Stop Funding Trump's Takeover  —  In about three weeks, the government's funding will run out.  Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.

South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid  —  The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.  —  South Korea reached a deal with the United States …

Poll: Trump's job ratings stay negative; Americans express strong support for vaccines  —  Trump's overall approval sits at 43%, while 78% of respondents said they support the use of vaccines.  Inflation and the cost of living are the top economic concerns.

The USTA's censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American  —  By asking broadcasters not to show any protest against Donald Trump at Sunday's final, the governing body has caved to fear while contradicting its own history of spectacle

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’  —  Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities  —  With the warm California sunshine on their backs, the Russian dissidents were finally at journey's end.

September 6, 2025  —  Today the social media account of President Donald J. Trump posted an AI-generated image of Trump as if he were Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in front of the Chicago skyline with military helicopters and flames and the caption “Chipocalypse Now.”

Trump's team plans harder test for U.S. citizenship — and more leeway to reject applicants  —  The Trump administration is planning to make the test to become a U.S. citizen more difficult, possibly with an essay requirement that would help give officials wide discretion on which immigrants are approved.

Russia strikes Ukrainian government building for first time, in largest air attack of war  —  Russia launched its largest aerial assault of the Ukraine war overnight into Sunday, deploying more than 800 drones and striking a government building in Kyiv for the first time.

JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg takes step towards run for Congress  —  Jack Schlossberg, a writer and grandson of President John F. Kennedy, said Sunday he is forming an exploratory committee to run for Congress in New York. … - The seat, New York's 12th congressional district …

Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law.  Now He's Getting Credit for Its Projects.  —  Signs bearing President Trump's name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.  —  In southern Connecticut …

It wasn't her fault (or was it?)  —  Democratic Party chairs on the 2024 election results  —  Why exactly did Kamala Harris lose to Donald Trump last year?  I'll bet you have a theory about it!  A lot of people do.  I am interested in just how those election narratives emerge and what effect …

Newsom won't stop mocking Trump — and Trump keeps taking the bait  —  The California governor has seized attention and filled a leadership void like no other Democrat in the president's second term in the White House.  —  Just now  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has seized attention …

Americans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years  —  Rising premiums add to pressure on households already feeling the pinch from the high price of goods  —  US health insurers, reeling from slumping share prices, are raising insurance premiums by the most in 15 years …

Florida surgeon general denies need for study ahead of end to vaccine mandates in the state … “You have vaccines that work,” he told reporters.  “They just pure and simple work.  They're not controversial at all.  And I think those vaccines should be used.

The White House is exploring how to keep Trump's tariffs if the Supreme Court strikes them down  —  There are at least two other laws that President Donald Trump could use to continue his tariff agenda, though neither is as quick as the current authority he is using.

Sunday Pages: “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant”  —  A poem by Emily Dickinson  —  This was a week for Truth.  —  Even the name-change of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, while performative, gratuitous, and vaguely ominous, merely un-Orwelled the Pentagon.

Japan PM Ishiba decides to step down  —  NHK has learned that Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has decided to step down.  It's believed he made the decision to try to contain the confusion within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.  —  The Japanese government says Ishiba will hold a news conference at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine  —  Sources say Prince, whose firm's contractors committed 2007 Iraq massacre, eager to get into valuable drone sector  —  Amid reports that Donald Trump's administration is considering using US private military contractors …