ABCNEWS - Trump met with oil and gas executives as Iran war drags on, prices surge
President Donald Trump and some of his top administration officials met this week with oil and gas executives as the Iran war drags on and prices rise.
NYTIMES (Derrick Bryson Taylor) - Tupac Shakur’s Stepbrother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit, 29 Years After Murder
Maurice Shakur said in a complaint filed against Duane Keith Davis, who was charged in 2023 with the rapper’s murder, that the “threads are starting to come together.”
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WASHINGTONPOST (Noah Robertson) - Hegseth clashes with Democrats over Iran war, dismissal of top military leaders
The defense secretary sought to rebut lawmakers’ criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict, which has cost about $25 billion so far.
AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - SCOTUS' voting rights decision deals big down-ballot blow
Statehouses, county commissions and city halls — not the halls of Washington — will absorb the heaviest blow from the Voting Rights Act's collapse. Why it matters: Most Voting Rights Act lawsuits have targeted local and state governments: the entities that decide what's taught in schools, who polices the streets and which neighborhoods get sidewalks. - Those suits typically fall under Section 2 of the Act, which lets minority voters challenge maps and election rules that weaken their voting power. The latest: The U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act with a Wednesday decision that essentially gives local and state bodies carte blanche to ignore minority voters as long as it serves some other purpose, like partisan…
NYTIMES (Ivan Nechepurenko) - Russia’s Victory Day Parade Will Be Missing Tanks and Other Heavy Military Armor
The absence of tanks and other heavy military vehicles on Red Square will highlight the heavy toll of the war in Ukraine.
NYTIMES (Valerie Hopkins) - Trump and Putin Call for a Brief Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will agree to Moscow’s terms.
NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson) - White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Planned Attack Weeks Before Gala, Prosecutors Say
A new prosecution memo details the preparations made in the days and weeks before the assault on the White House correspondents’ dinner.
NPR (Greg Myre) - The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date
The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end.
ABCNEWS - Truck driver who went missing in possible hijacking found dead: FBI
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez went missing while transporting vehicles from Georgia to Florida.
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AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Supreme Court boosts DeSantis' GOP congressional map
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' effort to create four new Republican House seats got an assist Wednesday from the U.S. Supreme Court — but not the total victory his lawyers had predicted. - One big question remains: Will the entire state redistricting reform be struck from the books? Why it matters: Florida lawmakers approved the new GOP-leaning U.S. House seats — despite a state constitutional amendment that bans intentional partisan gerrymandering. - Democrats and liberal groups plan to sue once DeSantis signs the maps. Zoom in: The Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais neutered a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and made it harder to defend race-based districts. - It applied new, stricter requirements to win lawsuits…