'I'm Gonna Punch You in the F—ing Face': Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival … A private dinner attended by dozens of administration officials and close advisers to President Donald Trump was temporarily marred by a dramatic clash between two of Trump's top economic officials …

RFK Jr. Touted a CDC Biosurveillance Program That Doesn't Appear to Exist Yet  —  When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his vision of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a recent op-ed, he cited one of the agency's biosurveillance programs as a prime example …

Trump Is Met With Mostly Boos at U.S. Open as Security Delays a Match  —  With the president in attendance at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the men's final began as hundreds of people were still waiting to go through security screening.  —  The U.S. Open men's tennis final got off to a slow …

US Migrant Raid Jolts South Korea, Stirs Investor Anxiety  —  The immigration raid on a Georgia EV battery plant run by two South Korean firms has rattled Seoul, coming less than two weeks after President Lee Jae Myung's White House meeting with Donald Trump where Korean companies pledged to invest hundreds of billions in the US.

Johnson backs off claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case  —  The statements from the House speaker come as Democrats and a small number of Republicans are pushing for legislation to compel the release of more files on Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Just now

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security  —  DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agency, who admits he sometimes made things worse.

Virginia special election Tuesday shrinks GOP margins  —  Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw, a Democrat, is expected to sail through Tuesday's special election to fill the late Rep. Gerry Connolly's (D-Va.) seat, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson's majority math.

Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says  —  Postal traffic to the U.S. has fallen significantly after the Trump administration suspended a trade exemption rule in late August, according to a global postal union.

Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance  —  The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.  —  Since returning to the White House in January, President Trump …

Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It's Time to Say So  —  President Donald Trump understands better than anyone else alive that his hold on his supporters—and on plenty of swing voters, too—depends on the mere perception that he's strong, wins everywhere, always acts boldly …

Perils of the Pentagon's Plan to Use Military Lawyers to Adjudicate Immigration Cases  —  The Pentagon is planning to divert up to 600 military lawyers (known as “JAGs” - members of the Judge Advocate General's corps) to serve as temporary immigration judges.  The idea is to dispose of immigration cases faster.

States face massive new costs under Trump budget cuts  —  Governors are making budgetary decisions in anticipation of added costs and responsibilities they will have to take on.  —  Just now  —  States are scrambling to prepare for an unprecedented shift of costs and responsibilities under …

The “Refugee Pipeline” Has Been Abandoned  —  Since Trump took office, assistance for refugees has largely been revoked or suspended, with many recent arrivals from Afghanistan unable to bring their families.  —  Pocket  —  This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund …

Horrid video of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska's slaughter on Charlotte train is met with deafening silence from Dem leaders, media  —  Liberal media and politicians have been accused of staying silent on the savage murder of a young Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train …

Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say  —  The company's lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress.  Meta denies the allegations.  —  At her home in western Germany …

Trump to call on Americans to pray for nation as 250th birthday approaches: ‘One Nation Under God’  —  EXCLUSIVE - President Donald Trump will announce the launch of America Prays at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. today while tying the faith-driven initiative to the nation's 250th birthday.

Military-related work absences at a 19-year high amid deployments  —  The president's use of the National Guard in U.S. cities means service members are having to step away from their full-time jobs during a vulnerable time for the labor market.  —  The number of Americans missing work …

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein  —  My colleagues and I have spent much of the past six years digging into Jeffrey Epstein's finances and pieced together what we think is the definitive account of how and why JPMorgan spent years enabling the notorious sexual predator.

Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.  —  Perceptions of socialism remain steady at 39% positive  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are more positive toward capitalism than socialism, but the 54% viewing capitalism favorably is down from 60% in 2021 and near that level in most prior years.

Why California's political class is begging Alex Padilla to run for governor … Padilla does not command the clout or near-universal name recognition that Harris does, despite his decade in statewide office, and he lacks the sizzle of politicians like Newsom, a likely presidential contender …

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself  —  The Trump administration's assault on America's universities by cutting billions of dollars of federal support for scientific and medical research has called up from somewhere deep in my memory the phrase “duck and cover.”