Pam Bondi gets unusual representation

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon has been serving as the former attorney general’s lawyer.
Pam Bondi Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Paramount appears to sway DOJ staff on Warner Bros. takeover

US antitrust regulators appear to approve Paramount’s $110 billion studio deal after a two-hour meeting at the Justice Department Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said.
Paramount logo on water tower Mike Blake/Reuters

Iran threatens retaliation after US strikes

Tehran said Washington’s attacks, which the US called “self-defense strikes,” violated the countries’ ceasefire.
People walk past a billboard with a picture of Iranian people, in TehranMajid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

White House calls Abraham Accords a ‘complement’ to Iran war deal

The White House is qualifying the president’s call for an array of other Middle Eastern nations to normalize relations with Israel as part of any deal to end the Iran war.
People walk by a billboard calling for the expansion of the Abraham Accords
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Teachers aren’t getting formal guidance on AI, poll finds

Only 18% of K-12 teachers reported receiving formal guidance from administrators on how AI tools should be used across various classroom tasks.
an empty classroom Adam Gray/Reuters

Pam Bondi gets unusual representation

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon has been serving as the former attorney general’s lawyer.
Pam Bondi Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Republicans try to coalesce around Paxton after Cornyn loss

Party leaders in Washington had deemed Sen. John Cornyn the more electable candidate, but Republicans can’t afford to lose that seat and keep their majority.
Ken PaxtonEvan Garcia/Reuters

Iran threatens retaliation after US strikes

Tehran said Washington’s attacks, which the US called “self-defense strikes,” violated the countries’ ceasefire.

White House calls Abraham Accords a ‘complement’ to Iran war deal

The White House is qualifying the president’s call for an array of other Middle Eastern nations to normalize relations with Israel as part of any deal to end the Iran war.

‘Circular firing squad’: Democrats question state conventions after Michigan debacle

The party is reevaluating its nominating practices that some warn could result in activist-driven sideshows.

Sen. Schiff takes on Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The California Democrat called the fund “the most brazen act of self-dealing corruption we’ve ever seen.”

Republican Congress faces major pileup before midterms

It’s not clear how Republicans will handle opposition to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

‘Life by 1,000 Band-Aids’: Trump has no good options to tame inflation

The economic reality that could doom his party in November is not easy to fix, as Joe Biden learned.

Iran deal status remains uncertain

The fate of an Iran peace deal remained uncertain Monday, as both Washington and Tehran offered conflicting signals on progress.

No ‘immediate’ tariffs on semiconductors

The US will not impose tariffs on semiconductors in the near future, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday.
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