Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown  —  Military officials are sketching out a plan that could deploy a few thousand National Guard members, officials said.  The use of active-duty forces has also been discussed.  —  The Pentagon has for weeks been planning …

Almost all the Epstein files given to Congress were already public, Democrats say  —  Only a small percentage of the Jeffrey Epstein files turned over to a House committee this week contained new information, Democrats charged.  —  The Justice Department, in response to a congressional subpoena …

Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine's Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia  —  The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has for months been blocking Ukraine's use of long-range missiles …

Yes, It IS a Police State.  And Yes, You Can Do Something  —  RED ALERT  —  In the short term, the answer must be to use what tools remain to fight back—even at the risk of becoming the targets of the next wave of MAGA retribution.  —  OPINION  —  Did you ever wonder what it would be like to live in a police state?

Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks claiming to be officers, HPD says  —  “It was just two people and they're masked up and no police cars, no lights or anything like that,” said Lt. Khan with HPD. … HOUSTON — An investigation is underway after two men wearing ski masks and claiming …

Justice Department gave Ghislaine Maxwell ‘a platform to rewrite history,’ family of Epstein abuse survivor says  —  The family of Virginia Giuffre said they are “outraged” by the agency's decision to release transcripts from Maxwell's “bizarre interview” with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Mass. mom detained by ICE for 10 days over decades-old minor marijuana charge  —  Marcel Rosa watched helplessly as federal agents led his wife, Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, away at Boston Logan International Airport on Aug. 11.  Their three young daughters clung to him in tears, fear and confusion.

The House Freedom Caucus is under renovation  —  The far-right caucus is losing several of its most prominent members, creating an opening for new leaders and new approaches.  —  Just now  —  After more than a decade of upending life under the Capitol dome, leading members …

Army base used for WWII Japanese internment now nation's largest ICE detention center  —  Eduardo Cuevas Lauren VillagranUSA TODAY  —  FORT BLISS, Texas - Americans of Japanese heritage say they hear echoes of their families' forced internment in the Trump administration's newest immigrant detention site.

Mail-in voting backed by most Americans despite Trump push to end it  —  More than half of Americans supported allowing no-excuse mail-in voting in a Pew Research Center poll despite President Trump's promise to end the practice he denounced as “fraudulent.”

A Summer Afternoon in Washington D.C.  —  Along the National Mall this afternoon, under brilliant blue skies with dry air.  It was the kind of blissful summer-weekend moment that would usually bring throngs to the capital, its monuments, and its museums.  Not now.  (All photos by Deborah Fallows.)

How GOP Lawmakers Are Privately Bashing Trump's Tariffs  —  Criticizing the president's policies could earn a public rebuke from the White House.  But embracing the new duties could be politically risky.  —  In April, a group of Utah business leaders visited Washington to meet with lawmakers …

Conservative Pundit Cornered On CNN For Touting Ghislaine Maxwell Prison Interview  —  “You've become the party of protecting pedophiles,” said comedian Pete Dominick.  —  Conservative pundit Ben Ferguson defended President Donald Trump's administration Friday on CNN over its interview of Ghislaine Maxwell …

Was It Something The Democrats Said?  —  A Response to Third Way's Political Language Memo  —  I'm so grateful to Jonathan Bernstein over at Good Politics/Bad Politics for putting the topic of this post on my radar.  While I was going to take a week off, he pushed me to check out Third Way's memo …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia notified by ICE that he may be deported to Uganda  —  Abrego, wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, now faces removal to Uganda just a day after being freed from a Tennessee jail.  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongfully deported …