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 …

Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar, a Gaza War Mediator  —  The Gulf nation of Qatar has been trying to negotiate a cease-fire in the conflict.  The attack threatened to destabilize those peace efforts.  —  Israel targeted senior members of Hamas's leadership in a strike on Tuesday in Qatar …

Supreme Court to quickly consider if President Donald Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an unusually quick hearing on whether President Donald Trump has the power to impose sweeping tariffs under federal law.

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 …

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 …

'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.)

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 …

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 …

Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid  —  Chief Justice John Roberts issued an order that blocks a lower court ruling while the Supreme Court decides how to proceed in the case.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration …

Oliver North marries Fawn Hall, his document-shredding secretary at the center of Iran-Contra scandal  —  Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan's administration.

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.

Trump and Johnson likely doomed in effort to stop Epstein files vote  —  Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-Ky.) discharge petition on releasing the Epstein files is all but certain to force a House vote by the end of this month — even if no additional Republicans sign on.

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.

Amy Coney Barrett Gives Least Reassuring Answer on Trump Third Term  —  It's unclear whether President Trump plans to run again in 2028, despite the Twenty-Second Amendment unambiguously barring a president from being elected for a third term.  —  In a Monday evening interview …

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.

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 …

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.

CDC warns of deadly ‘kissing bug’ disease: What to know  —  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Tuesday report raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease also known as Chagas.  —  Chagas disease can cause severe fatigue in early stages in addition …

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.

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.

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.