The Worst People Have the Most Power  —  With Trump's high-stakes Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin just two days away, it's good to see that the president is in exactly the preparatory headspace you'd like to see: whining into the ether about how mean the press's response is likely to be.

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.

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions  —  The Trump administration is giving museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”  —  The Trump administration said on Tuesday …

Newsom says California's new congressional maps will take down Trump  —  Newsom said the new maps will “END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.”  —  Accompanied by California and Texas lawmakers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in support of the Texas Democratic lawmakers for their walk out to block …

Trump agreed only Ukraine can negotiate territorial concessions, Macron says  —  U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with European leaders that Ukraine must be part of any discussions about territorial concessions to end the war with Russia, Emmanuel Macron said.

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 …

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 …

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.

Why Trump's War on the Drug Cartels Is Bound to Backfire … MEXICO CITY — For months, Mexican business officials have gathered in a sleek conference room of the American Chamber of Commerce here to learn about a U.S. threat to their firms that isn't a tariff.  —  The topic?

Liberal commentator Jessica Tarlov nailed it this morning when she wrote: “He's doing everything EXCEPT releasing the Epstein files.”  Her comment was in reference to President Donald Trump's social media post of 7:30 this morning, when he chummed the water by suggesting that the John F. Kennedy Center …

Republicans lead American decline in alcohol consumption  —  Share of US adults who drink falls to 54%, the lowest level since 1939  —  Republicans are abstaining from alcohol at record levels, as the nationwide drinking rate of Americans plummets to a nearly 90-year low.

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.

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.

‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed  —  Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’  —  A grassroots organization of health professionals have released …

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 …

No experts in the room: Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin after loss of Russia specialists  —  Reduction in federal workforce has hollowed out the number of knowledgeable officials in Washington  —  In 2018, when Donald Trump held a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin …

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 …

Chris Murphy goes all in on funding bill boycott as Dems seek bipartisanship … “Every single day, there's new evidence that our democracy is falling, and you've got to take stands.  You have to take fights,” Murphy explained.  “I just worry — every time that we go along with these appropriations bills …

Trump considering 11 candidates for Fed chair, including David Zervos and Rick Rieder, sources say  —  The Trump administration is considering 11 candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell when his term expires in May, including three who have not previously been publicly named …