Ukraine war briefing: Trump set to ease oil-related sanctions following Putin call  The Guardian Trump administration starts to panic over rapidly rising oil costs  CNN US consumers… [more]

Alexander brothers, famous real estate brokers, guilty of sex trafficking  BBC Alexander Brothers Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex-Trafficking Trial  The New York Times Wealth, drugs… [more]

White House Forced to Walk Back Trump’s Brazen Threat  The Daily Beast SAVE America Act is ‘No. 1 priority,’ Trump tells Republicans – Live Updates  Politico Thune… [more]

Oil plunges 10% as Trump warns to hit Iran ‘twenty times harder’ if it blockades Strait of Hormuz  CNBC Trump says it’s an ‘honor’ to keep… [more]

Senate Republicans splinter over SAVE America Act’s path as Trump calls for more revisions  NBC News Trump’s newest pledge has Democrats cheering — and Republicans squirming  MS… [more]

Trump’s War in Iran, and Rising Gas Prices, Collide With Midterm Agenda  The New York Times Gas, oil prices worry GOP as Trump floats taking over… [more]

Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack  The New York Times Suspect in NYC terror probe planned attack ‘bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing,’… [more]

Judge limits crowd control devices at Portland ICE building, says federal officers must identify themselves  Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB Hundreds protest in a ‘sing resistance’… [more]

U.S. orders more diplomats to leave Middle East  The Washington Post U.S. orders staff to leave Saudi Arabia as war spreads; Iran rules out immediate ceasefire  CNBC… [more]

Trump administration widens its 2020 election probe as it obtains records from Arizona  PBS FBI obtains voting data from Arizona GOP’s 2020 review that confirmed Trump’s… [more]