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 …

ICE is Eating the Soul of America  —  Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law … A big part of this newsletter is trying to mark the moments when America changes — when today is different from before.  —  A big change happened yesterday …

Supreme Court again gives no explanation in ruling for Trump, this time on immigration  —  The provisional decision only applies to one judge's decision in Los Angeles, but the Trump administration hailed it as a major win as it seeks to ramp up immigration enforcement.

White House rebukes Israel over strike on Hamas in Qatar  —  Trump condemned the attack.  Analysts say his mixed messaging on the war emboldened Israel to take unilateral military action.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned Israel's decision to strike a meeting of senior Hamas leaders in Qatar …

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 …

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 …

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.

The Judicial Learning Curve  —  District court judges watch each other struggle with the Trump administration—and adapt.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … Around 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, a supervisor at the Compass Connections children's shelter …

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 …

'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.)

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 …

Fired CDC director who clashed with RFK Jr. set to testify in Senate  —  The hearing would give Susan Monarez a high-profile opportunity to respond to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims about her ethics and their conversations about vaccines.  —  Just now  —  Susan Monarez is set to testify …

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.

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 …

House Democrats fume at Schumer in closed-door meeting  —  House Democrats' weekly caucus meeting Tuesday included a vent session towards Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on government funding, Axios has learned. … - “There was anticipatory anger rooted in what went down in March …

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.

Vaccine Injuries, Violent Video Games, and Infertility Challenge: RFK Jr. Releases New MAHA ‘Strategy’ Report for Children  —  “Our young men have sperm counts half what they ought to be,” Kennedy said. … Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a new “strategy” report from the Make America Healthy Again …

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 …

Is Susan Collins toast?  —  This is the second article in our series on the most interesting 2026 House and Senate races.  Make sure to check out the first entry in the series on Georgia's Senate race.  —  Before we get to the, uh, Maine event, Nate jumping in with a couple of quick announcements.

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.

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights  —  After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director.  In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she's not ready to quit the battle.

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.

Trump wants to punt shutdown deadline to Jan. 31  —  The White House asked Congress on Tuesday to kick the upcoming government shutdown deadline to Jan. 31, a four-month punt Democrats and many Republican lawmakers oppose.  That suggested date was conveyed as part of a wishlist …