U.S. And Israel Once Planned For Ahmadinejad To Take Over Iran’s Government: NYTThe U.S. and Israel once sought to put former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was both anti-American and anti-Israel, back in power in Iran, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous U.S. officials briefed on the plan. A February strike near Ahmadinejad's home in Tehran was reportedly designed to free him from house arrest, though he grew skeptical of the plan afterward. A White House spokesperson did not directly address the report of the regime change plan in a response to The Times’ request for comment. Latest Live UpdatesSouth Carolina House Backs Congressional Map Favoring GOPRepublicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democratic objections and endorsed a congressional redistricting plan just after midnight Tuesday, moving to give the GOP a shot at winning an additional seat in the November midterm elections.The redistricting plan, urged on by President Donald Trump, would reshape the state’s only Democratic-held U.S. House district to the Republicans’ advantage as part of a broader national effort to retain the party’s slim House majority in the fall.Read more from The Associated Press:‘We’re Just Getting Started’: Massie Sounds A Defiant Note In Fiery Concession SpeechRep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) jabbed at President Donald Trump’s efforts to unseat him and sounded a defiant note in his fiery concession speech on Tuesday. “This thing went on longer than Vietnam,” Massie said, adding that Trump’s push to primary him spanned roughly nine months. He also criticized the president’s ballroom, the U.S. war on Iran and stressed the impact the Epstein Files Transparency Act has had. “We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, and that was just six months,” Massie said. “I got 7 months left in Congress.”Massie lost his primary on Tuesday after pushing for the Justice Department’s release of the Epstein Files and fielding recurring attacks from Trump over it and other confrontational positions he’s taken. “If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king,” Massie warned.At times, the raucous crowd broke into chants of “2028” and “President." “We’re just getting started, I like that," Massie said.Key MomentRevenge, Deepfake Porn Must Be Removed Within 48 Hours Of Being ReportedA legal process to have revenge and deepfake porn removed from online platforms within 48 hours went into effect on Tuesday, per CNN.The Take It Down Act, which Trump signed into law last year, makes it a crime to publish such nonconsensual sexual content, whether it's AI or not. The law also gave platforms a year to streamline the process into one that takes 48 hours or less. That deadline has now expired.In a letter last week to numerous platforms, including Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok and X, the Federal Trade Commission said the companies “must provide clear and conspicuous notice about the removal process.” That process must also include copies. If the nonconsensual imagery is not taken down within the required time frame, individuals who submitted the request can report it to https://takeitdown.ftc.gov/.Platforms that don’t comply can be fined $53,088 per violation.Firefighter Union Head Wins Key Dem Primary As GOP Meddling FailsBob Brooks, the head of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters’ Association, is projected to win a Democratic primary in a key swing district on Tuesday night, defying a Republican-linked attempt to boost one of his opponents.He will face first-term GOP Rep. Ryan McKenzie in November in the 7th District, which is centered around Allentown and the rest of the Lehigh Valley. The seat is considered a top target for Democrats in November.Read more:Trump Admin Sues Minnesota Over Prediction Market BanThe federal government is fighting Minnesota’s decision to outlaw prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued the state to block its new bill, signed into law Monday by Gov. Tim Walz, that among other things makes it illegal to host prediction markets or offer or advertise “event contracts” for a wide range of events.Read more from Reuters:Georgia Primary Election Results Delayed After Shooting At SchoolGeorgia will not be able to fully report its election results after a shooting took place at an elementary school in Sandy Springs that served as a voting location, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Sandy Springs is located in Fulton County, which is home to Atlanta and is the most populous county in Georgia.Since the shooting caused a lockdown and disrupted voting at the site, voting hours were extended at that location until 11:02 p.m. Eastern.Fulton County cannot report its full results until all voting locations are closed. That means results for close races, including one of the state's Supreme Court elections, will not be known until after 11 p.m.Iowa Gov Signs Bill Preventing Abortion Pill Access Via Telehealth, Mail OrdersIowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Tuesday signed a bill into law that restricts access to abortion pills like mifepristone via telehealth and mail-order prescription. The law takes effect July 1 and requires pregnant women who want to get an abortion to undergo an in-person screening from a physician, including a screening for coercion or abuse. The move comes just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion pills can continue to be prescribed via telehealth while litigation plays out in a lower court. Read more in the Iowa Capital Dispatch:Trump Admin Orders Banks To Start Checking Clients' CitizenshipPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration’s push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally.The order directs bank regulators and government departments to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining loans or credit cards. However, the order is less aggressive than banks had expected, as earlier reports suggested the White House was drafting an order that would make collecting customers’ citizenship information mandatory.Read more:Trump Shrugs Off Soaring Gas Prices As 'Peanuts' Amid Iran WarDonald Trump did little to dissuade people from the idea that he is out of touch with the concerns of everyday Americans during a Tuesday press conference.After a reporter asked the president whether he had any plans or initiatives to help stem the high gas prices caused by the current war with Iran, Trump said “there may be” before going off on a tangent about how great things had been before America had to “take a little journey” and “do something with Iran.”Read more:Victims Of San Diego Mosque Shooting IdentifiedThe three men killed yesterday in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego were identified Tuesday and remembered by their community as heroes who prevented the attackers from causing further bloodshed. The shooting victims were:Amin Abdullah, a security guard at the mosque, who police said played "a pivotal role in keeping this from being much worse" Nader Awad, a local community member, who ran from his home toward the mosque after hearing gunfireMansour Kaziha, who managed the mosque's storePolice said two teenagers, ages 17 and 18, opened fire at the Islamic center shortly before authorities found both of them dead inside a nearby car from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. See All UpdatesClose