Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips  —  A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.

Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump  —  An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state's lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth.

Trump says he will patrol D.C. streets with police, military on Thursday  —  The move continues his administration's efforts to exert control over the capital city.  —  President Donald Trump said he will patrol D.C. streets Thursday alongside law enforcement officials …

Fed Found Over 22,000 Mortgages Like Those Pulte Is Flagging  —  President Donald Trump and his allies are demanding Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook resign over alleged owner-occupancy fraud — a practice the central bank itself has found to be “broad-based” across the US.

How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies  —  When the Trump administration announced massive cuts to federal health agencies earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was getting rid of excess administrators who were larding the government with bureaucratic bloat.

Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100 seat Republican majority  —  President Trump shared his ultimate voting reform goal in a Wednesday Truth Social post, saying he wants the GOP to pick up 100 congressional seats. … - “If we do these TWO things, we will pick up 100 more seats …

Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024  —  US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care  —  A June subpoena to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia sought Social Security numbers and addresses of patients who received gender-related care, as well as “every writing or record” made by doctors on such treatments.

Eight damning new revelations about Fox's 2020 election lies from the Smartmatic filings  —  Newly available filings in the election technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News provide fresh insights into the network's egregious and irresponsible promotion …

White House suspends tours for ballroom construction  —  The White House announced last month that construction on the ballroom would start in September.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is suspending public tours because of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom initiated …

Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade  —  The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade ("Framework Agreement").

I'm a Proud Conservative.  My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.  —  I'm a registered Republican who just watched her party spend much of the summer pushing through new cuts to Medicaid.  I'm also here to tell you why I'm an unlikely supporter of the program.  My son's life depends on government assistance.

One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems  —  On Nov. 8, 1787, a pamphleteer who wrote under the pseudonym Cato published one of the most prescient warnings in American history.  —  Cato looked at the proposed Constitution and declared that it might well turn into a vehicle for tyranny.

Revealed: Israeli military's own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war  —  Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000  —  Emma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem

Wired and Business Insider remove ‘AI-written’ freelance articles  —  Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction.  —  Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process …

How Tiffany Trump's Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power  —  A Times investigation found that Michael Boulos and his family benefited financially from proximity to his in-laws for years.  —  Michael Boulos and his wife, Tiffany Trump, at the Liberty Ball for the inauguration …

August 20, 2025  —  President Donald J. Trump created a firestorm yesterday when he said that the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, located mostly in Washington, D.C., focuses too much on “how bad slavery was.”

James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89  —  The founder of the evangelical group Focus on the Family, he spent decades denouncing what he saw as the unraveling of the social order.  —  James Dobson, the evangelical Christian broadcaster who waged war on homosexuality …

Playbook: One big, beautiful rebranding  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  On today's Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Irie Sentner talk about JD Vance's swing through Georgia, the latest in the gerrymandering tit-for-tat between Texas and California and the Fed conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Trump demands release of Colorado official sentenced in election data scheme  —  Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison sentence on charges that include conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation.  —  President Donald Trump is demanding the release …

Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting  —  It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine's leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.  —  As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting …

Jerome Powell Should Learn from Gavin Newsom  —  It's time for Fed Fight Club.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Just Jay  —  Tomorrow in Jackson Hole Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will give a speech.  —  What I want to talk about today is why it should be a big deal—why Powell should use this speech to take a hard stance against Trumpism.

CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs; union says workforce ‘decimated’  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued layoff notices to hundreds of employees Wednesday after a federal judge last week shielded some but not all offices within the agency.

A Venezuelan Was Detained as a “Documented” Gang Member by ICE, Which Refused to Provide Proof  —  Jesús Escalona Mújicas, a 48-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker, says he was en route to work at a construction site on the morning of April 9 when a group of immigration agents …

U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023  —  Preliminary data indicates continued growth into 2024 and a decrease in 2025  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Pew Research Center conducted this research to understand changes in the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States.

Trump Administration Retracts Instructions on Helping English Learners  —  Officials removed decade-old guidance outlining the rights of students who are still learning English, which could weaken support for immigrant children.  —  The Trump administration has rescinded federal guidance requiring schools …

ICE is joining D.C. police patrols.  Moped drivers are an early target.  —  D.C. police's efforts to enforce moped laws resulted mostly in food delivery drivers' immediate release.  But ICE has joined in, and now, drivers are being detained.  —  A growing number of delivery drivers …