Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War  —  The president is turning back the clock to the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.  —  President Trump will sign an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War …

DOJ deputy chief: Government will “redact every Republican” from Epstein client list … - “They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people,” he told the reporter, who was undercover during the encounter, according to the video.

Payrolls rose 22,000 in August, less than expected in further sign of hiring slowdown  —  Job creation sputtered in August, adding to recent signs of labor market weakening and likely keeping the Federal Reserve on track for a widely anticipated interest rate cut later this month.

Trump's pick to lead BLS ran Twitter account with sexually degrading, bigoted attacks  —  President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people …

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart … President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship.  They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.Doug Mills/The New York Times  —  A group of Navy SEALs emerged from the ink-black ocean …

Talks Between Adams and Trump Adviser Center on Saudi Ambassadorship  —  The discussions are said to be part of an effort to get Mayor Eric Adams to end his mayoral campaign in New York City, clearing a path for Andrew Cuomo.  —  Close advisers have been crafting a plan for President Trump …

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.  Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The Trump administration has vowed …

Trump Administration to End Security Programs Protecting European Allies From Russia  —  Ending the longstanding program is expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone toward countries that border Russia.  —  The United States will move to end support for a program …

The overwhelming evidence that the Supreme Court is on Donald Trump's team … Last month, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dropped an inflammatory allegation on most of her colleagues. … Jackson labeled this decision “Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist.”

GOP senators signal to Trump that Kennedy is on thin ice  —  Republican senators are sending clear signs of disapproval and unhappiness with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., making it plain to President Trump that they want the administration to address the chaos …

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers  —  The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.  —  By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill …

Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say  —  In the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting, senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people's right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.

Trump's “strongly disapprove” numbers are record-setting (not in a good way)  —  Nearly a majority of Americans strongly disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president.  That is starting to have political costs  —  the New York Times reported that Donald Trump is trying to get the Republican Party …

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says country is not in a ‘constitutional crisis’  —  Speaking to Free Press founder Bari Weiss to promote her new book, the conservative justice said the American people should trust the Supreme Court.  —  Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday …

How Stephen Miller is running Trump's effort to take over D.C.  —  The deputy White House chief of staff has emerged as a key enforcer of the D.C. operation in the month since Trump federalized the local police department.  —  Just now  —  From the head of the conference table …

Senate Republicans Barrel Toward Nuclear Option On Trump Nominees  —  Senate Republicans are on the brink of invoking the so-called “nuclear option” to confirm the president's nominees — and they're hardly batting an eye about it.  They are considering changing Senate rules as soon as next week …

What is Blueskyism?  —  And why is it so toxic for political persuasion?  —  Bluesky, the Twitter spinoff that was once billed as a kinder, gentler alternative to what is now known as X, probably isn't on death's door.  But after a burst of growth around the election …

Live updates: US employers added just 22,000 jobs last month amid uncertainty over Trump's policies  —  U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump's economic policies.  The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July.

Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription.  —  In an effort to ensure more New Yorkers can get the latest Covid vaccines …

Immigration officers raid Hyundai EV manufacturing site in Georgia  —  Immigration officers raided a Hyundai megaplant that manufactures electric vehicles in Georgia, shutting down construction on a nearby EV battery factory.  —  The plant is one of the largest in Georgia, worth billions, and employs about 1,200 people.

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children  —  The state's elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.  —  Sorry.  We decided there were too many children.  —  You know how it goes.  —  Their hands are too small.

Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure  —  Michael Schill, alluding to challenges ‘at the federal level,’ is the latest university leader to depart during higher education turmoil  —  Northwestern University President Michael Schill said Thursday he was resigning …

Trump grows pessimistic about the prospect of ending the Russia-Ukraine war  —  Whirlwind peacemaking efforts last month appear to have stalled, and there's no sign that Putin and Zelenskyy will meet anytime soon.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has grown increasingly pessimistic …

Harvard's Pyrrhic Legal Victory  —  A judge says Trump's funding freeze broke the law, but he won't quit.  —  Click for Sound  —  Harvard won a legal victory Wednesday when a federal judge ruled the Trump Administration illegally canceled $2.2 billion in grants, and huzzah for the rule of law, which is no small thing.

Trump's Tariffs Leave US Business Tied Up in Costly Red Tape  —  Donald Trump promised to slash red tape for business.  His tariff regime has gotten American companies increasingly tangled up in it.  —  The president's ever-changing trade rules are piling up mountains of extra work for firms trying to follow them.

Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor?  —  It's still unclear—and that's the problem.  —  Pocket  —  Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser has undergone a rapid transformation over the past three weeks.  What began as capitulation to Trump's ongoing military occupation of the city has now become …

Rubio Says U.S. Will Work With Other Nations to ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups  —  The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador's president.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday …

Will Bunch on Trump's DC takeover as a prelude to dictatorship  —  “It's critical for his whole authoritarian project.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥  —  Last month, Philadelphia Inquirer national columnist …