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 …

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 …

The GOP is betting Latino Trump voters will keep them in power.  That's no sure thing.  —  The congressional maps Republicans are drawing to boost their chances of keeping control of Congress depend on, to varying degrees, preserving their gains with Hispanic voters.

Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.  —  A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.  —  A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent who was patrolling Washington this week …

DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police chief says … D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order Thursday.

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 …

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.

Republican Senator Says He Doesn't Wear Seatbelt in D.C. Because He Fears Being Carjacked: 'I Don't Buckle Up'  —  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said he does not wear a seatbelt while driving in Washington, D.C., lest doing so prevent him from acting quickly in case he's carjacked.

“Alarming”: Trump's Threat of Troops in Cities Just Got Much Scarier  —  President Trump's vaunted dispatching of troops into Washington, D.C., has managed to be both buffoonish and authoritarian.  Thus far it has involved little more than handfuls of National Guard members standing around and taking selfies.

Trump and Putin to Hold Joint Press Conference After Alaska Summit  —  Two leaders are set to discuss war in Ukraine during face-to-face meeting  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump will hold a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their meeting in Alaska …

First lady Melania Trump puts Hunter Biden on $1B notice over ‘false, defamatory’ Epstein comments  —  The Daily Beast retracted an article and James Carville apologized after publishing similar claims  —  EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump is putting Hunter Biden on $1 billion notice …

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 …

“Competitive authoritarianism” and America's slide toward it  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🌍🌖 Subscribe to PN 🌖🌍  —  Last week, Trump announced that he wants to change the census so that it excludes undocumented immigrants.

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 …

Scoop: White House suspicious of Lewandowski's “temp” work  —  Corey Lewandowski doesn't want to clock out of his temporary government gig.  So, administration officials believe, he's avoiding clocking in. … - But administration officials tell Axios they believe Lewandowski …

DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility in north Florida  —  Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center …

Defending Trump's Orders Leaves DOJ Lawyers Showing Strain, Seeking Delays  —  Mass departures from the US Justice Department and a rising flood of lawsuits are squeezing government lawyers defending administration policies, with signs of strain spilling into court.

Behind Wall Street's Abrupt Flip on Crypto  —  The reversal risks declawing a century of consumer financial protections and replacing the backbone of bank accounts.  —  Not long ago, bank executives would compete with one another to be the loudest critic of cryptocurrencies.

Law Firms That Settled With Trump Are Pressed to Help on Trade Deals  —  Boris Epshteyn, a personal lawyer for President Trump, connected two firms — Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden Arps — to the Commerce Department.  —  Two of the law firms that reached deals with President Trump this year …

In Search of Furious Liberals  —  If angry liberals don't exist, they will be manufactured  —  Sorority rush dances are back, and liberals are FURIOUS.  —  If you don't believe me just listen to Joe Kinsey - a guy whose schtick appears to be ‘Temu Barstool Sports’ - who had the originating post …

Republican Ex-Candidate Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison for Shooting Plot  —  Solomon Peña, who lost a bid for a seat in the New Mexico Legislature in 2022, was found guilty in March of orchestrating the attacks against state Democrats.  —  A former Republican candidate for a State House seat …

Israel advances controversial settlement plan, aiming to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’  —  Israel is moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, splitting the territory in two, a scheme far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich …

Zelenskyy faces his ‘moment of maximum pressure’  —  Weakened at home, the Ukrainian president must try to shape the Alaska talks from afar as battlefield losses mount  —  Volodymyr Zelenskyy was still reeling from the most serious domestic political crisis of his presidency …

Kari Lake defends VOA cuts in court after warnings from Capitol Hill  —  As Trump lieutenant tells a federal judge she is following the law in dismantling the international broadcasting agency, emails obtained by The Washington Post show staff on Capitol Hill warned her about overstepping.  —  Just now

Netanyahu Sets off Firestorm of Protest  —  The Israeli government's prosecution of a war that has long since outlived any military purpose, its deliberate policy to restrict food from entering Gaza, its refusal to recognize the mass starvation it precipitated (let alone take responsibility for it) …

Israel courts MAGA influencers amid Gaza backlash  —  The Israeli government is courting popular MAGA influencers in an effort to address Republican divisions over the war in Gaza, where scenes of violence and starvation have fueled global outrage. … Even within the traditionally pro-Israel GOP …

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.”

The WaPo's Opinion Odyssey … Last month, as The Washington Post weathered an exodus of staffers opting for buyouts, Karen Attiah logged on to X with an observation: “So... officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section,” the award-winning journalist wrote.