Trump readies blanket tariffs as he brushes off inflation worries  —  In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Trump talked about tariffs, sending Patriot missiles to NATO for Ukraine and how he'll sell his recently passed “big, beautiful bill.”  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday …

Joni Ernst is the next GOP senator on retirement watch … Many will be watching closely for clues next week when Ernst files new campaign fundraising totals.  She raised just over $1 million in the first quarter of 2025, a solid but not overwhelming number for an in-cycle senator.

ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court … A grandmother planning to document ICE arrests at the San Diego courthouse instead became the story Tuesday after video of her own arrest began circulating.  —  An ICE agent accused the woman of pushing her.

Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton  —  In a statement, Angela Paxton said she moved to end her 38-year marriage “on biblical grounds,” citing “recent discoveries.”  —  State Sen. Angela Paxton announced Thursday she has filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.  —  The State Department formally notified employees on Thursday that it was about to begin layoffs as part of a consolidation plan …

Trump's Tariffs Blow Up the Copper Market  —  U.S. firms will pay 50% more while waiting years for more U.S. production.  —  President Trump likes tariffs for their own sake, and the latest evidence is his bewildering decision to slap a 50% tax on copper imports.

A Baseball Coach Says He Fended Off ICE Agents Questioning Kids on the Upper West Side  —  After coaching baseball on the west side of Manhattan for more than 20 years, Youman Wilder says he had a first-of-a-kind experience at the end of last month.  —  Wilder was leading a group …

The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials' Loyalty  —  Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel.  — 1.2k  —  Typically, the F.B.I. has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees …

Cops Probed Trump Terror Chief, 22, Over Teen Love Triangle  —  EYEBROW-RAISING  —  Police were called in after a threatening message was sent to a child by the ex-gardener chosen by the president to lead a key homeland security post, The Daily Beast has learned.  —  EXCLUSIVE

New Whistleblower Docs Bolster Claim Emil Bove Spoke Openly of Defying Courts  —  Emil Bove, a top DOJ official, is currently in the middle of a contentious nomination process for a seat on the federal judiciary.  — Copy  —  A whistleblower who leveled explosive allegations against Emil Bove …

Fired Justice Department official warns we are “driving straight into an abyss”  —  A 17-year former Justice Department official is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency.  —  Patty Hartman, who served as a top public affairs specialist at the FBI and federal prosecutors' offices …

Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions  —  During xAI's launch of Grok 4 on Wednesday night, Elon Musk said — while live-streaming the event on his social media platform, X — that his AI company's ultimate goal was to develop a “maximally truth-seeking AI.”

Justice Dept. Demands Patient Details From Trans Medicine Providers  —  Doctors and hospitals were subpoenaed for private information on gender-related care for minors, the latest move by the Trump administration to stop the treatments.  —  The Justice Department has issued subpoenas demanding …

U.S. Department of Education Ends Taxpayer Subsidization of Postsecondary Education for Illegal Aliens  —  The U.S. Department of Education today announced it will end taxpayer subsidization of illegal aliens in career, technical, and adult education programs.

California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper  —  Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.

Federal immigration agents blockade Camarillo farm, clash with demonstrators  —  Federal immigration agents descended on a farm outside of Camarillo on July 10, blocking off a road outside the facility and clashing with protesters.  —  Reports flooded social media on Thursday morning …

Trump's EPA Chief Tried to Debunk Chemtrails, but Nobody Actually Read the Report  —  Lee Zeldin's social media posts about weather phenomena confused many into thinking he had endorsed conspiracy theories … Unfortunately, he seems to have left many people confused as to the agency's actual policies and actions.

When power is not currently an option, you might as well tell the truth  —  Amy Coney Barrett's pissy response to Ketanji Brown Jackson's CASA dissent is a real hit dog hollers moment:  —  As Jay Willis observes, it is...convenient that Barrett did not choose to “dwell” …

DHS Cancels Extreme Weather Comms Grant While Bodies Still Being Recovered in Texas … As more than a hundred fatalities have been confirmed in Texas flash floods and some 170 remain missing, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has both denied that DOGE cuts …

Some of Iran's Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says  —  The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.  —  Israel has concluded that some of Iran's underground stockpile …

Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration  —  On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’  —  DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.  —  The Department of Homeland Security …

Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks  —  The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors, says it ‘will not be partisan’  —  Harvard leaders have discussed creating a program that people briefed …

U.S. Department of Education Opens Title VI Investigation into George Mason University  —  A Complaint Filed with OCR Alleges that the University Has Widespread Policies in Hiring and Promotion That Discriminate on the Basis of Race  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights …

Firings without explanation create culture of fear at Justice Dept., FBI  —  Widespread, abrupt terminations have left Justice Department and FBI employees wondering if they will be next, people familiar with the matter say.  —  Summary364  —  The Trump administration is firing and pushing …

Dean Phillips says there isn't room for ‘socialists’ like Mamdani in Democratic Party  —  Former Democratic congressman for Minnesota Dean Phillips warned the Democratic Party against embracing nominees like New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying a victory in the general election would be a …

They took away Linda Yaccarino's blue check!  —  Ex-CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, seems to have left the company on good terms.  That is to say, Elon Musk has not disparaged her yet, and we know that he is not known to mince words about his adversaries.  But now, we have the teeniest …

Trump Held Talks on Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell: Biographer  —  WHITE HOUSE JITTERS  —  The president agonized over what Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice would reveal upon her arrest, author Michael Wolff said.  —  President Donald Trump weighed pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell for fear …

Democracy  —  If you want to know where Republican politics is heading, look at the memes.  Since the start of its second term, the Trump administration and its G.O.P. surrogates have been crashing out online.  —  Like an unhinged Zoomer, they've relentlessly posted sadistic memes …

SEC accuses GOP-linked Georgia lender of $140M Ponzi scheme  —  Founder of Newnan-based First Liberty accused of using millions in investors' money for vacations, rare coins and political donations.  —  Federal regulators filed a complaint Thursday seeking the seizure of Georgia lender …