In Epstein's ‘Birthday Book,’ a Celebration of His Lecherous Exploits  —  The book containing 50th birthday tributes to Jeffrey Epstein was released on Monday by the House Oversight Committee.  —  One friend compared him to the main character in Ernest Hemingway's “The Old Man and the Sea …

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum  —  The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating  —  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A Texas A&M professor under fire by university, state, and federal leaders is under investigation …

U.S. added 911,000 fewer jobs than first estimated, BLS says  —  The U.S. economy added 911,000 fewer jobs in the year ending in March than estimated, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday.  —  Why it matters: The labor market had less momentum than previously known over the past year …

Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor's Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race, is way ahead of his three rivals, but his lead would diminish considerably if the field shrank to a two-man race.  —  Zohran Mamdani has opened …

Judge throws out charges against GOP would-be electors in Michigan  —  The dismissal of the charges is a victory for Trump and his allies and a blow to those who have been calling for accountability for lies about the 2020 election.  —  A Michigan judge threw out charges Tuesday against Republicans …

Israel says it targets Hamas leadership in Qatar's capital as blast heard in Doha  —  Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas' leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, officials said, further widening its campaign against the militant group as negotiations over ending the war in the Gaza Strip appears stalemated …

Live chat  —  Updates about tonight's races in North Carolina  —  🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back.  —  One thing to keep in mind as we've seen Biden's polling numbers vanish in states like Florida and North Carolina: His leads were much larger in Michigan and Wisconsin, and a bit larger in Pennsylvania.

'He's a nut': Hill Republicans sour on Trump housing official Bill Pulte … “I think he's a nut,” one House Republican said of Pulte.  (Like others in this story, the lawmaker was granted anonymity to speak candidly about sensitive dynamics within the Trump administration.)

Congress to vote on repeal of president's Middle East war powers  —  House Republicans are planning a vote to repeal two laws that authorized military force in the Middle East, amid broader concerns by Democrats and some in the GOP that President Donald Trump is using U.S. troops in inappropriate ways.

Can a Despised Autocrat Consolidate Power?  —  Trump is losing the public.  Will that matter?  —  Yesterday I wrote about Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, and made some unflattering observations about him.  So it might be worth mentioning a new incident, reported by Politico.

Florida's surgeon general said he didn't calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state.  But scientists have.  —  Florida's surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost - in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths - of ending vaccine mandates in his state.

DHS Claims Videotaping ICE Raids Is ‘Violence’  —  The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants.  —  DHS officers confront a man filming with his phone outside the federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles, August 8, 2025.

Missouri House Sends GOP Gerrymander to the Senate  —  The Missouri House in a 90-65 vote approved a Republican congressional gerrymander, advancing the map to the Senate as part of a national plan to try to rig the 2026 election by eliminating Democratic seats in Congress.

HHS Asks All Employees to Start Using ChatGPT  —  Employees at Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services received an email Tuesday morning with the subject line “AI Deployment,” which told them that ChatGPT would be rolled out for all employees at the agency.

Is Blueskyism Really a Thing?  —  A few thoughts on Nate Silver's thesis that the weird politics of 2020 explains the authoritarian politics of 2025.  —  A week ago Nate Silver tweeted the following warning to Democrats:  —  Okay, but what is Blueskyism?  Last Friday, Silver elaborated on what he meant in a Substack post.

Justice Department Charges Light Rail Attacker with Federal Crime  —  For Immediate Release  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal criminal complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte today, charging Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, with a federal crime in connection with the fatal attack …

Gabbard Retracted Intelligence Report on Venezuela  —  The report, which remains classified, described work by Richard Grenell, a former top intelligence official in the Trump administration.  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, took the unusual step of ordering …

Eric Trump Removed From Board Role After Firm Consults Nasdaq  —  Topline  —  A Trump Organization-backed crypto deal was quietly revised weeks after it was announced, with Eric Trump no longer joining the board of fintech firm Alt5 Sigma as initially planned, following the firm's consultation with Nasdaq …

How CBS News' Trumpy new ombudsman fits into the right's anti-media campaign  —  The new owners of CBS News announced Monday that they have selected Kenneth R. Weinstein — a Donald Trump supporter and right-wing think-tanker with no apparent newsroom experience who often criticizes …

Elon Musk Torpedoed a Beloved Pediatric Cancer Bill.  It's Yet to Recover.  —  THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S REMAKING of American life has been defined by what it's upended and destroyed, from academia to immigrant communities to government bureaucracies.  —  But sometimes the damage is done not by demolition but by inertia.

Should Democrats Shut Down the Government?  —  It's the only way they can fight back against the Trump catastrophe  —  The U.S. government runs out of money September 30.  —  Under ordinary circumstances, I would see that as a huge problem.  I was secretary of labor when the government closed down …