Abdul El-Sayed overcame a massive spending disadvantage by hardline pro-Israel groups and opposition from the Democratic establishment to win Michigan’s Senate primary, the Associated Press projected. www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...

Gen. Alexus Grynkewich sent written notification to senior Pentagon officials saying that without another Navy destroyer he will be forced to choose defense of the United States “homeland” over that of Israel, reports @DanLamothe wapo.st/4fQywc5

Inside the push by @AIPAC and @netanyahu to integrate the defense industries of the U.S. and Israel as American public support for Israel wanes, featuring my exchanges with @marcorubio, @ChrisVanHollen @RonnyJacksonTX and others. Gift link: wapo.st/4w60rLf

Saudi Arabia joins U.S. military strikes on Iranian proxies apple.news/AJWRWYlENSe2...

Saudi Arabia joins U.S. military strikes on Iranian proxies — The Washington Post

The rare joint operation in Iraq underscores the risk that the Iran conflict could expand.

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What 2,600 Americans think about Trump’s ballroom, pool and arch projects www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

Scoop: The Trump administration is considering military options in Mali against Islamist militants at the urging of Sebastian Gorka, per officials. If approved, it would add an 8th nation to the list of countries Trump has bombed in his second term

Rubio's meeting with China's top diplomat Wang Yi has begun in Manila. The first high-level US-China meeting since Trump's claims of Chinese election meddling

The way the Rubio State Department describes the threat posed by Cuba is far more alarmist than how U.S. spies and diplomats describe the impoverished Communist island, reviving speculation about the creation of a pretext for overthrowing the regime in Havana www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Scoop: U.S. intelligence reports offer a pessimistic view of new rounds of U.S. military strikes against Iran: They are unlikely to have a significant impact on Iran or soften its negotiating position, current and former officials tell Warren Strobel and me

Iran’s deadly attack on U.S. forces in Jordan is the latest sign that the recent U.S. intel assessment that Iran had retained significant missile capabilities was insightful despite US clams of its decimation www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Trump said the FBI was wasting its time in visiting Lindsey Graham's home. "I don't see a lot of evil there." He then dings the deceased on his health decisions, noting a blocked artery: "I wish he took better care of himself" "His father died of the same thing"

The Trump administration is about to hold an anti-Antifa meeting w/ dozens of nations but some US officials are worried it is part of an effort by Sebastian Gorka to use powerful tools designed for fighting foreign terrorists to crackdown on left wing activists in the US 🧵

Rubio says Belgium should be honored to play the U.S. team at "full strength" because if they win, the victory won't be "tainted"

A turning point in the Michigan Dem primary was McMorrow's attempt to stigmatize her opponent El-Sayed for his association with Hasan Piker, writes NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

New: Senior U.S. officials feared that Israel intended to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators this spring as the Trump administration pursued a high-stakes deal to end the war there and reopen the Strait of Hormuz 🧵https://wapo.st/4awyO69

In Colorado, democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated Rep. Diana DeGette, the establishment candidate backed by Pro-Choice Majority Action, a PAC that received most of its funding from EDW Action Fund, a group that received $1 million from AIPAC

In a surprise upset, Sen. Michael Bennet is defeated in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary, in the latest rejection of a consummate Washington insider. www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...

Melania, a calf from West Virginia, was presented at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall along with goats, sheep and other cows at the Agriculture Department pavilion. https://wapo.st/44B2xau

White House officials secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500m for the construction of the East Wing ballroom in an unusual arrangement that sidestepped typical contracting procedures designed to control costs, according to a copy of the agreement www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

In the first month of Trump’s second term, he gathered his top aides to discuss the war in Ukraine which included musing about the attractiveness of Ukrainian women, via the new book Regime Change

Trump on the bombing of the girls' school in Iran: "I don't think it was us" (Every credible report has concluded the US was responsible)

tfw you used Claude to write your NDAA amendment but forgot to hide your tracks

Two Mamdani-backed candidates win House primaries in NYC www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...

Senate votes to block Trump from resuming Iran war www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This, days after U.S. intel officials warned that Netanyahu's approach to Lebanon was likely to undermine the Iran deal

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo ago

Breaking news: Iran’s military command said it is closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to state media, testing a fragile ceasefire agreement intended to lead to broader peace talks with the United States.

Scoop: U.S. intelligence agencies are warning the Trump administration that Netanyahu is likely to take steps that will undermine Trump’s Iran deal as the Israeli leader faces intense political pressure to continue waging war in Lebanon 🧵

An internal cost estimate of Trump's ballroom ran $200 million more than Trump has said publicly and counters his claims that no taxpayer money will be spent, according to a copy of the estimate obtained by The @washingtonpost wapo.st/4vOuwPD

Catholic convert JD Vance wrote in his memoir about his meetings in Rome with top Church officials: He found Vatican diplomats “unsettling” as they uttered what he describes as “trite platitudes” and “clichés." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This event is in honor of America's 250th bday, but to watch it, Americans have to pay for a subscription to Paramount+, the company owned by David Ellison, whose deal to merge with Warner Bros was approved by Trump and whose dad is a major Trump fundraiser

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 2mo ago

Reminder: The UFC is holding this Vegas-style spectacle on the White House South Lawn to promote its own brand. The People’s House has been turned into a corporate sponsorship opportunity.

Trump says his deal with Iran is “now complete”