It doesn’t seem fair that the US has to play Bosnia *and* Herzegovina.

Trump likes to boast about his endorsement power, but Mamdani picked three insurgent candidates - two going up against incumbent congressmen - and all three won. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump started today at Camp David, flew to Joint Base Andrews, motorcaded to the White House without stopping and has been there ever since.

Success or failure of this deal will hinge on the details. And here, the details are scarce. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The thing I learned about putting things off till the last minute in college is that sometimes shit happens, it makes you miss your deadline and then you’re screwed.

I’ve never seen a US team look this good in a World Cup match.

So we're back to the kind of White House we saw for the last three months of his first term - insulur and understaffed. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Platner didn’t get this far without having notable political talent. He’s good on the stump and has a message that has built a loyal base of support. But will his past end his rise before it reaches Washington? www.bbc.com/news/article...

From "Three Amigos" to uneasy neighbors. The World Cup, billed as an event that would unify the continent, has become a lot more politically fraught in the past year. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It turns out Trump's endrosement isn't always the golden ticket to a Republican primary victory. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump becoming the central act of the "Great American State Fair" in Washington makes perfect sense. There's nothing he likes more than being in the spotlight - and the nation's 250th birthday celebrations could be the biggest stage he's had yet. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Have we checked to see if the meteor was launched by a hostile insectoid alien race targeting one of our major cities?

Back in 2024, Biden generated headlines when he mixed up Egypt and Mexico in public remarks. Trump, in his Cabinet meeting, just referred to Iran as Venezuela.

I'm seeing a lot of coverage framing Paxton's victory over Cornyn as another sign of Trump's endorsement power. Paxton was going to win with or without Trump. If anything, Trump was following his base, not leading it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So who will be the first Democratic presidential candidate in 2028 to propse a government "settlement" that pays off everyone's student loans or medical debt or provides reparations to the descendents of slaves? It seems like the sky could be the limit.

Trump is purging uncooperative Republicans from the congressional ranks, but he may have created a YOLO/DGAF caucus in the Senate for the rest of the year. Ousted Senator Bill Cassidy's vote to advance a war powers resolution on Iran highlights the risk for the president. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Unlike Republicans Bill Cassidy, Thomas Massie or Liz Cheney, longtime Texas Senator John Cornyn never had a clear break with Trump. In the end, that didn't save him. www.bbc.com/news/article...

That Thomas Massie is in what looks like a toss-up race given that he's faced the full Trump-MAGA whirlwind is already noteworthy. On Tuesday, we'll find out if he gets a moral victory - or a real one. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Massie jokes during his Kentucky rally: “In case things go wrong, they gave me the number to call to concede. The area code is Tel Aviv, though.”

Thomas Massie credits his wife Carolyn with inspiring his push to release the Epstein files. He says she told him to ask Pam Bondi “where the rest of the binders are”.

Senator Rand Paul on deck to speak at this Massie rally, three days before Massie’s make-or-break primary.

Lauren Boebert with an 👀 aside during her speech at this Massie rally in Kentucky: “It’s hard dating when you’ve been married for 20 years. You don’t know what to do with your hands.”

Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, with a frenetic speech at a rally for Thomas Massie in Kentucky. “I would probably eat some people alive,” she says, “but not everyone.”

Thomas Massie poses for a photo with Stewart Rhodes in LaGrange, Ky. “Sorry for everything you’ve been through,” the congressman tells him.

The BBc reports on a vigilante gang that works with Russian police to target migrants and those who do not conform to “traditional Russian values” www.bbc.com/news/article...

The redistricting fight will help Republicans - but unless the political headwinds shift, Democrats still have the upper hand in the fight for control of the House this November. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I team up with China correspondent Laura Bicker to preview Trump's trip to Beijing this week. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is particularly amusing given that one of the knocks on Obama’s public demeanor was that he was too “professorial.”

Graham Platner isn't a conventional candidate, but he was cruising in the Democratic race. Now he gets a chance to take on Susan Collins - a juggernaut in Maine politics for decades. www.bbc.com/news/article...

King Charles III's visit to the US was meant to be a celebration – of America's 250th anniversary, of enduring Anglo-American ties and of the "special relationship". But it has also been billed as a rescue mission. www.bbc.com/news/article...

By my count, there were four Fox News (or Business) hosts on the guest list for tonight's White House state dinner for the king: Brett Baier, Maria Bartiromo, Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters. Five, I guess, if you include Pete Hegseth

I assume that after Lincoln's assassination there were widespread calls to build a big performing arts theater on the White House grounds.

How did I spend my Saturday? Talking to loyal listeners of the Americast podcast in London. It was a nice reminder of our audience and why we work so hard to bring them the unvarnished news from Washington

Pretty dramatic graphic.

To put this in perspective, there are about 740,000 people in the entirety of Alaska.

Trump spent Saturday night watching Ultimate Fighting cage matches in Miami. Despite their ferocity, they have set rules and time limits, and end with a clear winner and a loser. It's the kind of clarity that the Iran war may never provide. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Donald Trump wrote that they were "stupid people" and that "nobody cares about them". He then spent the next 372 words in a Truth Social post on Thursday afternoon talking about them. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This afternoon has been quite a display of the Streisand Effect.

My "I was not friends with Jeffrey Epstein" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

Trump demanded Iranian open Hormuz - and they did. But the way he went about it risks permanent damage to the US and leaves many of the stated American war goals in doubt. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hard not to view this as a concerted CYA effort by Vance.

Shorter Trump: God bless the great people of Iran, whose civilization will probably die tonight by our hand.

Oh, Iran, you sweet summer child. Let me tell you about our Congress …

Trump’s opacity could be an indication that, behind the scenes, negotiations are farther along than have been publicly acknowledged. Or it could be some combination of bluff and wishful thinking. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump won't care, but there are good reasons others in the USG will be reluctant to talk about nukes. Mostly, because striking regional enemies is harder than it sounds. www.amazon.com/No-Use-Natio...

In the run-up to the first Gulf War, SNL had a skit where Dana Carvey, as George HW Bush, gave a speech to the Iraqi people where he said America was a great scorpion and jackals would slake their thirst on the blood of Iraqi soldiers. It was funny because it was so absurd.

This CPAC conference, held for the first time in the heart of Republican-dominated Texas, hints that the pressure for the president to find an off-ramp from the conflict is starting to build. www.bbc.com/news/article...