Chuck Todd

“The House Ethics Committee interviewed a number of Rep. Alma Adams’ former aides as part of an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship between the lawmaker and a staffer who works out of her North

Semafor: “Of the 14 longform ‘bro’ podcasts Trump appeared on during his 2024 presidential campaign, eight of the hosts have questioned or criticized the war, while just two have endorsed it.”

Playbook: “Though no senator is openly pointing to any particular Cabinet official as likely to depart, there’s some names floating around. Three privately tabbed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as one with potential to move. A fourth questioned how long DNI Tulsi Gabbard would remain in her post. And two senators said FBI Director Kash Patel could be on the rocks.”

“Oil was trading above $100 a barrel again on Thursday after Iranian forces claimed to have seized two cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz, injecting fresh fear into energy markets with no public indications of a breakthrough in efforts to restart U.S.-Iran peace talks,” the New York Times reports.

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Bloomberg: “North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is nearing a crucial tipping point: being big enough to possibly overwhelm the ground-based missile defenses the US spent billions developing over the last 30 years.”

“Florida House lawmakers approved a new congressional map Wednesday that would give Republicans a leg up in four more U.S. House seats, boosting their chances of keeping control of the chamber amid a nationwide redistricting arms race,” the Washington Post reports.

New York Times: “U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused a Mexican governor and nine other current and former Mexican officials of participating in a broad conspiracy to help a powerful Mexican cartel import drugs into the United States.”

President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,” in what appears to be retaliation for comments by Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, that Iran has “humiliated” the United States, the New York Times reports.

“As Democrats brace for a bruising primary in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, Mallory McMorrow, one of the party’s top contenders, has quietly deleted thousands of old tweets — including posts in which she took jabs at the rural Midwest, lamented ever leaving California, and said she continued to vote there after she said she’d moved permanently to Michigan,” CNN reports.