Trump can't use National Guard, military in California to enforce laws, Judge Breyer rules … A federal judge on Tuesday barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard and other military troops in California to execute law-enforcement actions there, including making arrests, searching locations, and crowd control.

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 says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves.

The Anti-Trump Strategy That's Actually Working  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Days after Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to put an end to the Justice Department's revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, captains of the legal resistance gathered by Zoom.

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 will announce Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama  —  President Donald Trump's administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to two people familiar with the announcement.

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.

US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio  —  Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out  —  Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump's America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics …

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice  —  Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration's crackdown on first amendment rights  —  The arrest of a US army veteran …

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.

MAGA Thug Kristi Noem's Hateful Attack on CBS Unmasks a Big Trump Scam  —  If you need more evidence that there's zero percentage in trying to appease or bargain with authoritarians, check out what happened this weekend when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attacked CBS News …

The Death of Trump  —  What would happen to MAGA?  And America?  —  ∙ Paid  —  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 …

Exclusive: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book  —  Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a new memoir defends her vote reversing a half century of national abortion rights, declaring that Roe v. Wade usurped the will of the American people and “came at a cost.”

State of Permanent Fake Emergency  —  Today, the structure of law granting exceptional emergency powers is a grave threat to democracy and an avenue toward authoritarian rule.  —  Donald Trump has figured out the cheat code for authoritarianism: Fake emergencies bring real power.

RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  😷 Subscribe to PN 😷  —  Last week, Health and Human Services secretary and anti-vax crank Robert F. Kennedy extended his efforts …

Donald Trump To Make Televised Announcement at White House: What to Know  —  President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an unspecified announcement on Tuesday afternoon following days of rumors about his health.  —  The president will make “an announcement” from the Oval Office at 2 p.m. ET …

Why I am endorsing Zohran Mamdani  —  What is a New York City where working class people no longer can afford to live?  What kind of identity, what type of soul, would that place have?  —  Would it still glow with the restless energy with which we've always been defined by?  Or would it recede in its absence?

How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image  —  Mr. Musk said he wanted xAI's chatbot to be “politically neutral.”  His actions say otherwise.  —  Elon Musk has said Grok, the A.I.-powered chatbot that his company developed, should be “politically neutral” and “maximally truth-seeking.”

Mike Lee, Slop Addict  —  Based Labor Day Weekend  —  Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) spent the Labor Day holiday weekend doing what he knows best: posting.  An analysis of Lee's activity over the three-day break shows that he posted his own content, reposted other accounts, or in some cases reposted himself more than 70 times.

The Bonfire of Trump's Vanities  —  A richness of embarrassments  —  Busy day yesterday, so all I have this morning is a brief follow-up on last week's post about the decision by an appeals court to uphold the Court of Trade's ruling that most of Trump's tariffs are illegal — which they clearly are.

Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps  —  Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons  —  US immigration agents will have access to one of the world's …

Do Not Re-Gerrymander California  —  For the better part of two decades, California's elections have been freer and fairer because the state doesn't allow for the gerrymandering of political districts.  I like to think I am in large part responsible.  —  Working alongside former …

Trump Signals Imminent Supreme Court Appeal to Protect Tariffs  —  The president said they would seek expedited review of a federal appeals court's ruling that found many of the administration's tariffs to be illegal.  —  President Trump signaled that he would ask the Supreme Court as soon …