Fauci contempt vote presents DOJ with ‘incredibly messy’ choices

By Rebecca Beitsch

The push to charge former COVID czar Anthony Fauci with contempt of Congress is full of pitfalls for prosecutors, should the Justice Department choose to take up the case.

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Case fends off challenge from his left in Hawaii Democratic House primary

By Sarah Fortinsky

Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) was projected to win his Democratic primary on Saturday, fending off a a progressive challenger, according to Decision Desk HQ.

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What to watch as legal battle over birthright citizenship heats up again

By Sophie Brams and Zach Schonfeld

President Trump’s second attempt to restrict birthright citizenship tees up another legal battle over the meaning of the 14th Amendment.

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El-Sayed faces ‘risky bet’ with Michigan’s Black voters

By Amie Parnes and Caroline Vakil

Abdul El-Sayed emerged from Michigan’s Democratic primary facing questions not just about how he can solidify support outside the party’s base but how he will energize Black voters, one of its most critical voting blocs. 

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Amid Strait of Hormuz talks, Iran publishes list of demands for US

By Sarah Davis

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, laid out the country’s key demands for the U.S. amid negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. 

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Grassley bids farewell to beloved family vacuum, Beth

By Sarah Davis

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) on Saturday eulogized a beloved vacuum cleaner, affectionately named Beth after a former Senate staffer. 

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Miller saga muddles midterm landscape for Ohio GOP

By Julia Mueller

The controversy around Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is complicating the midterm landscape for Ohio Republicans as Democrats build momentum in the Buckeye State, a former battleground that’s become a red state in the Trump era.

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Dems blast Blanche as enabler of ‘Trump’s corruption’ after AG confirmation

By Sarah Davis

All Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted against the nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche, but their opposition was overridden by a majority of GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Turkey says Iran not target of pact with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan

By Mira Bhakta

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan clarified Saturday that the NATO-like agreement between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not targeted at any particular country amid speculation that the pact was formed in response to the ongoing war in Iran.

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The China shock comes to Africa

By Dan Swift and Cameron Timlin

OPINION | The China shock has arrived in Africa, and America’s economic relationship with the world’s fastest-growing continent is at stake.

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Congress debates childhood by budget lines. Children don’t live that way.

By David Blazar and Michel Boudreaux

OPINION | Direct investments in children are among the most effective and highest-return policies the government runs. Yet America already spends less on children than many wealthy peer nations and less per child than per senior. And now Congress is weighing another round of choices that would further reshape the systems supporting children through school, healthcare, nutrition, childcare and housing.

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The New York Times: Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags

By Russ Buettner

During the World Cup soccer final in New Jersey last month, Zach Witkoff, co-founder of President Trump’s cryptocurrency company, took in the action from a luxury suite. Joining him was a man who had made the president, and all the company’s co-founders, much richer.

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The Wall Street Journal: The Suspected Gangster Causing Headaches for Kushner’s Albania Deal

By Eliot Brown and Vladimir Karaj

ZVERNEC, Albania—Residents of this tiny coastal village were shocked two years ago when Jared Kushner posted renderings of a planned Mediterranean resort on a slim peninsula sandwiched by the azure sea and a lagoon where flamingoes flock. 

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Associated Press: Pentagon pushes defense companies to boost weapons production after concerns of depleted stocks

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in the ongoing war with Iran.

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The Washington Post: Blanche’s confirmation fight was tough. Being Trump’s AG may be tougher.

By Jeremy Roebuck

With his bruising confirmation battle behind him, Todd Blanche will soon be sworn-in as the Senate-backed head of the Justice Department.

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