Allentown grandfather's family was told he died in ICE custody.  Then they learned he's alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say  —  Relatives of 82-year-old Allentown resident Luis Leon are headed to a Guatemalan hospital Saturday in hopes of reuniting with the man they say disappeared without …

Today in Politics, Bulletin 173. 7/18/25  —  ... WSJ poured more gas on Trump's raging Epstein inferno with a new story about a birthday card that he sent to the child trafficker and rapist in 2003.  The story said Ghislaine Maxwell asked friends of Epstein to submit cards to compile …

Trump says ‘left lunatics’ won't be satisfied with Epstein grand jury testimony  —  President Trump on Saturday said even if his administration releases all of the grand jury testimony in the case related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it will not be enough to satisfy the …

Colbert and Capitulation … Just how far is David Ellison willing to go to shift the political tone at CBS?  On Thursday, we got our clearest sign yet, as the network sacrificed its biggest star as Skydance seeks Donald Trump's approval for its Paramount merger.

MAGA's New Target: Trump  —  People often become what they scorn.  Donald Trump has become the deep state.  —  He is the keeper of the secrets.  He is the one stealing away people's liberties.  He is the one weaponizing government and protecting the ruling class.

FBI personnel were told to flag Epstein files mentioning Trump, Senate Democrat says  —  Sen. Dick Durbin questioned DOJ leadership over their handling of the Epstein files, including reports that FBI personnel were told to “flag” any mentions of Trump.  —  Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin …

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm  —  The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate …

A Pro-Trump Community Reckons With Losing a Beloved Immigrant Neighbor  —  A photograph of Moises Sotelo held by his daughter, Alondra Sotelo Garcia.Christopher Valentine for The New York Times  —  Voters here in Oregon's rural Yamhill County have backed Donald Trump for three presidential elections …

Exclusive: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions  —  The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people they were designed to benefit, Reuters has found.

Sen. Murkowski, feeling ‘cheated’ by Trump actions against wind and solar, says she'll go to bat for Alaska projects  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she feels “cheated” after she won a concession in the recently passed tax and spending law to protect wind and solar projects …

Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?  —  The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.  —  In the days after the deadly July 4 floods in Central Texas …

Trump's DOJ has fired dozens of prosecutors, upending decades-old norm  —  Firings by Trump administration spark worries about weakening the rule of law  —  The Department of Justice under the Trump administration has fired dozens of career prosecutors during the past six months …

Democrats' 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death  —  An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden's decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris's team, according to six people briefed on the report.  —  The Democratic National Committee's …

Our Pathetic Senate  —  CBS cancels satire; Trump sues Rupert, toys with firing the Fed chair, begins to realize that V. Putin is not his BFF, but gives him 50 more days to keep killing Ukrainians.  And try as he might, he still can't shake the ghost of his Epstein past.  —  Happy Saturday.

Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Bob Woodward over audiobook  —  In his 2023 lawsuit, Trump said he told Woodward repeatedly that the interviews were meant solely for the book.  Woodward said he never agreed to that restriction.  —  A federal judge on Friday dismissed President …

“We Were Kidnapped”  —  On Friday, María Daniela learned that her younger brother, Neri Alvarado Borges, and more than 200 other Venezuelans sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador were being released after spending more than four months in an infamous prison.

Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He's Headed to Ukraine Front Line  —  FAFO  —  Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen.  His wife said he was duped into a combat role.  —  An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ …

State, local officials seek to ban ICE agents' masks  —  A growing number of Democratic-leaning states and cities are weighing proposals to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks and require them to display IDs when making arrests. … - Just as conservative-leaning states enacted …

The biggest political fights over Trump's megabill are converging in Nevada  —  Nevada, set to play a key role in the 2026 and 2028 elections, could be uniquely impacted by some of the new law's tax and Medicaid provisions.  —  When it comes to President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill …