NYTIMES (Tony Romm) - Trade Court Rules Trump’s 10% Global Tariff Is Illegal
A panel of federal judges blocked President Trump from imposing the tariff on most imports.
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Lamothe, Tara Copp) - U.S. launches strikes on Iran after attacks on warships, military says
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on three American naval vessels, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. None of the U.S. warships were hit.
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NYTIMES (Ernesto Londoño) - Anthony James Kazmierczak Pleads Guilty in Syringe Attack Against Rep. Ilhan Omar
The attack happened in late January during a town-hall meeting in Minneapolis, at the height of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
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NYTIMES (Mattathias Schwartz) - Special Counsel to Investigate Trump Administration Lawyer for Possible Misconduct
Federal judges in Rhode Island ordered an investigation into a lawyer who withheld information about a migrant’s international criminal charges. Now, D.H.S. says it can’t find the migrant.
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NPR (Tovia Smith) - She helps families in need. As gas and grocery prices rise, she needs help, too
She has spent decades helping others struggling to make ends meet. Now the rising cost of gas and groceries has left Dalene Basden feeling the strain herself.
ABCNEWS - Trade court says Trump's 10% global tariffs are unlawful
The Court of International Trade has concluded that President Trump's global 10% tariffs are unlawful.
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - OpenAI makes its rival to Anthropic's Mythos more widely available to cyber defenders
OpenAI is rolling out a more permissible version of GPT-5.5 — aka "Spud" — to vetted cyber defenders, the company said Thursday. Why it matters: Recent security testing suggests that GPT-5.5 model is nearly as good at finding and exploiting software bugs as Anthropic's Mythos Preview . The capabilities of the new models have sparked an urgent debate in Silicon Valley and the White House about how to keep them out of the hands of bad actors. Driving the news: OpenAI is opening a limited preview of GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted cyber defenders who are "responsible for securing critical infrastructure," per a press release. - A source familiar with GPT-5.5-Cyber's abilities told Axios that they were roughly on par with Mythos. One major…
OpenAI is rolling out a more permissible version of GPT-5.5 — aka "Spud" — to vetted cyber defenders, the company said Thursday. Why it matters: Recent security testing suggests that GPT-5.5 model is nearly as good at finding and exploiting software bugs as Anthropic's Mythos Preview . The capabilities of the new models have sparked an urgent debate in Silicon Valley and the White House about how to keep them out of the hands of bad actors. Driving the news: OpenAI is opening a limited preview of GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted cyber defenders who are "responsible for securing critical infrastructure," per a press release. - A source familiar with GPT-5.5-Cyber's abilities told Axios that they were roughly on par with Mythos. One major…Open
NPR (Tovia Smith) - She helps families in need. As gas and grocery prices rise, she needs help, too
She has spent decades helping others struggling to make ends meet. Now the rising cost of gas and groceries has left Dalene Basden feeling the strain herself.
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AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Iran and U.S. exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a U.S. official confirmed to Axios. - Iranian state media reported that three U.S. destroyers were targeted by the Iranian navy, while the U.S. official said the U.S. conducted strikes on targets in the strait. The big picture: The U.S. official said the exchange did not constitute a resumption of the war, but the Iranian military described the U.S. strikes as a ceasefire violation and threatened retaliation. The extent of the strikes and resulting damage are unclear at this time. - Iran's military said the U.S. had targeted an oil tanker and another ship entering the strait. - President Trump pulled back on his operation for the Navy to facilitate shipping through…
The U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a U.S. official confirmed to Axios. - Iranian state media reported that three U.S. destroyers were targeted by the Iranian navy, while the U.S. official said the U.S. conducted strikes on targets in the strait. The big picture: The U.S. official said the exchange did not constitute a resumption of the war, but the Iranian military described the U.S. strikes as a ceasefire violation and threatened retaliation. The extent of the strikes and resulting damage are unclear at this time. - Iran's military said the U.S. had targeted an oil tanker and another ship entering the strait. - President Trump pulled back on his operation for the Navy to facilitate shipping through…Open
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Trump upends Democrats' strategy on Iran war powers
President Trump's declaration that hostilities with Iran are "terminated" has thrown Democrats' strategy around congressional war powers into turmoil, Axios has learned. Why it matters: House Democrats, led by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, had been planning to force a war powers vote every day . It is now unclear whether that will — or even can — happen. - Lawmakers involved in the war powers effort have been quietly reassessing how to approach the matter when Congress returns next week, according to multiple aides and lawmakers familiar with the matter. - "There's a lot to happen between now and next week," one senior House progressive told Axios. "Who knows how many times Trump could change his position between now and…
President Trump's declaration that hostilities with Iran are "terminated" has thrown Democrats' strategy around congressional war powers into turmoil, Axios has learned. Why it matters: House Democrats, led by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, had been planning to force a war powers vote every day . It is now unclear whether that will — or even can — happen. - Lawmakers involved in the war powers effort have been quietly reassessing how to approach the matter when Congress returns next week, according to multiple aides and lawmakers familiar with the matter. - "There's a lot to happen between now and next week," one senior House progressive told Axios. "Who knows how many times Trump could change his position between now and…Open