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… [more]

Nepal swears in ex-rapper as new prime minister  BBC Ex-rapper Shah sworn in as Nepal prime minister after sweeping election win  NBC News A Rapper Who Won… [more]

Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro’s legal costs in US drug trafficking case  NPR Venezuela’s Maduro has been in a notorious Brooklyn jail for over… [more]

Thune lays out next steps after Trump’s move to restore TSA pay  Axios Trump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid as Funding Deal Stalls  The New… [more]

Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic  Axios Judge blocks Pentagon’s effort to ‘punish’ Anthropic by labeling it a supply chain risk  CNN Anthropic wins preliminary injunction… [more]

Why hasn’t the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz?  The Conversation In Sleepy Town on Strait of Hormuz, War Rages Just Over… [more]

The global food crisis unleashed by the war  Financial Times The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices  AP News From war… [more]

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday  The New York Times Trump extends Hormuz deadline but few signs of progress toward… [more]

Middle East crisis live: Trump pausing strikes on Iran energy sites; Houthis say ‘no reason’ to halt Red Sea shipping  The Guardian Iran war live: Trump… [more]

Rubio will try to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 diplomats after Trump insults allies  AP News Rubio heads to Europe to try garner support for… [more]