The Situation: Choose Your Own Adventure: Lindsey Halligan Edition  —  Any way you play, you lose.  —  benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … The Situation on Sunday pondered the removal of the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia …

Anti-ICE gunman who killed 2 in Dallas facility shooting identified as Joshua Jahn  —  The anti-ICE gunman who opened fire on a group of migrants being led into an immigration processing facility from a Dallas rooftop has been identified as Joshua Jahn, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Trump calls for ‘triple sabotage’ investigation over UN escalator, teleprompter, audio issues  —  President Trump on Wednesday called on the United Nations to investigate what he deemed was “triple sabotage” after he dealt with an escalator mishap, a teleprompter glitch and audio issues during …

White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown … The move marks a significant break from how shutdowns have been handled in recent decades, when most furloughs were temporary and employees were brought back once Congress voted to reopen government and funding was restored.

Massie: Republican leaders threatened supporters of push to release Epstein files  —  The Scoop  —  WURTLAND, Ky. — Thomas Massie is declaring victory on his move to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files after the election to fill a vacant Arizona House seat.

Stephen Miller's Wife Drops Cringe-Inducing Sexual Brag  —  ¡OLÉ!  —  Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.  —  Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller and former Elon Musk devotee, made an appearance on Jesse Watters Primetime …

Wages Of Extremism: Dems Should Panic Over Results of This Poll  —  Reuters' headline offers a masterful example of editorial spin: “Trump's approval dips as Americans worry about economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.”  —  That's not all the poll results released yesterday afternoon shows ... not by a long shot.

Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams's Kennedy Center Performance  —  Kennedy Center staffers called security last week after DC's Log Cabin Republicans chapter disrupted a performance by a musician they called “a vocal opponent of President Trump.”

Trump subs photo of Biden for autopen in new White House presidential portrait gallery  —  Trump has long criticized Biden's use of the autopen.  —  A new “Presidential Walk of Fame” has been built along the West Wing Colonnade featuring portraits of all the Presidents in gilded frames …

Former FBI Director James Comey expected to be indicted soon  —  Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days, three sources familiar tell MSNBC.  The full extent of the charges being prepared against Comey is unclear.  MSNBC Senior Investigative Correspondent …

Trump's Border Czar Involved in Detention Contract Talks Despite Recusal  —  Ethics experts say Tom Homan's participation could violate rules meant to ensure impartiality.  The White House says he has not crossed that line.  —  Earlier this year, as a surge in arrests pushed immigration …

Inside the White House Struggle to Tame the Epstein Crisis  —  Finger-pointing, disorganization and unforced errors by Trump advisers made the problem worse; ‘Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?’  —  President Trump had reached his limit.  —  It was mid-July, and some of his longtime allies …

Trump DOJ retracts letter that implied Sandy Hook FBI agent was under investigation  —  A top Justice Department official has retracted a letter he sent to an FBI agent who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that suggested the agent was being investigated in relation to a defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones.

Ukraine's Plan to Starve the Russian War Machine  —  Negotiations have stalled.  Trump keeps changing his policies.  Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands.  —  in one section of a sprawling warehouse in central Ukraine, workers have stacked what appear to be small airplane wings in neat rows.

U.S. Soybean Harvest Starts with No Sign of Chinese Buying as Brazil Sets Export Record  — U.S. Soybean Shipments Frozen Over Tariffs  — Record Chinese Demand for Brazilian Soybeans  — Shifting Soybean Global Trade Patterns  — Potential Consequences of a Failed U.S.-China Trade Deal

As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA's leader could not be reached  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency's acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.  —  On a Friday morning in July …

South Korea Warns US Projects Remain in Limbo Without Visa Fix  —  South Korea's investment projects in the US will remain in limbo until visa issues are resolved, the nation's prime minister said, urging Washington to act quickly to reassure Koreans concerned about getting detained for working there.

Charlie Kirk could be placed on US currency under new House GOP proposal  —  Reps. Abe Hamadeh and August Pfluger want Treasury to authorize 400,000 silver dollars with Kirk's likeness  —  FIRST ON FOX: A pair of House Republicans are pushing to have Charlie Kirk memorialized on U.S. currency …

New York City mayor candidate Curtis Sliwa says he was offered money to quit race … Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, said Wednesday that he has received at least seven calls from “emissaries” of wealthy people who have repeatedly offered him money to end his campaign.

Fawning MAGA Senator Pushes Trump to Seek Illegal Third Term  —  WHAT CONSTITUTION?  —  Lindsey Graham has previously declared his desire for Trump to lead the country for another term, despite a constitutional bar.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham openly floated the prospect of Donald Trump serving …

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time  —  One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases - Huntington's - has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors.  —  The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of dementia …

NJ PBS, New Jersey's only dedicated public television channel, will cease operations in the Garden State next summer  —  After June 30, 2026, a NJ PBS nightly news program will only air on digital platforms, and on THIRTEEN, the public television channel in New York.

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Climate Forward: Newsom Assails Trump's Retreat From Climate Action  —  At The New York Times's Climate Forward event, California's governor called Trump's recent comments denying climate change “an embarrassment.”  The U.S. energy secretary then said other countries should follow President Trump and leave the Paris Agreement.

Nearly 8 In 10 Voters Say The United States Is In A Political Crisis, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Optimism Sinks For Freedom Of Speech Being Protected In The U.S.  — mail_outline  —  In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk …