Border Patrol agents stage show of force at Newsom's ‘big beautiful press conference’  — Newsom was announcing California's response to President Trump's efforts to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives  — Mayor Karen Bass asks why border patrol ‘thumbed their nose’ at the governor's event

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.

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 …

Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices  —  The U.S. economy has a vegetable problem, and it's not just “broccoli refusal” either — wholesale prices for fresh veggies soared by a record amount last month, foreshadowing a possible spike at the grocery store soon.

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

D.C. Mayor Apparently In Martha's Vineyard Amid Trump's Police Takeover  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reportedly left town for Martha's Vineyard in the midst of Trump's unprecedented takeover of D.C. police and deployment of federal law enforcement agents around the city.

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 …

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 …

Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C.  —  Department of Homeland Security agents stopped cars at a busy intersection for seat belt violations and broken taillights.  —  Tensions over President Donald Trump's deployment of federal law enforcement erupted on a busy Northwest …

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.”

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.”

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.