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Trump criticism leads to rare criminal charges for Air Force officer who called for impeachment A US airman who was arrested twice, once on the steps of the US Capitol while calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, was officially criminally charged Monday for his comments, according to a charging document his attorney shared with CNN. Maj. Jason Watson faces the following charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the document: three violations of Article 88 for alleged “contemptuous” remarks about Trump, five violations of Article 92 for allegedly disobeying orders and two violations of Article 133 for alleged conduct unbecoming an officer. The rare Article 88 charges are connected to the Air Force officer’s June interview with the Defenders of our Republic Substack newsletter, his July 1 protest in uniform at the US Capitol, and an August 17 CNN interview.

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Jackson: ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’ Election cases have become particularly contentious this year at the Supreme Court, drawing sharp writing from members of both the conservative and liberal wings. In the highest profile case, the court’s 6-3 conservative majority gutted the Voting Rights Act in a significant ruling in late April dealing with Louisiana’s congressional districts. The liberal justices dissented from the decision. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, wrote that they believed lower courts had the authority to rule in favor of the Democratic states now, while stressing that the high court’s majority had not addressed the legality of Trump’s directives on the merits. “Today’s decision does not address whether the President’s attempts to interfere with States’ administration of the November 2026 elections are lawful.

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Trump discloses 1,000 more recent stock trades, including in companies directly affected by Iran war President Donald Trump has disclosed making another 1,000-plus stock transactions in June, continuing an unprecedented pace of trading activity while in office that has drawn scrutiny over his ability to personally profit off of the presidency. The trades, submitted in a filing to the Office of Government Ethics, included the purchase and sale of thousands of dollars of stock in energy companies directly affected by Trump’s ongoing war in Iran. The transactions also targeted companies in a wide range of industries that Trump has sought to shape through his policies, including drug manufacturers like Eli Lilly and Merck and major artificial intelligence firms like Nvidia. The White House denied that Trump has any influence over his investment accounts, saying in a statement that his portfolio “is independently managed by third-party financial institutions.”

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No, Iran is not winning: In Act IV of the war, it’s losing its leverage in Hormuz A conventional wisdom has begun to settle over the war with Iran: Iran won. The argument is straightforward. The US and Israel bombed Iran for weeks, inflicted enormous damage, and demanded major concessions. Iran refused to surrender. Its government remains in power. Its missiles remain a threat across the region. And most important, Tehran still has the ability to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, imposing higher energy costs on the US and much of the world. Over the summer, Trump warned of a global depression if the Strait remained shut. That’s a strong argument. But it may have proved premature. Wars are contests of leverage and endurance. And the contest now looks very different from even a few months ago.

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