RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development  —  The mRNA vaccines are credited with slowing the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance  —  Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president's residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General …

Democrats draw up plans to retaliate if Republicans gerrymander Texas — but they face legal hurdles  —  California is eyeing a ballot initiative this fall to redraw its House map for 2026 — only if Texas Republicans redistrict to gain more seats.  New York Democrats may have to wait until 2028.

Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker  —  Trump floats taking federal control of the city after the man known online as ‘Big Balls’ was injured in a carjacking.  Elon Musk also says city should be taken over.  —  A protégé of Elon Musk …

Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of the Russian Federation  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)

Trump, Apple to Announce Fresh $100 Billion US Investment  —  President Donald Trump will announce that Apple Inc. will commit to spend another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing, the latest pledge by the tech giant to increase US production of its products as it seeks to avoid punishing tariffs on its flagship iPhones.

FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE  —  Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs.  It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.  —  A number of employees with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) …

Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in anticipation of the 2028 Summer Olympics, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.

Secretary Noem Unveils No Age Limit for Patriotic Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst from U.S.  —  In less than one week since DHS launched its recruitment campaign, more than 80,000 Americans applied to join ICE  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Department …

Miss United States Files Restraining Order Against GOP Rep. Cory Mills  —  Lindsey Langston, a Florida Republican state committeewoman and the reigning Miss United States, has filed a restraining order against Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills, after reporting him to local and state law enforcement …

Trump's War on Big Law Means It's Harder to Challenge the Administration  —  Some of America's largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.

LAWSUIT: FIRE challenges unconstitutional provisions Rubio uses in crusade to deport legal immigrants over protected speech  — The First Amendment trumps the statutes that the government is abusing to deport people for speech alone  — This lawsuit seeks a landmark ruling …

FBI crime report says violent crime decreased by 4.5% in 2024  —  Violent crime is defined as murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.  —  Statistics released Tuesday by the FBI indicate that violent crime decreased overall in the United States by 4.5% last year.

Glenn Kessler Believes Fact-Checkers Are Getting Easier to Ignore … Last week Glenn Kessler, the longtime writer of the Washington Post's Fact Checker column, announced that he had accepted a buyout, joining dozens of his former colleagues in walking away from the storied institution.

Russia's internet crackdown is in a dangerous new phase  —  Criminalising searches is an escalation of repressive state control  —  The writer is a lawyer, co-founder of digital rights organisation RKS Global and CLO of VPN Guild  —  In July, Russian authorities passed laws ushering in a new era of digital repression.

Adult son ‘canceled’ his grandma, uncle and cousin.  We are heartbroken.  —  Grandma's views on women, and uncle and cousin's use of racial slurs, crossed the line for the letter writer's 26-year-old son.  —  Just now … — Canceled  —  Canceled: Oh, this is so unfortunate.

MPD Makes Two Arrests in Swann Street Attempted Carjacking  —  The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrests of two suspects in an attempted unarmed carjacking that occurred in Northwest.  —  at approximately 3:00 a.m., the suspects approached the victims, who were standing next to their vehicle …

MAGA expectations soar after DOJ orders Russia grand jury probe  —  The MAGA movement has spent the past 10 years demanding the arrests of President Trump's political enemies.  — Now, for the first time, the levers of power are aligned to pursue that goal from inside the federal government.