When the viral video cooled off, people thought the case against the 62-year-old would be dropped. Prosecutors doubled down.

One mistake the America First crowd has made is offshoring judicial selection to the “old school Country Club of Republicans,” Theo Wold, former White House Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy under President Trump, who penned the original executive order on birthright citizenship, explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Drivers in Florida were forced to fuel up elsewhere after some stations ran out of gas.

Does America Still Make Stuff?

The missing fighter pilot shot down over Iran Friday has an edge over enemies because the US’ search-and-rescue mission is unfolding at night, military experts said.

Two U.S. military helicopters and an A-10 Thunderbolt involved in the search were struck by Iranian fire, officials said. All pilots are safe.

One crew member from the F-15E fighter jet has been rescued, according to a U.S. official.

An American pilot was rescued Friday after a U.S. fighter jet was downed in Iran, military sources said, while the status of a second crew member was not immediately clear.

President Trump, speaking to NBC News, downplayed the broader impact of the incident on talks, saying the situation would not affect negotiations even as military tensions rise. the aircraft — widely identified as an F-15E fighter jet — was shot down over southwestern Iran, marking a significant escalation in the conflict. [Full Story]

An F-15 went down in Iran and a second Air Force plane crashed near the Strait of Hormuz as the war capped a week of intensified fighting.

The fate of the second airman in the F-15E warplane was unknown. U.S. officials said they rescued a lone pilot from another plane crash in the Gulf region.

Iran claims it shot down a U.S. fighter jet, and two sources confirmed to CBS News that a search and rescue operation was underway.

TRUMP'S MESS GETS MESSIER

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

The White House said the president was briefed as search-and-rescue efforts continue, though no formal U.S. confirmation of a downed jet has been issued.

A moral exercise in a moral desert

The left-wing actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, currently in two plays in New York, describes a harsh midlife conversion to class politics — transforming from a disengaged liberal to someone who sees himself as “a participant in the world struggle.”

One of Trump’s longtime allies makes the case against the Iran war.

This Good Friday, may we all hear the psalm Jesus quoted on the cross with new ears.