NEWSNATIONNOW (Brooke Shafer) - US job market predicted to remain stable despite Iran war
The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 4.2%.
AXIOS (Ben Berkowitz) - Murkowski will oppose Blanche, threatening his confirmation
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Friday she will oppose the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general. Why it matters: With two GOP holdouts — Murkowski and Susan Collins (R-Maine) — Blanche faces an increasingly difficult path to being confirmed. What they're saying: "The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration. I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case," Murkowski wrote in a 6 a.m. ET Friday post to X. Zoom out: With Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) still absent, Blanche can only afford to lose two Republican votes, assuming McConnell does not return and all Democrats vote against him, Axios' Hans…
NEWSNATIONNOW (Tatiana Carter) - Saudi Arabia warns war could be spreading after attack wounds 11
Saudi officials say the Houthis and Iran-backed Iraqi militias could launch coordinated strikes in the coming days.
AMERICANTHINKER - Jasmine Crockett, political consultant
By Silvio Canto, Jr. Rather unexpectedly, her take on the state of the Texas race for the U.S. Senate is an intelligent one.
AMERICANTHINKER - Single-bureau credit reports endanger mortgage market
By Steve Sherman A reliable mortgage market needs accurate and consistent information, especially when small differences in a credit assessment can determine whether a family qualifies for a loan or what price it pays.
AMERICANTHINKER - The pursuit of the American dream
By Blaine L. Pardoe We read or hear it from time to time: “the American Dream is dead.”
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Catherine Porter and Coral Davenport) - Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship Again, and Activists Describe Abuse in Israeli Custody
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
NYTIMES (Chris Cameron) - Judge Dismisses Former Olympian’s Felony Charge in Reflecting Pool Case
The move ends the criminal case for David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, after prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
WASHINGTONPOST (Tim Craig) - How a neighborhood in NYC became the center of democratic socialist power
The divisions in Astoria, Queens, foreshadow the tensions that can emerge as more progressive candidates win elections across the country.
WASHINGTONPOST (N. Kirkpatrick, John Muyskens, Miriam Waldvogel) - These neighborhoods seemed safe from wildfire. Then they burned.
Photos and maps show how the Old Trails Fire pushed beyond familiar danger zones in Washington.