
NBC News - 45 min 32 sec ago
The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security. It comes as the partial shutdown of the sprawling agency is dragging into its sixth week. Mullin replaces Kristi Noem, whom President Donald Trump fired over a combination of mounting controversies.

The Guardian - 55 min 24 sec ago
Israel and Gulf states targeted and Iran hit by airstrikes as Tehran denies negotiations are taking place to end war Middle East crisis live updates Violence has continued across much of the Middle East, a day after Donald Trump said the US was in "very good" talks with Iran to end the war in the region soon. Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, while Israeli and US warplanes continued to carry out strikes across Tehran and on other targets in...

The Guardian - 57 min 53 sec ago
Israeli PM says there's more to come' while Iran's IRGC promise to attack without restraint' if conflict continues Middle East crisis live updates An Iranian missile has struck central Tel Aviv and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to continue striking Tehran and Lebanon, dimming hopes of de-escalation after Donald Trump played up the chances of a deal to end the conflict . "There's more to come," Netanyahu said in remarks that appeared to corroborate...

NBC News - 1 hour 5 min ago
President Donald Trump's announcement of peace talks with Iran and the postponement of his self-imposed deadline for striking Iranian power plants, fueled the stock market's best day since February and led oil prices to settle. Iran's foreign minister, however, is denying that any direct talks with the United States were taking place. NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY from the White House.

NBC News - 1 hour 7 min ago
While President Donald Trump talks of finding negotiated peace in the Middle East, Iran launched more missile attacks at Tel Aviv that damaged a residential neighborhood. The Iranian group firing those missiles, the Revolutionary Guard, dismissed Trump's claim of diplomatic progress, saying, "contradictory behavior of the deceptive U.S. president does not distract us from the battlefield." NBC's Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

The Independent - 1 hour 17 min ago
Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast, even as President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war...

The Guardian - 1 hour 31 min ago
Iran has dismissed the US president's claim of talks, saying there had been none since Washington began bombing the country. Plus, how sleeping 11 minutes more can cut your risk of heart attack Good morning. Donald Trump said there have been talks between the US and Iran over the past day in which the two sides had "major points of agreement" but Tehran denied the claim, saying there had been no talks since the US began bombing Iran 24 days ago. Continue reading...

ABC News - 1 hour 34 min ago
President Donald Trump took a detour to Graceland on Monday...

The Independent - 1 hour 40 min ago
President Donald Trump offers new account of circumstances leading up to commencement of Operation Epic Fury, suggesting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was particularly enthusiastic about bombing campaign...

Tech Meme - 1 hour 59 min ago
Joe Miller / Financial Times : How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds — Donald Trump's unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates...

The Guardian - 1 hour 59 min ago
Richard Nixon's strategy was about shielding his own reputation. Now Trump needs a face-saving exit of his own Donald Trump's struggle to justify continuing his war with Iran reminds me of Richard Nixon's quest for "peace with honor" in Vietnam. Nixon caused years of death and suffering in pursuit of his elusive goal. How much more devastation will Trump inflict before he cuts his losses and calls off this pointless conflict? Nixon first called for "an honorable end"...

The Guardian - 1 hour 59 min ago
Bright Line Watch researchers see stabilization in democratic health but at lower levels after sharp decline The health of American democracy, as measured by those who study it most closely, has settled into a diminished state stabilizing after a sharp decline last year, but still well below the levels recorded at any point before the start of Donald Trump's second term, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. The findings, by the nonpartisan democracy-tracking project Bright Line Watch...

The Guardian - 2 hours 9 min ago
Former White House strategist says current situation at airports will help really perfect ICE's involvement in the 2026 midterm elections' Secretary of state Marco Rubio is expected to testify on Tuesday in former congressman David Rivera's criminal trial on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's government. Rubio's testimony will briefly take him out of Washington, where he has been engaged in high-level diplomacy around president...

The Guardian - 2 hours 20 min ago
Diplomatic sources say negotiations in Islamabad may begin next week, though no formal agreement is in place Middle East crisis live updates Pakistan's military leadership has been attempting to broker negotiations between the US and Iran, after the White House confirmed that Pakistan's army chief, Asim Munir, had a phonecall with Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss the conflict. Diplomatic sources said the US and Iran could meet for negotiations in Islamabad as early as this week, to discuss...

Fox News - 3 hours 59 min ago
President Donald Trump announced a negotiation window as the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its fourth week, with the Iranian regime's military capacity argued to be severely degraded.

NBC News - 3 hours 59 min ago
President Donald Trump has cut programs helping lower-income households while advancing policies benefiting the wealthy and corporations.

The Independent - 4 hours 51 min ago
Michael Shanks insisted British drivers did not need to change their habits, despite suggestions from the International Energy Agency.

Rolling Stone - 4 hours 57 min ago
"Who the fuck even thought it was a good idea to send America's most hair-trigger agency into America's most hair-raising environment?"...

Fox News - 5 hours 59 min ago
Is Trumpism a coherent ideology or gut impulse? Pete Wehner says MAGA has killed conservatism, but Trump's policy record tells a far more complex story.

ABC News - 6 hours 36 min ago
President Donald Trump started the fourth week of his war against Iran by offering the world some guarded optimism that the U.S. could soon be winding down its military operations...

ABC News - 6 hours 36 min ago
Asian benchmarks are mostly rebounding, echoing the cautious relief that swept through Wall Street after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war...

Digital Music News - 8 hours 18 min ago
A group of cultural and historic preservation organizations is suing Donald Trump to block changes to the Kennedy Center ahead of renovations. Now that Donald Trump's planned two-year closure of the Kennedy Center has been confirmed to kick off this summer, a coalition of cultural and historic preservation groups is suing the president and Kennedy […]...

Digital Music News - 8 hours 38 min ago
Reports reveal that Donald Trump personally called around pushing the Justice Department to settle its Live Nation-Ticketmaster antitrust lawsuit. After the Department of Justice suddenly reached a settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster in the federal antitrust lawsuit filed against the companies when Joe Biden was still in office, critics wondered what went wrong especially when […]...

The Independent - 8 hours 49 min ago
Donald Trump says the US and Iran have held talks about a total resolution of hostilities'...