Mehdi on the Republican religious nutjobs pining for Armageddon in the Middle East. Plus: the latest on the Iran school bombing and, for once, a disgraced Republican is shamed into quitting politics.

In Minnesota, "Trump has redefined dissent not as a civic act, but as an enemy force," writes Andrew Weinstein.

Trump’s request is a break from the Justice Department’s handling of all special counsel reports in recent decades.

The Violence the U.S. President Responds to is Actually the Violence in His Mind

The Mental Health Crisis among ‘the Last Generation’

Dumping the Comey Case Before Trial