Iran's firing of two missiles toward the joint U.S.-U.K. base in the Indian Ocean is putting Europe on notice that Tehran appears able to levy attacks previously considered beyond its reach.
In the March 20 incident, one intermediate-range ballistic missile fell into the water and the other was shot at.
Still, while unsuccessful, it attests to a long-held belief by national security officials that Iran's agreement to the self-imposed range ceiling of 1,240 miles on its missiles is a political, not a technical cap and that Tehran could pose a danger far beyond its borders. |
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The war on Iran is the first major conflict where the propaganda battle might be won or lost in memes.
Pro-Iran accounts have unleashed viral videos in recent days mocking President Trump, casting him as a dupe of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suggesting U.S. forces could suffer major losses if the conflict continues. |
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An unprecedented number of House Republicans are opting to retire or pursue other offices, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) bid to fend off a potential blue wave in the 2026 midterms and preserve his razor-thin majority.
So far, 36 House Republicans — including the most recent, Rep. Sam Graves (Mo.) — have announced they will leave their seat at the end of their term, pointing to legislative gridlock, family commitments or a wish to make room for the next generation of leaders. |
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Vice President JD Vance is the favorite to earn the Republican nomination for president in 2028, according to a new straw poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday.
Vance earned support from about 53 percent of attendees who participated in the presidential preference poll at the annual gathering in Grapevine, Texas, according to New York Times reporter Kellen Browning. |
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BY MIKE LILLIS AND SUDIKSHA KOCHI |
House lawmakers on Friday passed a Republican bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its entirety for eight weeks, after GOP leaders rejected a Senate-passed bill that would exclude money for immigration enforcement.
The partisan package was a nod to conservative immigration hawks, who hailed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for pushing it through. But it has no chance of passing the Senate and ensures that the weeks-long DHS shutdown will become the longest in history. |
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A discharge petition for a resolution that would require the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for migrants from Haiti earned enough signatures on Friday to force a vote on the House floor.
Rep. Marie Gleusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was the 218th signature on the petition, which also secured support from four Republicans: Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Penn.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.) and Don Bacon (Neb.). |
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States are already preparing for the possibility that the Supreme Court could eliminate grace periods for mail-in ballots received after Election Day, which could pose unexpected consequences for this year's midterm elections and beyond.
The high court on Monday weighed the lawfulness of a Mississippi statute that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day but received five business days afterward to still be counted. More than a dozen states have similar laws. |
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FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing for the release of files related to an investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-Calif.) interactions with a suspected Chinese spy, according to reports from the New York Times and the Washington Post.
FBI agents and other personnel in California have been directed to gather and redact sensitive information from documents in preparation for sharing with senior Trump administration officials, according to the New York Times, citing three people familiar with the matter. |
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OPINION | California's 2026 gubernatorial primary poses an unusual question: Can Republicans exploit the state's top-two system to lock out Democrats, but only by making themselves seemingly less electable for the general election? |
OPINION | There has been a lot of discussion recently about the future of the conservative movement. To anti-MAGA principled conservatives and legacy Republicans who are feeling lost, confused or dispirited — and there are many — I remind you of one immutable fact: There will be an election for president in 34 months. According to the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, President Trump is forbidden from being elected more than twice. That changes everything. |
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The New York Times: 5 Takeaways From the 'No Kings' Rallies as the Midterms Heat Up |
Thousands of demonstrations against the Trump administration unfolded across the country on Saturday, the third round in a nationwide series of loosely coordinated "No Kings" rallies.
The day of protest, the first since October, came as the midterm election season takes shape, and as Democrats work to capitalize politically on the unpopular war with Iran. |
BY ANGUS BERWICK & JUAN FORERO |
When Drug Enforcement Administration agents flew Nicolás Maduro to New York in January to face narcoterrorism charges, his wife, Cilia Flores, was beside him.
Her hands zip-tied, the 69-year-old crossed the Wall Street heliport under the watch of heavily armed guards and rooftop snipers. When a judge asked her to identify herself in court, Flores answered: "I am first lady of the Republic of Venezuela." |
Associated Press: Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on |
U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
Ongoing strikes and counterstrikes on Persian Gulf refineries, pipelines, gas fields and tanker terminals threaten to the prolong the global economic pain for months, even years. |
The Washington Post: Trump's first surgeon general tries to stop nominee from becoming his second |
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams stood with President Donald Trump at the White House, serving as a prominent face of the president's health agenda.
Now Adams has taken a far different stand: trying to stop Trump's nominee to be his successor, Casey Means, from being confirmed as the nation's top doctor.
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