French far right claims momentum for presidency after local elections  politico.eu France’s Socialists hold on to power in major cities in election boost for mainstream  BBC Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor, as National Rally fails to take key cities  The Guardian French Far Right Falls Short of Statement Win in Yardstick Local Races  The New York Times Leftists…

U.S. and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire  npr.org Live updates: Both US and Iran claim victory after two-week ceasefire deal reached  CNN ‘A step back from the brink’: European leaders welcome US-Iran ceasefire  The Guardian What’s in Iran’s Proposed Peace Plan  WSJ Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Agree to Cease-Fire After Trump’s Threats  The New York Times Powered…

Trump continues to target Robert Mueller after his death  The Washington Post ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead’: Trump’s insensitive comments about the dead hit a new level  CNN Robert Mueller, Former FBI Director Who Led Trump Inquiry, Dies at 81  The New York Times One Man a Hero. One Man a Monster.  James Fallows | Substack Former FBI Director…

Trump considering operation to extract Iran’s enriched uranium – WSJ  The Jerusalem Post Exclusive | Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran’s Uranium  WSJ Trump ‘planning high-risk operation to seize Iran’s uranium using US troops’  The Independent Iran-US war latest: Trump considers military operation to seize regime’s uranium  The Telegraph Why seizing Iran’s nuclear stockpile would be “one of…

Senate votes to fund much of DHS, minus immigration enforcement  NPR Senate unanimously moves to fund most of DHS, except ICE and border patrol, in rare overnight session  CNN Senate Reaches DHS Funding Deal After Trump Agrees to Fund TSA  Time Magazine News Wrap: Thune gives Democrats ‘last and final’ offer to end DHS shutdown  PBS Senate Votes to…

Anthropic Says It Will Fight New Pentagon Move as CEO Apologizes for Leaked Memo  WSJ OpenAI is complicit in Trump’s Iran war that no one wants | Opinion  USA Today Microsoft says Anthropic’s products remain available to customers after Pentagon blacklist  CNBC Opinion | Anthropic takes on Hegseth and Trump administration in necessary fight  The Washington Post An AI…

Trump says he is considering seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, but deal could be made ‘very quickly’  BBC Donald Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’  Financial Times Trump weighing all options on Iran’s Kharg island  NPR Iran war live: Trump says wants to take Iran’s oil; Kuwait power site hit  Al Jazeera Pentagon prepares for weeks of…