White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump's Historical Vision  —  Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America's 250th anniversary  —  The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review …

8/13/25 ☀️ AM: … The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has another bruising nomination fight on its hands. … If confirmed, Antoni would replace Erika McEntarfer, who was fired by Trump following significant downward revisions in the prior jobs report.

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal  —  A New Zealand woman who is being held at a US immigration centre with her six-year-old son after they were detained crossing the Canada-US border, is being wrongly “treated like a criminal”, according to her friend and advocate.

Trump's Military Crackdowns Are Only Going to Get Worse  —  L.A. and D.C. are only the beginning, as the president's team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds  —  President Donald Trump has expanded his military campaign against the United States …

Playbook: Laura Loomer's next target  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  On today's Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Dasha Burns talk about Laura Loomer's new campaign against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s orbit, geopolitical jockeying ahead of the Trump-Putin summit …

Texas Democrats to return home for second special session, ABC13 sources confirm  —  After breaking quorum, Texas House Democrats will return to the Lone Star State for another special session, according to sources.  —  AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) — ABC13 has confirmed with multiple sources that House Democrats will return to Texas.

Just how much has DOGE exaggerated its numbers?  Now we have receipts. … The Trump administration's claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data and federal spending records.

Mexico transfers 26 cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with Trump administration  —  Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border.

Dana White says UFC will host first-ever White House fight on July 4: “It is definitely going to happen”  —  The Ultimate Fighting Championship will stage a historic fight at the White House on July 4, 2026, marking America's 250th birthday with what would be the first professional mixed …

Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System  —  Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities.  —  Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least …

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom  —  The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.  —  A Minnesota teen filed a charge …

White House Wants Big Balls to Get Same Medal as Rosa Parks  —  BALLS UP!  —  The move would appeal to Trump's MAGA base.  —  An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks …

Ghislaine Maxwell cleared to leave prison on work release: report  —  Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.  —  Podcast host Allison Gill obtained information about Maxwell's security score, sex offender waiver …

Judge orders Trump administration to partially restore UCLA research funding … The UC Board of Regents held an emergency meeting Monday on the proposal, President Donald Trump's latest attempt to force higher education institutions to pay steep penalties for what the White House calls civil rights violations.

Is Kari Lake a CEO?  Her agency said so.  The law suggests not  —  By the close of business Wednesday, Trump administration official Kari Lake must explain to a federal judge how she intends to ensure that Voice of America fulfills its congressional mandate to serve as a consistently reliable …

Hochul Approval & Favorability Ratings Up a Little; Hochul Lead Over Stefanik In 2026 Race Falls to 14 Points, 45-31%, from 23 Points, 47-24%, in June; Voters Say if Stefanik Runs & Is Elected Gov, It Would Be Bad for NY,49-37%  — If BBB Cuts Federal $ to NY, 36% Say Reduce Services, 24% …

Bessent Urges Fed to Lower Rates by 150 Basis Points or More  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made his most explicit call yet for the Federal Reserve to execute a cycle of interest-rate cuts, suggesting the central bank's benchmark ought to be at least 1.5 percentage points lower than it is now.

Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump  —  Less than a week after President Trump said he has ordered a “new” census," the cabinet official who oversees the Census Bureau acknowledged Tuesday that Congress, not the president …

Fact-Checking Trump's False and Misleading Claims About Crime in D.C.  —  The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation's capital.  —  President Trump cast the nation's capital as overwhelmed by record-breaking levels of violent crime …

Trump Deploys National Guard for D.C. Crime but Called Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Very Special’  —  President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation's capital.  But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very different reaction.

In pictures: ‘Stop Trump’ protesters target JD Vance's UK summer trip  — Cotswolds locals protested U.S. Vice President JD Vance's summer UK trip with a ‘Vance not welcome party.’ … JD Vance's U.K. trip has caused a stir, with locals staging a ‘Vance not welcome party’ on Tuesday …

Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections  —  We know the Supreme Court dallied a long time in setting the Louisiana case for reargument …

Trump's awful turn against mRNA vaccine research  —  Operation Warp Speed, we hardly knew ye  —  Donald Trump made a lot of mistakes in his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, but he did champion rapid development of mRNA vaccines in a way that likely saved millions of lives.

The fight to make D.C. safe and beautiful  —  These three laws are detrimental to public safety and to my ability to fight crime.  —  Just now  —  Jeanine Pirro is the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.  —  My job is to prosecute crime and ensure that people who live in and visit our nation's capital are safe.