1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (131+ words) “Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, has for years detested the day-to-day duties of his job, dismissing such tasks as going to hearings and casting votes as a ‘performative’ waste of time,” the New York Times reports. “Now, a group…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (126+ words) “President Donald Trump on Friday labeled the Iran war ‘small potatoes,’ the latest attempt to minimize a six-month conflict that caused a spike in gas prices and led to the deaths of 18 American service-members,” CNN reports. Said Trump: “A lot…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (274+ words) “The Trump administration is working on a post-war strategy focused on a regional effort to contain Iran and expand normalization of relations between Israel and its neighbors,” Axios reports. Think You Know Politics? A new game every day. Goddard spent…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (124+ words) “Iran’s renewed attacks against Arab countries are raising the stakes for regional powers, with some saying they are losing hope that there’s any way out of the war — and that things will get worse before the November elections,” Politico reports....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (185+ words) “Iran has grown more confident in its ability to attack targets in the Middle East and appears determined to continue the conflict for months to frustrate the United States, according to U.S. intelligence reports in recent weeks,” the New York…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (335+ words) Wall Street Journal: “Behind closed doors, the first-term senator shows little interest in doing the job beyond cultivating relationships with conservative media figures and advocating for Israel, according to interviews with more than a dozen former staffers and lawmakers, as…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (131+ words) “Vice President JD Vance defended his friendship with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, rejecting pressure from some Republicans to distance himself from the conservative iconoclast,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Vance: “Tucker is a friend, despite the fact…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (69+ words) “Oil prices are heading back toward $100 a barrel, and, perhaps more crucially, the price of diesel fuel futures is now sitting at an all-time high,” Axios reports. “Investors are starting to recognize that higher oil prices from the Iran war…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (110+ words) “Iran retaliated against new U.S. strikes overnight, launching missiles and drones toward U.S. positions in the region in defiance of President Donald Trump’s warning Tuesday that such actions would see Iran ‘hit again at a much harder and higher level,…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (253+ words) “The U.S. military says it’s striking new targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action,” the Associated Press reports. Think You Know Politics? A new game every day. Trial Balloon is a weekly podcast for…...