Jeffrey Epstein accusers urge Trump to release all the case files and rule out a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon  —  Six women, along with relatives of prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, are speaking out as interest in the case returns to Capitol Hill.

Oversight Committee Releases Epstein Records Provided by the Department of Justice  —  WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records that were provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Trump says he's set to order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore, despite local opposition  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's ready to order federal authorities to mobilize and combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from elected leaders and many residents in both cities.

U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says  —  The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administration's heightened counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro.

Grand jury refuses charges against woman accused of threatening President Trump, attorney says  —  Nathalie Rose Jones, 49, of New York, was arrested in August for allegedly making repeated threats toward President Donald Trump online. … WASHINGTON — A grand jury has refused charges …

Trump Responds to Rumors About His Health During Oval Office Press Conference  —  In the world of presidential health, distrust and speculation run so rampant that even Mr. Trump's online assurance that he was fine was immediately explained away as part of a cover-up.

Appeals court blocks Trump from firing FTC commissioner  —  A federal appeals court reinstated Rebecca Slaughter, the Biden-appointed Federal Trade Commission commissioner whom President Trump fired, in a 2-1 decision on Tuesday. … - A White House official said in July ahead of appealing …

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration's Climate Report  —  Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department's argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.  —  More than 85 American and international scientists have condemned a Trump administration report that calls …

Judge rules Trump can't act as national police chief … Breyer, a Clinton appointee based in San Francisco, concluded that Trump's LA deployment — an operation overseen by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — violated a longstanding law meant to prevent domestic law enforcement by the military: the Posse Comitatus Act.

Bowser to provide indefinite coordination with federal law enforcement  —  Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.”  —  just now  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) …

Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama … Trump criticized Colorado's laws on voting by mail in his Oval Office announcement and said they were a “factor” in his decision.  He was joined by Alabama's congressional delegation, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Google Must Share Search Data With Rivals, Judge Rules in Antitrust Case  —  Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted.  —  Google must hand over its search results and some data to rival companies …

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

I just got arrested again  —  I arrived back in London to discover the UK is still a police state run by trans activists  —  Something odd happened before I even boarded the flight in Arizona.  When I handed over my passport at the gate, the official told me I didn't have a seat and had to be re-ticketed.

The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump's Power Grab  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Prominent critic of RFK Jr. blocked from FDA vaccine committee  —  Paul Offit, a pediatrician and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, can no longer participate in the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.  —  Paul Offit, a pediatrician who has sparred with Health …

A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler's perspective.  —  The cornerstone of the Trump administration's justification for cracking down on Harvard University is that the Ivy League school has allegedly allowed antisemitism to fester on campus.

Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on president's demise  —  Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket opened betting markets …

The Death of Trump  —  1. Koba  —  Last week Sarah, Sonny, and I sat down for a book movie club discussion about The Death of Stalin.  (You can watch it here.)  By total coincidence, the show dropped after a 36-hour period in Donald Trump had not been seen and there was speculation that he was unwell.