'I'm Gonna Punch You in Your F—king 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 …

Democrats Bet Briefly Preventing a Health Insurance Apocalypse Is Good Politics  —  Their ask in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown is an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies.  What happens when Republicans say no?  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) …

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.

Baghdad Bessent  —  Sometimes events come along that are so remarkable, so epochal, that they compel us briefly to drop our myopic focus on national politics, and last night we got one such: If you didn't watch Ravens/Bills, you really missed out.  Happy Monday.  —  How Not to Spin the Economy

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.

Stabbing video fuels MAGA's crime message  —  MAGA influencers are drawing repeated attention to violent attacks to elevate the issue of urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases.  — Shocking video of the fatal Aug. 22 knife attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska …

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow freeze on billions in foreign aid  —  The emergency request could set up a major test of the president's assertion that he has the unilateral authority to block spending budgeted by Congress.  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court …

Here's a Shocking Idea: Democrats Don't All Have to Sound Alike  —  WILL DEMOCRATS EVER STOP ARGUING over what they should say, how they should say it, and where they should say it?  They really should, because the answers are obvious: It all depends—on who you are, where you live, and what you believe.

Why the Fed should not cut rates now  —  Amid loose financial conditions and a bubbly market, it's exactly the wrong time … As Donald Trump pressures the Federal Reserve to cut rates, the fear is that he is undermining the central bank's independence, with potentially damaging consequences for the US economy.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

RFK Jr. says he sees no successes in the agency he leads  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he did not think there have been any “successes” among US health agencies Sunday, claiming the infiltration of pharmaceutical companies have led to a “series of bad decisions.”

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 …

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.

Trump-linked venture fund 1789 Capital tops $1 billion in assets  —  With Donald Trump Jr. as a partner, 1789 Capital is drawing a flood of new investments and landing stakes in hot emerging tech firms - including xAI and two other Elon Musk ventures - as it executes plans to cash in on a MAGA “parallel economy.”

Mahmoud Khalil on exile, liberation and Ice detention: ‘It was a clear act of cruelty’  —  His grandparents survived the Nakba and he fled Assad's Syria.  Khalil is no stranger to political persecution, but not even Trump's crackdown can silence him  —  When a history of resistance …

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 …

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.

Boos of Donald Trump heard on ABC's broadcast of US Open.  Good  —  Resistance takes many forms.  —  Sometimes it's people taking to the streets in protest, as they did this weekend in Chicago and its suburbs.  Sometimes it's governors banding together to ensure their citizens have access …

How airlines lobbied away your flight compensation  —  After a $62 billion federal bailout, the airline industry secures the repeal of a key consumer protection.  —  If passengers book a flight from the European Union and it is canceled or significantly delayed for reasons within the airline's control …

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.