Maggie Haberman Says Pushing Back in Trump Risky for Dems: ‘There Is a Crime Problem Everywhere’  —  CNN commentator and New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said Democrats risk seeming out of touch when they push back on President Donald Trump over his policing takeover.

Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says  —  The White House said E.J. Antoni was in town for meetings unrelated to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau …

Trump Agrees on Ukraine Red Lines With Europe Before Putin Summit  —  U.S. leader tells his European peers that he won't negotiate territorial issues during Friday's meeting but seek an immediate cease-fire instead  —  BERLIN—President Trump agreed with European leaders including Ukrainian …

Republican Senator Says He Doesn't Wear Seatbelt in D.C. Because He Fears Being Carjacked: 'I Don't Buckle Up'  —  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said he does not wear a seatbelt while driving in Washington, D.C., lest doing so prevent him from acting quickly in case he's carjacked.

Illinois Judge Rules Against Arresting Quorum-Breaking Texas Lawmakers  —  An Illinois judge Wednesday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R)'s demand to enforce arrest warrants against Democrats who left Texas to block a Republican redistricting plan that could help the GOP keep control of the U.S. House in 2026.

Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Aid, Appeals Court Rules  —  In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision.  —  A federal appeals court panel cleared …

Trump Picks Stallone and Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors  —  The actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford, the singers George Strait and Gloria Gaynor and the rock band Kiss will be honored later this year.  —  The five Kennedy Center honorees President Trump announced on Wednesday hail …

Toronto Film Festival Cancels October 7 Documentary, Citing a Lack of ‘Legal Clearance’ From Hamas Terrorists  —  The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has canceled its screening of a documentary about Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, ostensibly citing a lack of …

Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency  —  The Treasury secretary has been slow to shed assets, including farmland, posing potential conflicts of interest.  —  The U.S. government's ethics watchdog agency said this week that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …

Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities  —  Arts and sciences typically cohabitate.  Should they?  —  Things are going badly for universities.  They are in the crosshairs of an erratic and aggressive government willing to threaten anything in its path.

Trump Has Made Himself Commander in Chief of the Chip Industry  —  President Trump has become the semiconductor sector's leading decision maker, from new fees on exports to China to a brief demand for a C.E.O.'s firing.  —  At an Oval Office meeting last week, President Trump dangled an offer …

Proponent of Medicaid cuts set to brief House Republicans as they plot another megabill … Those staff-level meetings continue as House GOP leaders try to plot a way forward amid skepticism over whether another sprawling domestic policy bill is even possible given the difficulties Republicans had coming to agreement over the first one.

Lammy refers himself to watchdog after fishing illegally with JD Vance  —  Foreign secretary reports ‘oversight’ to Environment Agency after failing to acquire necessary rod licence  —  David Lammy has referred himself to the environment watchdog after going fishing with the JD Vance without …

Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani.  Obama Called Him.  —  In the days after it became clear Zohran Mamdani had won New York City's June mayoral primary, much of the Democratic establishment began to panic.  —  Former President Barack Obama, the last Democrat to captivate the party's base, got on the phone.

U.S. Drinking Rate at New Low as Alcohol Concerns Surge  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has fallen to 54%, the lowest by one percentage point in Gallup's nearly 90-year trend.  This coincides with a growing belief among Americans …

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights  —  State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.  —  For nearly half a century, the State Department has reported annually on human-rights conditions in countries around the world.

Markwayne Mullin's Late Disclosures Show Millions of Dollars' Worth of Stock and Bond Sales  —  This is the second time in two weeks Mullin has filed paperwork showing him in violation of the STOCK Act.  — Copy  —  For the second time in two weeks, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin …

Trump presses Nobel Peace Prize case: 'The pressure's on'  —  President Trump is raking up global support in his push for a Nobel Peace Prize — garnering nominations from Pakistan, Cambodia, Israel and GOP lawmakers as he touts his role in talks to end various global conflicts.

Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.  —  A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.  —  A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent who was patrolling Washington this week …

How the unraveling of two Pentagon projects may result in a costly do-over  —  Donald Trump's Navy and Air Force are poised to cancel two nearly complete software projects that took 12 years and well over $800 million combined to develop, work initially aimed at overhauling antiquated human resources systems.

New York man charged with cyberstalking widow of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson … A New York state man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaving threatening voicemails for the widow of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, hours after he was fatally shot on a Manhattan sidewalk in December.

The decline of representation in our representative democracy  —  The effort by Texas Republicans to wring five more GOP House seats from their state triggered a range of responses.  For example: This doesn't seem like something that a party confident in its electoral chances would do.

Clapper allegedly pushed to ‘compromise’ ‘normal’ steps to rush 2017 ICA, despite concerns from NSA director  —  Gabbard declassified emails, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, allegedly revealing that the ‘manufactured intelligence assessment was deliberate and came from the very top’