NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart and Kenneth P. Vogel) - Iran’s Next Supreme Leader, and the New Lucrative Pardon Industry for Rich Offenders
Plus, the “slop bowl” is losing its appeal.
ABCNEWS - Iran live updates: 3 injured as Iranian missiles target central Israel
Two men were in serious condition in central Israel, said Magen David Adom.
NPR (Daniel Estrin) - Israel needs weeks to destroy Iran's military, defense official says
A senior Israeli defense official tells NPR that Israel needs three more weeks to accomplish its goal of decimating Iran's military forces.
A senior Israeli defense official tells NPR that Israel needs three more weeks to accomplish its goal of decimating Iran's military forces.Open
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - Cuba on the Brink: Trump Says Country 'In Its Last Moments of Life' As Anti-Regime Protests Escalate
NYTIMES (Peter Eavis) - Consumers Paid Tariffs on Overseas Items. Now They Want a Refund.
The Trump administration has yet to announce a process to return fees paid by companies and shoppers for tariffs now deemed illegal.
NYTIMES (Michael Gold) - How Markwayne Mullin Became Trump’s Homeland Security Pick
The Oklahoma senator whom President Trump chose to run the Department of Homeland Security has risen in Washington by styling himself as a MAGA warrior and Trump loyalist.
NYTIMES (Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias) - In Senate Race, Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing Christianity
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee from Texas, hopes to counter what he sees as a conservative takeover of the American church.
NYTIMES (Audra D. S. Burch and Emily Cochrane) - Voting Rights Groups Raise Alarms About Case Before the Supreme Court
The groups are working to educate voters in the South about how they would be affected if the court strikes down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
NYTIMES (Emily Cochrane) - Bennie Thompson Faces a Young Challenger in the Mississippi Primary
The longest-serving Black Democrat in Mississippi, Bennie Thompson is a formidable political force. But he is not immune to a national trend of younger candidates going after older incumbents.