Elsewhere: Shocker: Yale’s medical school discriminated by race in its admissions by favoring black and Hispanic applicants over their white and Asian counterparts, the Justice Department found after a lengthy investigation. It follows the DOJ’s similar findings regarding UCLA’s medical school. As the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz halts Iran’s oil exports and forces Tehran to scale back oil production, is the Iranian regime reaching a breaking point? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says yes: “We believe we’re at the point where soldiers aren’t getting paid. They’re not able to replenish their weapons stocks from abroad,” he told CNBC. “So, I think that they are on their last legs.” Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg, the Nancy Pelosi-endorsed candidate for New York’s influential 12th Congressional District, launched his campaign with a “carefully choreographed plan” to show he’s “a serious candidate” by calling “frenzied media outlets” and a “roster of wealthy donors”—then abruptly changed that plan because “he needed a nap” and “effectively disappeared for the day,” the New York Times reported. Apparently, living off of trust funds worth millions of dollars while making no money of your own is tiring work. California governor Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff Dana Williamson pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud and tax charges as part of a deal with prosecutors. Williamson was accused of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from a campaign account belonging to former California AG Xavier Becerra. Newsom has said the case had nothing to do with him, though there are signs that his office was the probe’s intended target, as our Andrew Kerr has reported. What should Democrats do to wrest power back from Republicans? Kamala Harris has an idea: a “no bad ideas brainstorm” in which Democrats “talk about what we need to do and think about doing around the Electoral College. We talk about the idea of Supreme Court reform, which includes expanding the Supreme Court. We invite a conversation about multi-members districts … let’s talk about statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.,” she said during a Win with Black Women “emergency virtual meeting.” These ideas and more are likely coming to a debate stage near you in 2028. Happy Friday, our full lineup is below. Times Columnist Kristof’s Father Fought on Nazi Side in World War II Netanyahu Says Israel Will Sue New York Times, Nick Kristof for ‘Blood Libel’ Rape Article: Times Takes More Heat for Relying on Widely Discredited Source Left-Wing Wikipedia Editors Fight To Keep Democrat Adam Hamawy’s Ties to ‘Blind Sheikh’ Offline Even Though House Candidate Testified To Their Friendship in Court Boston Suburb Becomes Legal Battleground Over Anti-Israel ‘Values’ Law That Jewish Group Says Is Thinly Disguised BDS Policy A Texas Military Vet Dropped Out of Penn State Law School Rather Than Submit to Its Mandatory Anti-Racism Course Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.