The White House Announces White House Ballroom Construction to Begin  —  Washington, D.C. — For 150 years, Presidents, Administrations, and White House Staff have longed for a large event space on the White House complex that can hold substantially more guests than currently allowed.

Alan Dershowitz Takes on His Greatest Challenge Yet: A Farmers' Market  —  It was an unusually warm day on Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday, and Alan Dershowitz just wanted to enjoy some hot dumplings.  —  As he tells it, Dershowitz, the 86-year-old attorney for some of America's …

A New Cycle of Texas Gerrymandering: Your Questions Answered  —  A redistricting expert answers questions from Bolts readers about the effort to redraw Texas' congressional map, and its effects on communities of color and political representation.  —  The Texas legislature began meeting …

Trump extends Mexico's 25% tariffs for 90 days as talks continue … President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would not raise U.S. tariffs on Mexican goods beyond their current levels for 90 days, in order to give the neighboring countries time to strike a trade deal.

Axelrod: Harris ‘setting herself up’ for 2028 presidential run  —  Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Wednesday said former Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be preparing for another White House bid after last year's November loss, following her announcement that she will not run for California governor.

Trump's tariffs get frosty reception at federal appeals court … Judge Timothy Dyk, a Clinton appointee, said “it was hard for me to see” that Congress intended to give the president the authority to essentially rewrite the entire U.S. code when it passed the legislation.

Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles.

Trump's war on Big Law leads firms to retreat from ‘pro bono’ work for underdogs  —  Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable.  —  When the Texas Civil Rights Project needed lawyers to help dozens …

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants  —  Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions at the notorious prison.  —  One detainee was beaten unconscious.

Trump Demands That Drugmakers Lower Some of Their U.S. Prices by September  —  The administration has not put forward a clear legal authority to compel drugmakers to reduce their prices.  —  President Trump on Thursday sent letters to 17 of the world's biggest drugmakers demanding …

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Virginia Giuffre's Family Was Shocked That Trump Described Her as ‘Stolen’  —  The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers wonder what the president knows.  —  When Donald Trump told reporters yesterday that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” a young woman named Virginia Roberts Giuffre …

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is probably reading this … Kavanaugh also made clear he closely follows press coverage, podcasts and social media posts about the Supreme Court, what he described as “an ocean of criticism and critiques out there.”  —  “I'm aware of it.  I definitely pay attention to it.

Blue-state Democrats want immigration agents to show their faces … “People wearing ski masks are grabbing people, throwing them into unmarked cars and sending them to Alligator Alcatraz or El Salvador or Libya,” said California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who authored a bill to ban certain kinds of face coverings for law enforcement.

Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans  —  A complaint concerning a top Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, went unnoticed for more than two months, raising worries that an internal watchdog has gone dormant.  —  The Justice Department's internal watchdog lost …

The Columbia deal with Trump is a blueprint.  All of higher ed should fear what comes next.  —  One by one, elite universities are signing away some of their autonomy to the Trump administration after it has accused them of civil rights violations and withheld federal funding.

How Epstein and Maxwell Used Trump's Fame to Groom 13-Year-Old Girl  —  USERS AND ABUSERS  —  “Jane” revealed how the pair used Trump's name and a meeting with him as part of their twisted plan.  —  The first victim to testify in Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking trial told the jury …

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum  —  The Smithsonian said it restored the display to an earlier version, which notes that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.”  —  The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History …

Senators Could Vote Imminently to Remove Their Homes, Travel Info From Internet  —  Watchdogs argue the legislation would block reporters from doing their jobs and limit efforts to hold lawmakers accountable  —  Senators could vote on a bill as soon as Thursday to allow members of Congress …

The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims.  Falsehoods are now winning.  —  Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.  —  Just now  —  When 400 fact-checkers from around the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro in June for an annual conference, the mood was tense.

The shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president … Now, he's on the other side of the mountain.  And his life has entered a new phase that is quieter and smaller.  —  He's staffed by only one or two aides and a small Secret Service detail.  He holes up for hours at a time in Delaware working …

Republicans Put Conspiracy Theorist With Far-Right Ties In Top Counterterrorism Job  —  Joe Kent has pushed white nationalist views and fanned conspiracies about the 2020 election being “stolen” and the FBI planning the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  WASHINGTON ― You can't make it up, folks.

The Only MAGA That Counts Is Trump's  —  Earlier this week, we were nonplussed and repulsed at Donald Trump's bizarre description of how Jeffrey Epstein had abused girls he first met in the spa at Mar-a-Lago: Epstein “stole people that worked for me,” Trump said.

Fox News since Monday: 85 minutes talking about Sydney Sweeney, 3 minutes talking about Epstein  —  RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TYLER MONROE & SAGE HODIL … Fox's focus on Sweeney over Epstein is a notable departure from the stories that other cable news networks have found to be newsworthy this week …

Newly Declassified Appendix To Durham Report Sheds Additional Light On Clinton Campaign Plan To Falsely Tie Trump To Russia And FBI's Failure To Investigate  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today is making public the formerly Classified Appendix …

Legal Watchdog Files Bar Complaints Against Justice Dept. Lawyers  —  The move represented a rare attempt to seek accountability for rank-and-file lawyers who have represented the Trump administration in court.  —  A legal watchdog group accused three career Justice Department lawyers …

The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work  —  Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.  —  Just now  —  The government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work …

Trump regulatory czar Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred for role in 2020 election plot, disciplinary board rules … “The fight continues,” Clark said in a series of posts on X, shortly after the decision.  —  The D.C. Bar's Board of Professional Responsibility said its ruling was based …

STAT+: Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration's proposed 40% cut  —  WASHINGTON — Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, in an Appropriations Committee vote that represents …

Ms. Rachel grew up on Mister Rogers.  Now she's carrying on his legacy. … NEW YORK  —  Many years ago, in a gray wooden house in Maine, there was a little girl who loved to curl up on the living room couch and watch “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.”  When each episode wound down …

Criminal defendant challenging Alina Habba's appointment takes a page from Aileen Cannon's playbook … “As Judge Cannon explained in Trump, when executive officials deliberately engineer an appointment in violation of statutory and constitutional mandates, the only effective remedy is dismissal or …