The 11th hour starts now.

Tonight, Donald Trump's war with Iran is once again hot.

We're following breaking news as both the U.S. and Iran accuse one another of breaking a fragile ceasefire.

And back home, the president's regularly scheduled program of hysterical fear-mongering,

election lies, and revenging himself on disloyal Republicans, has taken a new

twist.

Plus, the Velsheban Book Club is back with a megawatt author, Isabel Wilkerson.

And you'll want to stick around for tonight's nightlight to meet a man whose name,

I'm sure you don't know, but whose steady hand is keeping us all safer from the kind of

catastrophe that can happen

when belligerence rules the world stage.

There are 129 days until the midterm elections, and with each passing day, the true purpose

behind Donald Trump's midterm strategy becomes clearer. It's not about preserving

his party's control of Congress or about passing a landmark bill that can deliver meaningful

change for the American people. Ultimately, it's about protecting himself. This is arguably

been the unifying theme of his second presidency. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan explain in their new book the real reason that Trump mounted

a political comeback in 2024 in the first place, quote, this was about staying out of prison.

Now, if that's the case, it's work so far.

But what if Democrats take control of the House in the fall?

Trump himself has spelled it out

to his own party. If they lose the midterms, he'll get impeached again for the third time. That might

explain why even as he's losing a war to Iran and losing on the economy, he is so preoccupied

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