Russians cheer Putin's Alaska invitation, envision no concessions on Ukraine  —  Analysts noted Alaska was once part of the Russian Empire, and some nationalists believe it should be returned.  —  MOSCOW — Russian officials and commentators crowed about landing a summit between President Vladimir Putin …

Vance urges Republicans to take ‘decisive action’ against Dems in nationwide redistricting feud  —  Vice President JD Vance speaks on gerrymandering concerns, President Donald Trump's calls for a new census, the latest on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russiagate, the Epstein case and the possibility of a Vance-Rubio ticket in 2028.

Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell  —  Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.

Trump Declares War on Unhoused D.C. Residents: ‘No MR. NICE GUY’  —  The president said he will forcefully relocate them “FAR from the Capital”  —  Donald Trump demanded that unhoused Washington, D.C., residents “have to move out [of the city] IMMEDIATELY.”

Transcript: Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 10, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with Dr. Jerome Adams, the former U.S. surgeon general during President Trump's first term, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 10, 2025.

Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency  —  The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau …

RFK Jr.'s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut federal funding for mRNA vaccine research is the latest in a series of moves that have the potential to crush future medical breakthroughs and accelerate a brain drain.

New chatbot on Trump's Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him  —  An “answer engine” on Trump's social media site says the 2020 election wasn't stolen, tariffs aren't boosting the stock market and Barack Obama is seen favorably.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump …

Joint leaders' statement on Peace for Ukraine  —  Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Tusk, Prime Minister Starmer, President von der Leyen and President Stubb on Peace for Ukraine ahead of President Trump's planned meeting with President Putin.

Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government  —  Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration  —  Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15 per cent of the revenues from chip sales in China …

FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime  —  The Trump administration has assigned FBI agents to work overnight shifts to combat carjackings and other crimes.  —  just now  —  The FBI has begun dispatching about 120 of its agents in overnight shifts …

A family opened a town's first bookstore.  A bathroom bill is driving them away.  —  The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.  They sold it and moved after a new law would have required their daughter to use a boy's bathroom.  —  VERMILLION, S.D. …

Computer Science Grads Struggle to Find Jobs in the A.I. Age … Manasi Mishra recently graduated from Purdue University with a degree in computer science.Madeleine Hordinski for The New York Times  —  Growing up near Silicon Valley, Manasi Mishra remembers seeing tech executives …

In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails  —  The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.  —  President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony …

Florida's universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis … “The Trump administration is working hard to get some of the rot out of higher education, the intellectual rot, the ideological rot,” DeSantis said last month during an event in Jacksonville.

Trump suggests “MAGA” stock listing for mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie  —  Days after the administration confirmed plans to start selling the government's stakes in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Trump suggested they might be combined and trade as “MAGA.”

In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death  —  The latest Los Angeles protest march against President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation arrests took off from the city's MacArthur Park uneventfully on Friday night, which might have been just as well for a British photojournalist named Nick Stern.

The Economics of Smoot Hawley 2.0, Part II  —  This trade war is really a class war  —  Most of Donald Trump's tariffs are clearly illegal.  There is a special court, the Court of International Trade, which is supposed to have jurisdiction over these issues, and it ruled the tariffs illegal on May 28.

Silent Coup: How Trump's Allies Are Gaming Algorithms To Seize Your Feed  —  New research unravels the secret tactics behind Stop the Steal and other right-wing disinformation campaigns.  —  A sophisticated strategy is playing out in plain sight that few outside of digital war rooms truly understand or even notice.

Trump is rushing to build his ballroom.  A review process could take years.  —  The National Capital Planning Commission, which has yet to consider the massive project, has taken years to approve much smaller changes at the White House.  —  President Donald Trump is rushing to break ground next month …