NEWSNATIONNOW (Andrew Dorn) - TSA workers can keep gift cards from Tyler Perry after all
TSA workers who received $1,000 gift cards from Tyler Perry can keep them after all.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Jeff Arnold) - Virginia public school district targeted in federal probe
The Department of Education blamed Virginia’s “far-left indoctrination and unlawful discrimination” for having “immeasurable harm” on students.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Ashley N. Soriano) - Live updates: Airstrike hits former US Embassy compound in Iran
The compound has been controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard since the 1979 hostage crisis.
NYTIMES (Chuck Hagel and Leon E. Panetta) - Our Troops Deserve More Than This
We owe it to American service members and their families to be truthful about the risks involved and why we are at war.
ABCNEWS - Supreme Court hears Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court is considering President Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the 14th Amendment.
ABCNEWS - White House signals it seeks a diplomatic solution in Iran: Experts
Top Trump administration officials have touted diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran as the president signals it could end without opening the Strait of Hormuz.
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - What's at risk if SCOTUS sides with Trump in birthright citizenship case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship in a case that could decide who gets to be an American. Why it matters: A ruling in Trump's favor could reshape America's racial makeup and create a caste system that leaves millions without rights. Threat level: Trump's order — which limits citizenship to children born in the U.S. with at least one parent legally in the country — would bar entire swaths of children from work authorization, certain jobs, Social Security, passports, SNAP, Medicaid, and voting. - According to a 2025 report by UCLA's Latino Policy and Politics Institute, the order disproportionately affects immigrants of color. About 75% of…
AXIOS (Amy Harder) - Oil's worst-case scenario: $200 if Hormuz remains closed
Oil prices could surge to an unprecedented $200 a barrel if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, analysts warn. Why it matters: President Trump is weighing ending the U.S. war on Iran without reopening the strait — raising the once-unthinkable prospect that this key energy artery could stay shut indefinitely. - If that happens, oil's recent rise — briefly nearing $120 a barrel — could look modest. Driving the news: U.S. gasoline prices have jumped 35% since the war began last month, topping $4 a gallon earlier this week. - Countries more dependent on Middle East oil are already seeing worse, including fuel shortages. What they're saying: Eurasia Group, a political risk consulting firm, puts 55% odds on the war lasting through…
AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Trump's mixed messages on Iran perplex his own team
President Trump isn't just befuddling foreign leaders and financial markets with his mixed signals on Iran . Advisers who speak regularly with the president tell Axios they're just as uncertain. Why it matters: Trump's off-the-cuff musings and Truth Social postings can have life-or-death consequences for the war, and massive implications for the market. Then the cycle restarts without any lasting clarity. Between the lines: Some Trump aides and allies say he's mostly improvising rather than following any clear plan. - He likes to keep his options open, spitball with different audiences, then capitalize if he thinks he sees an opportunity, they say. - Aides have been convinced at various points that Trump was leaning toward a major…
AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Trump's blurry vision of victory in Iran
One month in, President Trump's Iran war has fractured into three competing realities: - A military campaign that has largely delivered. - A strategic vision that hasn't. - A political and economic disaster getting worse by the day. Why it matters: The Trump administration has declared Operation Epic Fury an overwhelming success. But the trajectory of the war — from shifting goalposts to mounting costs — points to a potential stalemate. Zoom in: By conventional military measures, the U.S. and Israel are dominating Iran at sea, in the air and on land. - In its first 29 days, Operation Epic Fury struck 11,000+ targets, flew 11,000+ combat sorties, and damaged or destroyed 150+ Iranian vessels, according to the Pentagon . - The…