Feds Conduct Immigration Raid Outside California Redistricting Press Conference  —  Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state's congressional map to offset the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas.

D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City  —  Muriel Bowser's office says she is heading to the luxe vacation destination for a day to pick up her daughter  —  As President Donald Trump and his administration pursue a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., the city's mayor is skipping town for a bit.

DC man charged with felony assault after hitting federal agent with Subway sandwich  —  WASHINGTON — This perp ate too fresh.  —  A man who used a Subway sandwich to attack a federal agent on the streets of DC earlier this week has been charged with felony assault.

Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected  —  Wholesale prices rose far more than expected in July, providing a potential sign that inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Thursday showed.  —  The producer price index …

Poll: California voters back independent congressional maps, complicating Gavin Newsom's redistricting push … California Democrats are plowing ahead with a high-stakes gambit to redraw the state's lines to counter a proposed gerrymander by Texas Republicans spurred by President Donald Trump.

Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.  —  He never made it home.  —  Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.  He never made it home.  —  A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman's persona.

1. Trump's job approval and views of his personal traits  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  — Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips  — 3. How Americans view the Trump administration's tariff policies and the GOP's budget and tax bill

Putin praises Trump's peace efforts and floats potential nuclear deal at Alaska summit  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration's “energetic” efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and hinted that Moscow and Washington could strike a deal on nuclear arms control during their summit on Friday in Alaska.

ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time  —  Members of a law enforcement group chat including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies inadvertently added a random person to the group called “Mass Text” where they exposed highly sensitive information …

Costco says it won't sell mifepristone abortion pill  —  Costco will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, the shopping club told CBS News.  —  The wholesaler said its decision not to sell the prescription medication was based on a “lack of demand from our members and other patients.”

Social Security has existed for 90 years.  Why it may be more threatened than ever  —  When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. “an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.”

Trump Privately Dismissed Epstein Victims as ‘Democrats’  —  The president and his administration are struggling to bury the scandal around their handling of the convicted sex offender's case  —  Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress, and the president's allies across right-wing media …

Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize  —  American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg out of the blue …

Mayors of Democratic cities beyond D.C. decry Trump's takeover threats  —  When President Trump announced his plans to mobilize Washington, D.C.'s National Guard and take control of the city's local police force, he suggested that other liberal-leaning cities could be next.  —  “You look at Chicago, how bad it is.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration's broad birth control mandate exemptions  —  The Trump administration's religious and moral carve-outs to an ObamaCare requirement that all employer health plans cover contraception at no cost were blocked on Wednesday by a federal judge.

Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance  —  NO ROOM AT THE INN  —  The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris.  —  A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance …

We Found It!  The Flimsiest MAGA Conspiracy of All Time.  —  The fraud fugitive running amok in right-wing media  —  IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE Fox News appearance for Bill Barr.  On Tuesday, Donald Trump's former attorney general went on the cable channel to praise his former boss …

Anti-Trump podcast MeidasTouch is rivaling Joe Rogan.  Does it have staying power?  —  Ben Meiselas is pacing in front of his home in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles, talking on the phone with one hand, a Starbucks coffee cup in the other.  —  He wraps his call.

‘Everyone Is So Scared’: Inside The Smithsonian As Trump Attacks Art, History  —  A culture of fear has taken hold at the prestigious D.C. museums as White House officials “ensure alignment” with Trump's preferred version of American history.  —  WASHINGTON — Staff are censoring content they fear could upset President Donald Trump.

DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’  —  Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility dubbed “Deportation Depot” at a state prison in north Florida …

The Auctioneer and the Treasury Chief: Billy Long's Quick Fall at the I.R.S. … Within days of being sworn in as the I.R.S. commissioner, Billy Long began to lose his grip on the role.Kenny Holston/The New York Times  —  The meeting between Billy Long and President Trump in the gilded Oval Office …

A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation  —  Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.