Lawyer: Oregon firefighter arrested by Border Patrol during wildfire was on track for legal status  —  Lawyers are demanding the release of a longtime Oregon resident arrested by Border Patrol while fighting a Washington state wildfire, saying Friday that the firefighter was already on track …

Mark Knoller, longtime CBS News correspondent, dies at 73  —  Longtime CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller has died at the age of 73.  —  He died in Washington, D.C., according to a close friend.  The cause of death was not disclosed, but he suffered from diabetes and had been in ill health.

MAGA Radio Host's Cancer-Stricken Wife Can't Get COVID Shot Because of ‘Kook’ RFK Jr.  —  MAHA UPRISING  —  Erick Erickson criticized HHS's moves to restrict who can get the COVID vaccine.  —  An ultra-conservative radio host attacked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday …

DOJ reassigned top attorneys.  They quit after feeling sidelined.  —  People familiar with the Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group say members were assigned menial busy work, and their impression was that the real goal was to force senior career lawyers to resign.  —  Just now

Burying the Bruises … On Monday, press photographers gathered in the Oval Office to capture President Donald Trump meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung when one unusual detail stood out.  A large bruise on the back of Trump's right hand.  —  It wasn't the first time the 79 …

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military  —  ON JULY 1, 1971, I STOOD ON THE PLAIN at the United States Military Academy and raised my right hand for the first time.  Along with hundreds of other new cadets, I swore an oath every service member takes: “to support and defend the Constitution …

Kari Lake lays off more than 500 staff at Voice of America parent agency  —  Amid a contentious court battle, the Trump administration official sent long-awaited termination notices to staffers who have been waiting on administrative leave for months.  —  Just now

Fleischmann says ‘never’ to town hall  —  Chattanooga congressman calls them ‘left-wing bait’  —  Historically, during August, congressional representatives have held town halls.  Regular legislative business is suspended in Washington, and elected officials make their way back to their home states.

Where is the Party?: time for Democratic leaders to ‘fight with both hands’ or ‘step aside’  —  Even in easy times, this democracy needs care.  And right now it is in dire need of defense.  And it needs defenders who are willing to do whatever it takes.  Americans are begging for more.

Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim  —  Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and ‘unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LA  —  The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was detained at gunpoint by federal immigration agents is seeking $1m …

Making Slavery Great Again  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🇺🇸 Subscribe to PN 🇺🇸  —  American slavery was not so bad.  It was even beneficial to slaves and their descendants.  —  Donald Trump, his MAGA allies …

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled  —  President Trump's repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.  And that was only the beginning.  —  Eric Lee/The New York Times

Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump  —  Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission  —  Earlier this summer, access to climate.gov - one of the most widely used portals of climate information …

As drug deaths hit a 5-year low, Trump continues to cite fentanyl as major threat  —  Drug deaths in the U.S. have plunged dramatically and steadily since the summer of 2023, according to the latest preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CHP to protect ex-VP Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail, sources say  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris will receive protection from the California Highway Patrol after President Donald Trump revoked her Secret Service protection, law enforcement sources said Friday.

Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says  — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on the government to halt the deportation plans.  — The removals would violate the Office of Refugee Resettlement's long-established practice of protecting such children, Wyden said.

He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods.  The White House Embraces Him.  —  Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.  —  The day after President Trump announced the federal takeover of law enforcement in Washington …

Social Security data chief resigns after whistleblower complaint over DOGE data access … In his whistleblower complaint, Borges said DOGE employees built a copy of the Social Security database in a cloud-based system that “circumvents oversight,” and disregarded an agency security assessment that their action posed a high risk.