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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Living in 1984  —  The headline tonight reads, “White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump's Historical Vision.”  It's in The Wall Street Journal, not exactly a bastion of liberal views.  “Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes …

Trump and Vance will meet virtually with Zelenskyy and European leaders tomorrow  —  Carlo Angerer and Megan Lebowitz  —  Virtual meetings between Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders are scheduled for tomorrow morning …

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 …

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.

Cuomo's Attack on Mamdani's Apartment Struck a New York Nerve  —  The attacks in the New York City mayor's race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.  — 1.3k

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.

Court Lets Trump Block Billions of Dollars in Foreign Aid  —  The Trump administration can cut billions of dollars in foreign assistance funds approved by Congress for this year, a US appeals court ruled.  —  In a 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the appellate panel reversed a Washington federal judge …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities Falters … Sunghee Lee, an associate research professor at the University of Michigan, lost N.I.H. funding to learn more about dementia in various minority groups.Cydni Elledge for The New York Times  —  The federal government …

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 …

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders.  Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.  —  An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.