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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.

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.