House panel releases tranche of Epstein files as controversy looms large over Congress' return to Washington  —  The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released tens of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein-related files it had received from the Justice Department, as the controversy surrounding …

Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so  —  Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.  —  Florida's surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates …

Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor's Race  —  The conversations have also involved Curtis Sliwa with the goal of giving Andrew Cuomo a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in November.  —  Advisers to President Trump have discussed the possibility …

It's time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down  —  This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting, and fearless opposition.  We all deserve better  —  In a recent podcast conversation, the former spokesperson for Jeb Bush sat down with the leader of the House Democrats.

Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines  —  Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  California, Oregon and Washington announced plans …

House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation  —  House Democrats are moving to formally reprimand Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in response to a GOP lawmaker's effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.).  Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is proposing to rebuke McIver …

D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests  —  What was happening in the criminal case of Nathalie Rose Jones, who was facing charges in Washington, D.C., federal court this summer, wasn't typical.  —  A grand jury of Washington, D.C., citizens on Tuesday …

Trump's return to office order worked  —  The remote work era is over in Washington: The share of federal employees working in-office is up sharply from last year, a Gallup survey released Wednesday finds.  —  Why it matters: President Trump's return-to-office order worked — and then some.

A political novice's campaign to unseat Sen. Susan Collins is off to a strong start  —  Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, represents a new pugilistic approach to Democratic politics.  —  Speaking to a crowd of over 6,500 in Portland, Maine, on Labor Day …

Tillis says he will not consider Lisa Cook Fed replacement amid legal dispute  —  Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Wednesday he would not consider a nominee to replace ousted Fed Gov. Lisa Cook until the legality of President Donald Trump's move to fire her has been determined in court …

Newsmax sues Fox News, calling it a monopoly that abuses its power  —  Christopher Ruddy's pro-Trump channel Newsmax on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadcaster of illegally blocking competition in the right-wing pay-TV market.

The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump's DC Takeover  —  “This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for and it feels like a violation.”  —  Thanks to President Donald Trump, the residents of Washington, DC, are now safe from the horrors of fallen leaves and errant litter.

America Is Choosing Decline  —  The late Charles Krauthammer played a small part in provoking my exodus from the political right a little more than two decades ago.  —  He was one of a couple dozen neoconservative pundits who went all-in on providing a full-spectrum endorsement of the invasion of Iraq.

The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism  —  President Donald Trump's effort to threaten American cities with federal military presence — a threat he has followed through on, using different authorities to do so, in two cities — got its strongest pushback yet on Tuesday morning.

Trump Team Urges G.O.P. to Rebrand Signature Policy Law  —  Top campaign officials told House Republicans they should rebrand the measure the president dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in a nod to its unpopularity with voters.  —  Don't call it the One Big Beautiful Bill.

More than 1,000 current, former HHS employees sign letter calling on RFK Jr. to resign  —  Staffers accused Kennedy of “endangering the nation's health.”  —  Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as President Donald J Trump chairs a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room …

Trump confirms U.S. strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat  —  Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are rising.  Days after sending U.S. gunboats to South American waters, President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy struck a vessel in the southern Caribbean carrying what he described as a Venezuelan drug shipment.

Eric Schmitt's conservative history isn't the America I want my kids taught  —  At the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt gave a speech about American history in which the only brown person mentioned was George Floyd …

Trump ally Laura Loomer on Palestinian children seeking medical care in US: “You think these kids are so innocent?”  —  Loomer: “You think these kids are so innocent?  Because they're kids?  Yeah? ...  You think little kids are not capable of evil?”

The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler  —  A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.  —  “The story we got about world war ii is all wrong,” a guest told Tucker Carlson on his podcast two weeks ago.  “I think that's right,” replied Carlson.

White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind  —  The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department.  —  The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies …

Trump “worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize” for COVID vaccines, Pfizer CEO says … - His Health and Human and Services Department, led by vaccine skeptic Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is limiting access to COVID vaccines.  — Kennedy is also pulling $500 million in funding to develop new mRNA vaccines …