Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents.  Trump's DOJ shut it down.  —  The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.  —  In an undercover operation last year …

White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul … The White House said Sunday that corporate lawyers and “others with agendas are creating a lot of FAKE NEWS” around the proclamation, and said it does not apply to anyone with a current visa …

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new ‘pledge’ for reporters at the Pentagon  —  The Pentagon will drastically change its rules for journalists who cover the Department of Defense, two U.S. officials who are not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR Friday.

The Post-Kirk Clampdown … America's new cancel culture has arrived.  Any remaining doubts about that were laid to rest on 17 September 2025, when a federal government official used the lingo of a mob boss to demand the removal of a comedian from the air for saying things that the US president didn't like.

Top Democratic Leaders Ask Trump for Meeting to Avert a Shutdown  —  After a Republican plan to keep funding flowing foundered in the Senate, Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer accused the president of standing in the way of a solution.

I tried mortgage fraud cases.  Trump's revenge prosecutions are a sham.  —  No competent federal prosecutor would bring baseless charges against political targets.  —  Just now  —  Andrew J. Tessman is a former assistant U.S. attorney for D.C. and Southern District of West Virginia.

Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey  —  The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’  —  The Trump administration is canceling an annual government effort to gather data on how many Americans struggle to get enough food.

Armed man detained at site of planned memorial service for Charlie Kirk  —  The service, which will feature President Donald Trump and Cabinet members, has a top-level security designation akin to a Super Bowl.  —  An armed man claiming to be affiliated with law enforcement was detained Friday …

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say  —  Staff from the EPA's Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least …

'We're not North Korea.' Newsom signs bills to limit immigration raids at schools and unmask federal agents  —  In response to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids that have roiled Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a package of bills aimed …

‘No evidence’ found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, federal officials say  —  Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk's assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.

U.S. Attorney Refers Gavin Newsom To Secret Service For ‘Threat Assessment’ Over X Post  —  Topline  —  Bill Essayli, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, on Saturday said he referred Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Secret Service for a “full threat assessment,” …

U.S. conducts fourth strike against vessel transferring drugs, Trump says  —  The U.S. military conducted a strike on Friday against a vessel that was allegedly transferring drugs, President Trump said. … He also posted a video of the strike.  — He claimed the vessel was …

Trump's Most Lethal Policy  —  The Trump administration has claimed that no one has died because of its cuts to humanitarian aid, and it is now trying to cancel an additional $4.9 billion in aid that Congress already approved.  Yet what I find here in desperate villages in southwestern Uganda …

The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society  —  The assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and media personality, is not the reason President Trump and his allies have pursued a crackdown on their critics in media and civil society.  As terrible as Kirk's killing was, it has become, for the administration, a pretext.