Collateral damage taking a toll on small businesses and hitting American pocketbooks.

Why the quagmire? It was very telling that Trump in the opening minutes pointed to the success of the U.S. mission to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Aides say Trump saw that operation as the model for the Iran war.

An ugly report card.

The message: erase women's suffrage, rail against feminists, Catholics and gay people, call immigration “national suicide” and label Islam and Hinduism “demonic.”

Danks gott.

When democracy dies. Tamara de Lempicka’s “The Blue Scarf” (1930). Popular during the Weimar Republic, Lempicka sold her assets and fled Europe as the Nazis rose to power. Hitler’s regime declared her artwork degenerate and banned it from exhibitions.

Pick your spot on Brita af Klercker’s “Riviera” (1957).

Jordanian editorial cartoonist Emad Hajjaj weighs in on Trump’s threat-filled address to the nation, in which Trump walked back the multiple and changing reasons he gave for attacking Iran.

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich believes Trump has driven the United States into a ditch, alienating historic allies, roiling world markets and crashing the U.S. economy.

“Somewhere near Mar-A-Lago.” Editorial cartoonist Charles Beyl takes a dim view of Trump’s leadership.

Editorial cartoonist Daniel Boris reveals the big winner in Trump’s Iran war.

Editorial cartoonist Jeff Danziger weighs in on the Trump ledger.

Roughly two-thirds of Americans say Trump’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the US, up 10 points since January. Just 27% say they approve of Trump’s handling of inflation, down from 44% one year ago.

Make you nervous? Trump's top official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he experienced “teleportation” to a Waffle House — an experience he insists was real and connected to his religious beliefs.

Confused? You're not alone. 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.

A primer on how to shoot yourself in the foot?

A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off.

Since he’s started offering his “labvertisements,” Dawson Gunn’s business has reached a new level; he’s even made enough to quit his job bartending at a local brewery.

Trump's threats in the past year to “get” Greenland “one way or the other” have faded as he has been consumed by his war in Iran. But many Europeans, including Danish leader Mette Frederiksen, fear that Trump hasn’t given up on his Greenland fixation, which could leave Denmark in a corner again.

Belgian editorial cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker weighs in on Trump trying to dump his Strait of Hormuz disaster on America’s NATO allies.

Victims are not faceless. František Fasal was deported on Jan. 26, 1943 from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz, where he was murdered.

Time to make your vacation destination Eyvind Earle’s “Big Sur, California" (1989)?

פסח שמח

Dutch editorial cartoonist Maarten Wolterink suspects Trump’s attack on Iran has undermined his efforts to give Republicans the upper hand in the midterm elections.

Editorial cartoonist John Deering mocks Trump’s frustration as the U.S. leader pays the price for alienating America’s longtime allies, upending the world economy and launching a war of choice in the Middle East.

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich weighs in on the art of the deal.

Hegseth’s swift intervention in the case raises immediate questions about whether the military can hold its own accountable for questionable actions Hegseth deems politically favorable.

(Free access) A priceless historical guide on how we got to now and a possible offramp for Trump.

Trump unveiled an AI-generated video that showed “TRUMP” emblazoned in gold letters across the front of the building above an American flag that in one scene appeared to have 56 stars.

The food industry is highly sensitive to oil prices and is among the first sectors to feel the impact of a sharp rise in the cost of fuel. Diesel is used for the tractors and combines on farms, and powers the trucks that haul burger patties to restaurants and avocados to grocery stores.

The severe spike in attacks on Palestinian villages has been accompanied by extreme rhetoric by radical activists on social media networks, including explicit and proud statements in favor of ethnically cleansing Palestinians from the West Bank.

Chief ill-adviser? Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth not only validated Trump’s move to attack Iran, he also downplayed the inherent risks of the conflict spiraling out of control.

Rahm Emanuel — former mayor of Chicago, White House chief of staff, House Democratic Caucus chair and U.S. ambassador to Japan — is proposing to take 20% of the $38.3 billion the Trump administration plans to spend on ICE detention centers and divert it to community colleges.

As Trump lashes out at our longtime European allies — suggesting his war is now their problem — it appears he's preparing to pull out of the conflict without reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which has roiled oil markets and the global economy.

Officers arrested Samir Sweiss of Corona in the March 21 incident, part of which Luke Fetzer captured on video. The footage, which shows a blue BMW tailgating a cyclist in the bike lane, forcing the cyclist to hop the curb onto the sidewalk, has since gone viral on Fetzer’s Instagram page.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has treated the Iran war as a business opportunity — pocketing oil windfalls, leveraging Western desperation for energy and bleeding U.S. military resources through covert intelligence sharing, all while risking nothing of his own.

EEOC chair Andrea Lucas has issued an unusual public appeal, asking White men who feel they have experienced discrimination at work to contact the agency “as soon as possible.”

Trump assails NATO as European leaders rebuff his calls to get further involved in a U.S. war of choice he unleashed without consulting them. Trump is exasperated with NATO for not helping more, even though the alliance’s collective defense clause applies specifically to North America and Europe.

Safe to say the financial markets are no longer listening to Trump?

The Iranians have achieved mutual assured destruction without a nuclear weapon. If Trump attacks Iran’s civil infrastructure, Iran will destroy the comparable energy and desalination facilities in the Gulf.

When democracy dies. Walter Gramatté’s “Self Portrait at Hidden Lake” (1921). Popular during the Weimar Republic, Gramatté’s paintings were declared degenerate and confiscated when the Nazis took power.

Give yourself a break with Victoria Semykina’s “Daydreaming" (2021).

Brazilian editorial cartoonist Thiago Lucas weighs in on Trump’s tangled mess.

Swedish editorial cartoonist Hanif Bahari notes the hypocrisy of the same hands stained with the blood of civilians now raising the banner of mourning into an instrument of propaganda.

Editorial cartoonist Allan McDonald weighs in on the war on a free press.

Editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez notes Trump’s ever-changing progress reports on his Iran war.

Editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail weighs in on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Crusader-like holy war.

Norms are being upended by the proselytizing Christian campaign. On Wednesday at the Pentagon, Hegseth prayed for U.S. troops to inflict “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy … We ask these things with bold confidence in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ.”

Conflicted messaging? In a social media post, Trump said “great progress is being made” in talks with Iran to end military operations. But he bristled that if a deal is not reached “shortly,” and if the Strait of Hormuz is not immediately reopened, the U.S. would obliterate Iran's infrastructure.

A group of 11 sperm whales huddled together at the surface, strangely still and taking occasional shallow dives. After about an hour, the animals seemed to start thrashing, and a plume of blood reddened the water. The researchers feared trouble, maybe a shark attack. But it was something else.