“Three more members of Congress have violated an insider trading and transparency law, making them the latest in a litany of lawmakers who’ve blown by a federally mandated deadline for publicly disclosing their personal financial investments,” NOTUS reports. New York Times: Stock trading by lawmakers becomes a campaign attack line.

“Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), the GOP nominee for Wisconsin governor, dodged while on NewsMax on Friday on whether or not he thinks President Donald Trump will campaign with him in the crucial swing state,” Mediaite reports. Said Tiffany: “Well, we’ll see what the president does. I mean, he’s got his hands full, and there’s the […]

“The fragile monthlong ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appears set to expire Monday absent a last-minute deal to extend it and potentially end the war between the two nations,” Politico reports.

“President Donald Trump declared on Friday he would ‘never apologize’ for the higher gas prices Americans have paid since the beginning of the Iran War,” Mediaite reports.

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“President Donald Trump turned to the issue of crime when he hit the campaign trail Friday as Republican prospects in November’s midterms continue to suffer over his handling of the economy and war in Iran,” Bloomberg reports. “Polls show voters unhappy with his handling of the economy and the Iran war, the issues dominating the […]

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday he does not support Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), who faces three GOP challengers in a primary Tuesday,” the Washington Post reports. “Mills is running for a third term in Congress under a cloud of controversy, including an ethics investigation into possible domestic violence, which Mills denies.”

“President Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz ‘a territory of the United States’ after the Iran war,” the New York Post reports. Said Trump: “After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United […]

“Major defense contractors are trying to produce cheaper missiles more quickly, as the Iran war exposes stressed inventories of crucial Patriot interceptors and smaller firms offer more affordable options,” Bloomberg reports. “The so-called defense primes are retooling designs and manufacturing processes and partnering with some smaller firms to offer options beyond the costly, complicated and […]

“A clean energy group made waves by spending big to help oust Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) in last week’s primary. Now they’ve settled on their next line of attack,” Politico reports. “The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC, backed by solar executives and investors, will plow at least $1 million into defeating Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) […]

“For former Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat, to win the Senate race in Alaska this year, she would have to drastically outperform former Vice President Kamala Harris’s showing in the state in the 2024 presidential election,” the New York Times reports. “So after Ms. Harris, who lost Alaska by 14 percentage points, signed a recent […]

“The Justice Department on Friday issued a legal opinion giving the U.S. military broader powers to detain migrants accused of trespassing in areas that the Department of Defense controls as part of President Trump’s crackdown at the southern border,” CBS News reports.

President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln. TRUMP: No they’re not… REPORTER: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

Aaron Blake: “Republicans are facing a potentially ugly 2026 midterm election in less than three months. And nobody seems to be able — or perhaps even cares to try — to prevail upon President Donald Trump to mitigate the damage.” “Two recent developments are a case in point.” “On Friday, Trump appealed to the Supreme […]

“Highly controversial progressive streamer Hasan Piker demanded establishment Democrats come to his defense this week, warning that the GOP will weaponize him to the detriment of the left as a whole,” Mediaite reports. Said Piker: “I know we don’t always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to, literally, at […]

“The Trump administration’s Cuba strategy is increasingly focused on ramping up sanctions and economic pressure rather than deploying military force to break the island’s Communist leadership,” Bloomberg reports. “U.S. attention is now centered on cutting off all revenue sources for the regime rather than any military or special forces operation similar to the January raid […]

“Across the United States, political candidates are grappling with an issue that has never before featured widely in American political life: artificial intelligence,” the Washington Post reports. “Hundreds of candidates for House, Senate or governor this year have staked out policies related to AI or data centers on their campaign websites, injecting the issue into […]

“Public opinion about the economy appears to be souring further this month, per the preliminary release of the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index,” Axios reports. “The steepest month-to-month drop in sentiment was among survey respondents who identify as Republicans, with their outlook now 19% below readings from just before the Iran war and at […]

“American drone companies got a sudden lift in the stock market Friday after President Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on imported drones,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: National security experts have long bemoaned the American reliance on foreign sources for drone production, particularly China.”

“White House deputy national security adviser Andy Baker plans to leave his post in the coming weeks, depriving the Trump administration of one of its foreign policy decision makers,” Bloomberg reports. “The departure of Baker, who had also served as Vice President JD Vance’s national security adviser, comes as the U.S. remains mired in a […]

“At the urging of President Trump, Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) has endorsed Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) after losing his bid in the special primary election on Tuesday to succeed her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC),” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Fry announced the endorsement on Friday, throwing his weight behind Ms. Graham as […]

“Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy to revert to older catapult systems on its aircraft carriers, arguing the change would be costly while questioning Trump’s qualifications to make such a call,” NewsNation reports. Said Kelly: “He’s a marginally failed real estate developer with multiple bankruptcies. He shouldn’t […]

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“U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect who allegedly vandalized the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. saying in a post on social media that her office filed two felony charges against a woman, with a penalty of ‘up to ten years in prison,'” ABC News reports.

“NATO scrambled four jet fighters to shoot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace early Friday, amid concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine is increasingly breaching the military alliance’s eastern frontier,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The U.S. will soon announce unprecedented economic measures against Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, intensifying the Trump administration’s effort to force Tehran’s capitulation after almost six months of war,” Bloomberg reports. Said Bessent: “Watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen […]

“President Donald Trump sought U.S. Supreme Court approval to keep building his massive new White House ballroom after two lower courts said he was flouting the law by proceeding without congressional authorization,” Bloomberg reports. “In a filing made public Friday, Trump asked the justices for an emergency order letting construction continue without restrictions while a […]

“A memorial in Washington DC for the second world war was vandalized with bubbly ⁠soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the U.S. government to find the perpetrator,” The Guardian reports. “The fountain bubbled over with suds ⁠and someone painted ‘Clean hands Dirty $’ ⁠on one ​surface, splattering the area with red and green […]

“Lawyers for the former Olympian David Hearn filed a motion on Thursday night seeking to bar federal prosecutors from reviving a felony charge that he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying they needed to head off possible ‘prosecutorial harassment’ prompted by President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

“Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a seven-acre fire that had started near his mega-ranch in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest,” the Washington Post reports.