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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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

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 …

“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.

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.”

“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.

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.

Mayors of Democratic cities respond to Trump's threats they could be next after D.C.  —  When President Trump announced his plans to mobilize Washington, D.C.'s National Guard and take control of its local police force, he suggested that other liberal-leaning cities could be next.

‘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.

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 …

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

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 …

UMass Memorial Health slashes services as Medicaid cuts loom.  It may be a sign of what's to come in Mass. health care.  —  For UMass Memorial Health, a brutal year looks like it's only going to get worse.  —  Weighed down by an $86 million operating loss over the first half of fiscal year 2025 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Hiker dies after venomous bite from ‘most dangerous’ snake in Tennessee  —  GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A hiker died after he was bitten by a venomous snake in a Tennessee state park last week.  —  First responders were called to Savage Gulf State Park, in Grundy County …

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 …