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Republican Rep. Kiley leaves GOP, tightening Johnson's margins Kiley said he will still caucus with Republicans for administrative purposes.

​Rep. Kevin Kiley discovers the "evils of partisanship" exactly when his district becomes too blue to win as a Republican. Kiley will still caucus with the GOP for the perks, but Speaker Johnson is now one bad flu season away from losing the floor. It’s not a defection; it’s a rebranding effort.

Elon Musk's xAI wins permit to build power plant in Mississippi despite pollution concerns Mississippi regulators authorized xAI to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in Southaven to power its nearby data centers.

Mississippi regulators hold a vote on primary election day to ensure maximum "transparency" while rubber-stamping Elon Musk’s latest smog factory. Powering an AI named Macrohardrr is clearly more vital than letting residents breathe or, you know, voting without a side of formaldehyde.

Live updates: About 140 US troops have been wounded in the Iran war, including 8 severely Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said “today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran" at a Pentagon news briefing Tuesday as Iran targets Israel and Gulf countries.

MIDEAST UPDATE: Pentagon officials confirm 108 service members return to duty following Iranian strikes as the military reveals the first broad toll of the attacks. Eight troops remain severely injured. The strikes previously killed seven soldiers across Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

FBI hunts for clues after 2 men charged with lighting bombs at NYC protest Investigators are trying to learn more about two Pennsylvania men accused of bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor.

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, face federal charges after attempting to detonate TATP explosives at a NYC protest. FBI searches storage unit in Pennsylvania as suspects claim ISIS inspiration. Federal prosecutors cite Balat’s intent to surpass the scale of the 2013 Boston bombing.

Two teen brothers in Texas mariachi band are released from ICE custody amid bipartisan criticism Two teen brothers in a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas have been released from immigration custody after bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration’s campaign for mass deportation overreached.

Texas authorities release two teenage brothers and family from ICE custody following bipartisan outcry. McAllen High School mariachi performers, who entered the United States by activating and using the federal CBP One app in 2023, held 12 days without charges in an apparent 5th Amendment case.

Sharing a stage, Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over Supreme Court orders favoring Trump Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred over the many emergency orders the court has issued allowing President Donald Trump to move ahead with key parts of his agenda.

SCOTUS: Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh clash over the Supreme Court’s frequent use of emergency orders to advance President Trump’s agenda. Jackson warns the warped process undermines lower courts while Kavanaugh defends the intervention as a necessary response to executive overreach.

Live updates: Hegseth says today will be the 'most intense day of strikes inside Iran' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said “today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran" at a Pentagon news briefing Tuesday as Iran targets Israel and Gulf countries.

MIDEAST UPDATE: State Department reports more than 40,000 Americans return from the Middle East since the Iran war began. Most travel through commercial routes. Officials say 27,000 sought help, but government charter flights remain under 40% occupancy as citizens opt for private travel.

Trump says Vance was 'philosophically' different on Iran while downplaying split President Donald Trump says JD Vance started out less enthusiastic about striking Iran, but he says they still agree.

Trump plays "good cop, hawk cop" at Doral, claiming he and Vance are totally fine despite the Vance's pesky philosophy of not wanting more wars. The administration hits a pivot point for a Republican party caught between its isolationist "America First" rhetoric and the reality of global combat.

Authorities say a Georgia teacher was killed in a prank gone wrong. A teen is charged with homicide Authorities say a Georgia high school teacher is dead after teenagers pulled a late night prank outside his home.

Laughter turns to sirens as a traditional prom-season prank ends in the death of beloved coach Jason Hughes. Hughes, who spent his life investing in students, died after tripping into the path of a fleeing pickup. The Georgia teacher's family now fights to save his students from prosecution.

FDA finds little evidence that a generic drug can help people with autism The FDA is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism. On Tuesday, the U.S. agency said the drug helps children and adults who cannot get enough folate into the brain.

FDA approves leucovorin for a rare folate deficiency, walking back claims by President Trump and Commissioner Marty Makary that it treats autism. Officials cite a lack of evidence for autism use and note the retraction of a supporting study. Import increases aim to stabilize supply.

Scoop: White House readies executive order to weed out Anthropic - Axios The move would escalate the administration's fight with Anthropic and formalize a broader push to remove Claude.

White House leaks its drafted executive order banning Anthropic, turning a Trump tantrum over woke AI into formal policy. Nothing screams free market quite like the government using procurement powers to officially blacklist an American tech firm over protected speech. Or, just saying: "No."

Many federal programs are missing from an OMB inventory, watchdog reports A recent Government Accountability Office report found that a federal program inventory is incomplete, not in compliance with statutory requirements and includes inaccurate information.

GAO officials issue 17 recommendations after finding OMB federal program inventory is incomplete and inaccurate. The report notes the database omits critical defense and regulatory data while miscalculating $7 trillion in spending by mixing obligations and actual outlays.

What is the SAVE America Act? It's not as simple as just showing your driver's license.
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Trump’s "No. 1 priority" is currently remodeling the GOP midterm strategy mid-retreat. While House Republicans scramble to talk real policy, they instead received a mandatory homework assignment on election overhauls, proving once again that the legislative calendar is not for the people anymore.

Live updates: Hegseth says Tuesday will be the 'most intense day of strikes inside Iran' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said “today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran" at a Pentagon news briefing Tuesday morning.

MIDEAST UPDATE: Hegseth vows "most intense day of strikes inside Iran"; data show Iranian attacks drop 90%; UAE, Qatar intercept fire; Bahrain strike kills 1; Israel hits Quds Force; Pakistan escorts ships; oil squeezes, Aramco profits hit $104 billion; Egypt hikes fuel by 17% now.

Scoop: White House readies executive order to weed out Anthropic - Axios The move would escalate the administration's fight with Anthropic and formalize a broader push to remove Claude.

White House leaks its drafted executive order banning Anthropic, turning a Trump tantrum over woke AI into formal policy. Nothing screams free market quite like the government using procurement powers to officially blacklist an American tech firm over protected speech. Or, just saying: "No."

SAVE Act: Unintended consequences of voters' documentary proof
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Mr. ​Trump dangles his endorsement like a tempting carrot to make the Senate Republicans jump through the "SAVE America" hoop. Ken Paxton’s "I’ll quit if you win" gambit is peak MAGA theater, leaving John Cornyn desperately tweeting at the President to prove he’s a "Day One" loyalist.

Rising energy prices threaten cornerstone of GOP midterm pitch War-related gasoline price impacts come as House Republicans plot how to sell voters on their megabill.

House Republicans strategize over a megabill of economic wins while war-related fuel spikes light their midterm brochures on fire. It’s hard to talk about "big, beautiful" tax breaks when the Persian Gulf blockade is literally taxing the bottom 30 percent of voters at the pump, plus tariffs.

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women’s soccer team - AP News Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were in the country for a tournament when the Iran war began. The women were transported from their hotel in Gold Coast, Australia “to a safe location” by Australian federal p…

Australia grants asylum to five Iranian women's soccer players stranded by the outbreak of war. The athletes, who recently made headlines for refusing to sing their national anthem, receive humanitarian visas following public urging from Iranian advocacy groups and President Donald Trump.

An Air-Campaign Primer The United States has seldom waged the sort of campaign now under way in Iran.

PRIMER: A bomber is a thunderbolt in an eggshell, invisibly tethered to its base but capable of massive violence. As Iran operations evolve, mission moves beyond hitting targets to test whether precision tech can achieve elusive political victories that ground wars fail to deliver. #giftarticle

The Pentagon Cut Its Civilian Safeguards Before the Iran War As the civilian toll in Iran mounts, some officials point to the impact of Pete Hegseth’s hostility to battlefield restraint.

Beneath a "warrior ethos" mandate, the specialized teams once tasked with preventing collateral damage are vanishing. As Iran strikes continue, the removal of civilian environment experts marks shift from precision to pure lethality, rejecting rules of engagement to literally kill all. #GiftArticle

China exports sharply beat expectations as trade surplus in the first two months surges to highest on record - CNBC China typically combines January and February trade data to smooth distortions from the shifting Lunar New Year holiday.

Trump keeps slapping tariffs on China to cripple its economy, yet Beijing just casually posts a record-breaking $213 billion trade surplus. Whenever the US closes its doors, Chinese suppliers just reroute the massive export engine to Europe and Asia to keep cashing checks.

Hims & Hers Health and Novo Nordisk end lawsuit over weight loss medications, enter collaboration Hims & Hers Health has agreed to stop selling compound versions of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs, ending for now a patent lawsuit.

Novo Nordisk dismisses its patent lawsuit against Hims & Hers as the companies enter a partnership. Hims shares jump 36% following the deal to sell branded Wegovy and Ozempic. The telehealth firm agrees to cease advertising compounded versions of the weight-loss drugs.

Iran launches new attacks at Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the region Iranian has fired more drones and missiles at Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the region.

Iran launches early-morning drone and missile strikes targeting the U.A.E., Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait today. Simultaneously, an unclaimed airstrike in Kirkuk, Iraq, kills five militants from the Iran-linked Popular Mobilization Forces, rapidly escalating the multi-front conflict.

How Can Infinity Come in Many Sizes? - Quanta Magazine Intuition breaks down once we’re dealing with the endless. To begin with: Some infinities are bigger than others.

Infinity isn't a destination; it's a hierarchy. Georg Cantor proves some "endless" sets dwarf others. While fractions match the natural numbers, decimals create an uncountably vast density. Verify the math: the paradise of the infinite is not one size, but many.

Bag containing weed and cash accidentally donated to a New Zealand charity shop Police in New Zealand say a knapsack left in a donation area at a charity shop contained marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash.

New Zealand teens learn the hard way that charity does not always pay. After accidentally donating their stash of weed and $2,200 NZD to a thrift shop, a panicked retrieval mission successfully tips off Kiwi police to the loaded air pistol and scanner in their getaway car.

The EU’s fightback against right-wing populism starts here Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob tells POLITICO that his right-wing election rival Janez Janša wants to break up the European Union.  

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob warns that impending elections in Slovenia and Hungary are critical to preserving the European Union. Golob argues that a victory for right-wing rival Janez Janša would give Orbán the vital ally needed to fracture and break up the bloc from within.

Scott MacFarlane To Depart CBS News As Correspondent Scott MacFarlane said that he was departing CBS News, where he has been correspondent since 2021.

Scott MacFarlane to leave CBS News: "For the next phase of my career, I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share my work in line with my personal goals. I thank you all. The work will not stop, and I’ll always be a call away.”

Kamala Harris Is Buying Time — But Democrats Are Looking Ahead Her extended book tour keeps 2028 in play. But conversations with Democrats suggest the party may already be searching for its next standard-bearer.

Kamala Harris extends her book tour for 107 Days, fueling 2028 presidential speculation despite cooling interest from party moderates. While she maintains high polling, Democratic strategists express reluctance toward a repeat nominee, eyeing fresh governors and executive talent instead.