Dems use Iran to attack Trump on economy

The father of the accused high school mass shooter in Barrow County, Georgia, was convicted of second-degree murder and all other charges Tuesday. Prosecutors argued he ignored red flags about his son before the teen shot up Apalachee High in 2024. cbsn.ws/3N0ZBPt

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision is imperialism,” Peter Beinart writes. “It’s a global outlook that closely resembles Mr. Trump’s governing style at home — both feature spectacular violence and contempt for the restraints of law.”

The war has already raised oil prices and could lift prices at the pump as early as this week, but the ultimate impact on the economy and inflation will depend on the length and severity of the conflict, economists say. https://to.pbs.org/4b1h81I

Gym workout was really great.

KLOBUCHAR: Alex Pretti's parents said what you said was one of the most hurtful things they could imagine. Do you want to say anything to Alex's parents? NOEM: I did not call him a 'domestic terrorist.' I said it 'appeared to be an incident of' KLOBUCHAR: I think the parents saw it for what it was

Toyota and Stellantis withdraw from CO₂ pool with Tesla However, for 2026, two major manufacturers, Toyota and Stellantis, are withdrawing from this pool - likely taking two of Tesla's largest financial contributors with them.

“Horror and Anxiety”: Death Toll in Iran Tops 780 as Trump Says U.S. Can Fight “Forever”

News Analysis: With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing the new conflict as an opportunity to pursue its own geopolitical agenda.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for the first time since her department launched an aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

The U.S. closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Tuesday and ordered nonessential staff in several other countries to evacuate as Iran expanded its retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf region.

Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans they’re on their own.

In “We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America,” Norah O’Donnell writes about 35 remarkable women and their pivotal roles in influencing the country we live in today. https://to.pbs.org/3MOMNvh

The focus of the hearing is likely to be on how Kristi Noem is pursuing President Trump's mass deportation efforts in his second term, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers. n.pr/4ul2DyW

Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress. Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

Typically concerned with local issues, residents at town meetings in Vermont and elsewhere increasingly use the forum to debate polarizing national and international events. n.pr/4soJzxZ

Small detail in a sea of nonsense, but the White House dropped a quote from Zelenskyy about the Iran war w/in a long list of suck-up bites from MAGA grifters. They don’t seem to realize VZ is sneaky-mocking Trump for being “decisive” now—clearly the opposite of his enabling failures w/ Russia, Putin

President Trump did not take reporters' questions when he returned to the White House from Florida Sunday after overseeing U.S. military strikes on Iran. Instead, the president briefly stopped in the Rose Garden to point out its new decorations: two new statues in separate corners of the garden.

A Texan who has always voted a straight Republican ticket—and who voted for Donald Trump in 2024—told Peter Slevin that he is done with Republicans. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/1B1Nn7

Verglas reveals just one degree of separation between Epstein and Melania and offers a window into the elite modeling ecosystem #Epstein repeatedly exploited, where introductions became access points, visas became leverage, and young women moved through a world he had already learned how to control.

Since launching a war in the Middle East, the President and his Administration have come up with an array of different, even contradictory, rationales for the attack on Iran. Can Trump win a war if he can’t explain why he is fighting? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/v0yfiN

Reagan appointed judge: "If nobody’s going to enforce the Constitution, it becomes like the Constitution of Russia." Genuine conservatives within the judiciary stand as one of the final bulwarks against authoritarian rule in America.

Oil prices leaped Monday on worries that war with Iran could clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, swung from sharp losses to a tiny gain. https://to.pbs.org/3N1yV0R

At a Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday, Donald Trump spent more time talking about his new ballroom than the recent deaths of at least six US service members amid his attack on Iran.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court announced that it would keep in place a New York congressional map, overruling a judge who had found that the map violated the Constitution by diluting the power of Black and Latino voters.

At issue is the mid-term redrawing of New York's 11th congressional district, including Staten Island and a small part of Brooklyn. n.pr/4rIhjWX

ah, Rubio with literally the German rational for started WW1 - we must attack first because they will attack us if we attack them.

👋 Former State Department War Powers lawyer here. This statement by Rubio is false. As @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and I wrote in January: www.justsecurity.org/128517/war-p...

Minneapolis-area prosecutors are investigating disgraced Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today.

Montana Republican Ryan Zinke announces retirement

The president of Iran's soccer federation says he does not know if the national team can play World Cup matches in the United States following the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment of his country. https://to.pbs.org/4rHysA1

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President Donald Trump recognized three U.S. Army soldiers with the Medal of Honor at the White House on Monday, with two of the commendations being awarded posthumously. https://to.pbs.org/4l9UrgQ

Many of the most ardent supporters of Trump’s decision to bomb Iran identify as Christian Zionists, a group that believes that Israel and the Jewish people will play a key role in bringing about the second coming of the Messiah.

Donald Trump used a Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday, meant to honor three Army soldiers, to gush about the drapes he will add to his new ballroom in the White House’s East Wing.

Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s Iran strikes, per new polling

Limited flights out of the Middle East resumed on Monday. But hundreds of thousands of travelers are still stranded in the region after attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel. n.pr/3MEJ97v

‘Twas a nice hike early in AM. 39- floors of climbing. 👣💪🏽👣💪🏽

A MAGA media feud is erupting over Trump’s war against Iran: “We're not supposed to be running around doing this anymore.” Read more: www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...

President Donald Trump has said he intends to continue the U.S. military strikes on Iran for another “four or five weeks,” as the conflict continued to expand.

NEW: ProPublica has sued the Department of Education in federal court, accusing it of withholding public records about how it’s enforcing civil rights protections for millions of U.S. students.

"These attacks by the U.S. and Israel are a clear violation of the foundational principle of the post-war legal order," says war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody about unprovoked U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. "It's obvious there was no such imminent attack."

Farm-country data center foes fuel GOP insurgent challengers

Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg's says Netanyahu's decision to attack Iran is the result of an "exceedingly greedy" Israel that wants free rein to launch attacks throughout the Middle East.

"I can't find any reason to celebrate the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader because I think it's part of a package ... It's also part of the killing of Iranian innocent people," says Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, a longtime critic of the Iranian government.

Pedophile Trump said "hold my beer." 😅 #EpsteinWar #Resist

FUCK ICE chant after the moment of silence for Renee Good and Alex Perretti. #mnufc

100 MONEY IS THEIR ONLY GOD BEZOS IS A TRUMP DRONE BOYCOTT AMAZON AND THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE LA TIMES BEZOS IS ERASING HUMAN EMPLOYEES STOP TRANSHUMANISM STOP VAMPIRE CAPITALISM AND DESIGNER SERFDOM STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS

Paramount elbowed out Netflix to buy WB Discovery after a months-long bidding war. When (not if) the deal closes, Paramount will control 25% of the entire media market, and half of the cable TV market, putting CBS and CNN under one roof— which sits atop a house owned by the pro-Trump Ellison family.

@marcelias.bsky.social: "Iran, Venezuela, China, Italy, Cuba and Germany are not the reason Trump lost in 2020 — he is. These countries do not justify an authoritarian takeover in 2026. No foreign threat or domestic circumstance grants him that power."