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  President Donald Trump isn’t about to do the same amid the Iran war, describing his occasional golf outings as a brief reprieve from the pressures of being commander in chief. “It’s a form of relaxation,” he told NBC News in a phone interview Tuesday. “It’s a little exercise, and it takes your mind off things for a couple of hours.” A month into the war, the United States has “decimated” Iran’s military and brought to the fore a leadership that is “much more reasonable” and less “radicalized” than its predecessor, the president added. “We’re doing great,” Trump said. “And it’s coming to an end.” At the same time, Americans are being impacted in all sorts of ways. The ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has left air travelers standing in long lines at airports, while motorists are  paying higher prices at the pump . Thirteen U.S. service members have been killed, and two more died of noncombat causes, in the Iran war. Yet, there is little evident disruptio...

  More key European allies are restricting U.S. military access as the Trump administration presses ahead with its war against Iran, with both France and Spain moving to block U.S.-linked aircraft from using their airspace or bases. France has refused overflight for planes carrying U.S. military supplies to Israel, according to President  Donald Trump , marking a rare disruption to routine military coordination between Washington and key European allies. Their refusals carry operational weight because U.S. bases in Europe are "essential" for supporting Middle East operations, acting as critical staging and transit hubs for military aircraft.  MULTIPLE ALLIES DECLINE US CALLS FOR STRAIT OF HORMUZ SUPPORT AMID RISING MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS The move marks the latest sign of growing friction between the United States and European allies as President  Donald Trump  ramps up pressure on NATO partners to support operations tied to the war with Iran. According to a Tuesda...

  The   U.S. Supreme Court   rejected on Tuesday a Colorado law that banned psychotherapists from using "conversion" talk therapy intended to change an LGBT minor's ​sexual orientation or gender identity, siding with a Christian licensed counselor in casting the prohibition as an intrusion on free speech rights. The 8-1 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Neil ‌Gorsuch, rejected Colorado's argument that its law regulated professional conduct, not protected speech. The justices reversed a lower court's decision that had upheld the law in a case brought by counselor Kaley Chiles, who argued that it violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of free speech. The Supreme Court held open the possibility that the law could apply to certain forms of conversion therapy, including so-called "aversive" physical interventions, but not to the counselor's speech at issue in the case. 'CENSORIOUS GOVERNME...