Why Trump Always Wants a Crisis  —  How did the president justify the “public safety emergency” he used to deploy the National Guard to Washington and seize control of its local police force?  —  He said there was crime — “bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.”

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 …

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 …

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.

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 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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …