Poland says it has shot down drones that entered its airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine  —  Poland's military said early Wednesday that it had shot down drones that violated its airspace during a Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine, in what is potentially a major provocation for Europe.

The Constant Battle  —  The first excerpt from 107 Days … The first stop on the day's calendar had been planned months earlier.  At a meeting in the Oval Office discussing her work uplifting Black executives and entrepreneurs, Dr. Stacie NC Grant had invited me to address the annual gathering …

Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It  —  The Trump administration has argued that the summary killing of 11 people it accused of running drugs was legal under the laws of war.  —  A Venezuelan boat that the U.S. military destroyed in the Caribbean …

You Really Need to See Epstein's Birthday Book for Yourself  —  This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.  —  Looking back, I don't know what exactly I was expecting when I opened “Request No. 1,” the PDF file containing the contents of Jeffrey Epstein's 50th-birthday book.

After declaring D.C. ‘safe,’ Trump dines out in the city  —  The president boasted in recent days about the success of the federal takeover of D.C. police.  During his first term, he ventured only to the restaurant at the hotel he owned.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday night arrived …

National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops' ‘shame’ over D.C. presence  —  Internal documents reviewed by The Post show how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans' trust in the military.  —  The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment …

GENERAL (RET.) MARK A. WELSH III  —  I am reaching out today to follow up on a statement I distributed through social media yesterday regarding an ongoing issue with one of our 16,000 course sections.  I directed the Provost to remove the College of Arts and Sciences Dean and English Department Head from their administrative positions.

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites  —  The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found.

Kavanaugh faces blowback for claiming Americans can sue over encounters with ICE  —  Justice Brett Kavanaugh's breezy suggestion this week that Americans who are roughed up by ICE can sue agents in federal court is drawing pushback from civil rights attorneys who note the Supreme Court's conservative majority …

“The Axios Show” exclusive: Lutnick says U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue … The debut episode, featuring our conversation with Lutnick in his Commerce Department office, will be out later this week. … - The next step, Lutnick says, is to guarantee the U.S. gets …

Federal Agents Retreat From Immigration Raid In Upstate New York Amid Protests: ‘Gestapo’  —  The operation took one man into custody, according to local outlet WXXI.  —  Federal agents pulled back from a raid on rooftop workers at a rental site in upstate New York on Tuesday morning …

Republicans bash Florida's anti-vaccine stand: ‘Horrible idea’  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over Florida's move to end vaccine mandates for school children, voicing fears about the spread of preventable infectious diseases and what it means for their home states.

Biden's Final Flop: 911,000 Fewer Jobs Than Reported in the Year Through March  —  The U.S. economy added nearly a million fewer jobs in the year through March 2025 than previously reported, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

They Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America  —  Although it has long since entered the pantheon of American rhetoric as one of our nation's great orations, there was a time, however brief, when the Gettysburg Address had its critics.  —  The president's funeral sermon …

Capitol agenda: What the CR timing dispute is really about  —  The Trump administration wants a stopgap funding plan through Jan. 31.  Appropriators are prepared to go their own way.  It's about more than a date — it's the latest proxy battle in the larger clash over whether to pursue …

Mills is interviewing staff for a possible Senate run  —  Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is interviewing staff for a potential Senate bid, a person familiar with the process confirmed on Wednesday.  The news was first reported by Punchbowl.  The interviews come as Mills is “seriously considering” …

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?  —  After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into a unshakeable pro-Israel voice.  Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump's ally among media elites

Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis's role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM  —  Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records  —  The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis …

Appeals court, weighing Trump's Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief  —  A federal appeals court ruled the nation's top copyright official can continue serving in her post following President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her.  A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court …

Leaked Ice document shows worker detained in Hyundai raid had valid visa  —  Exclusive: critics accuse Ice of ‘outrageous’ and ‘unlawful’ detention of Korean man  —  At least one of the Korean workers swept up in a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor factory site in Georgia last week …

New Mexico to become the first state to offer universal child care  —  The program may offer a blueprint for other states on an issue that was prominent during the 2024 campaign.  —  New Mexico will become the first state in the country to begin offering free universal child care, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced.

Brett Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🧑‍⚖️ Subscribe to PN 🧑‍⚖️  —  On Monday, the Supreme Court's six conservatives legalized racial profiling …

Donald Trump tells EU to hit China and India with 100% tariffs to pressure Vladimir Putin  —  US president makes extraordinary demand in bid to force Russia to end invasion of Ukraine  —  Donald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on India and China as part …

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU free trade with Israel  —  Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’  —  The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of free trade with Israel …

Schumer moves to force Senate vote on Epstein files  —  Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is moving to force the Senate to take a vote that would force disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein files, throwing the chamber into a debate Republicans have so far largely been able to avoid.

Emails show Dr. Fauci ordered documents destroyed and lied to Congress, Sen. Rand Paul says  —  Sen. Rand Paul is calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci to reappear before Congress after emails were uncovered that contradict his testimony to lawmakers.  —  The Senate Homeland Security …