll finds Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) with a considerable lead over Stacy Garrity (R) in the gubernatorial race, 48% to 28%. Perhaps more important:…
Trump Is Furious with Kristi Noem
“President Donald Trump is privately furious with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for suggesting in her Senate Judiciary Committee testimony on Tuesday that he gave advance approval of…
Trump’s Ballroom Project Poised for Approval
“President Donald Trump’s massive East Wing ballroom project is poised to get its final approval from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings and land in the nation’s…
House Kills Effort to Shed Light on Sexual Misconduct
The House voted to scuttle an effort by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to shed more light on sexual misconduct allegations against members of Congress, NBC News reports. “Mace, a conservative…
Montana’s Senate Seat Is Suddenly in Play
Montana politics took a sudden turn just minutes before the candidate filing deadline. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) abruptly withdrew his name from the ballot despite having already filed to seek…
Jon Ossoff Starts Re-Election Bid Near 50%
A new Emerson College poll of the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Georgia finds Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) with an edge over potential Republican opponents. Ossoff leads Rep. Buddy Carter…
Government Still Leads as Nation’s Top Problem
Gallup: “Government and political leadership remained Americans’ top concern in February, when asked to identify the ‘most important problem facing this country today.’ Immigration emerged as the clear second choice,…
Feud Led Billionaire to Oust Dan Crenshaw
“Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) owes his defeat in this week’s Republican primary to a billionaire megadonor who was hellbent on ending Crenshaw’s career,” Axios reports. “Texas banker Robert Marling’s role…
U.S. Brokers Gold Deal with Venezuela
“Venezuela’s state-owned mining company on Monday inked a multimillion-dollar deal to sell as many as 1,000 kilograms of gold destined for U.S. markets,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
