President Donald Trump, 80, has been roundly roasted for his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump took the podium Friday night ready to make what his staff had earlier described as a “unifying but vicious” speech.

Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East.

On Friday, Enten referred to a Fox News poll to show that Democrats currently hold a 10-point lead over Republicans on the issue of inflation. This marks a change from October 2024, when Trump held a 6-point edge on the same question. “This is a huge switcheroo,” CNN anchor Sara Sidner said.

Former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says the Trump administration’s approach to releasing casualty information about the Iran war has been “shameful.” Aside from announcing that 18 American soldiers have been killed,

A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.

Tech trillionaire Elon Musk admitted that he got “too involved” with U.S. politics in a new interview with The Economist.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump told Axios that he is weighing restarting major combat operations in Iran. Trump said he could carry out even larger strikes than the Operation Epic Fury strikes that killed dozens of Iranian leaders and started the war on Feb. 28.

The carve-outs are more expansive than previous rounds of tariffs from this administration, a sign that, even as Trump officials seek ways to wield the president’s favorite economic policy tool, they are also wary of deepening American consumers’ anger or risking foreign retaliation.