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 …

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.

Dallas ICE Facility Shooting Leaves One Detainee Dead and Two Injured  —  The shooter, who killed himself, also wounded two detainees in an attack that raised new fears about political violence in the United States.  —  A sniper perched on a nearby rooftop fired at a U.S. 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 …

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 …

Top GOP and White House allies working behind the scenes to prevent Epstein vote on House floor  —  Top congressional Republicans and White House allies are working behind the scenes to prevent a politically charged floor vote to release the government's Jeffrey Epstein case files next month …

Tensions are high in a Utah redistricting fight that didn't start with Trump  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is getting closer to redrawing its congressional boundaries in an unusual mid-decade redistricting process, but it's not yet clear what that map will look like.

WHO rejects Trump's claims of link between Tylenol and autism  —  Body says research has found ‘no consistent association’ and urges pregnant women to follow doctors' advice  —  The World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing back against contested claims by the Trump administration …

Trump “Walk of Fame” trolls Biden with autopen signature in place of portrait  —  The White House unveiled a new “Presidential Walk of Fame” Wednesday that shows an autopen machine instead of former President Biden's portrait. … - Trump did so as recently as last week during a news conference in the United Kingdom.

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 …

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 …

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 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.

Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan launches PAC to boost ‘patriotic’ candidates … “The Republican Party cannot make a claim on it anymore,” he said in an interview.  “That creates not only an opportunity, but a need for the Democratic Party to assert what has always been foundational to us …

Democratic Report Says Disorder at DOGE Jeopardized Americans' Data  —  Members of a Senate panel described a haphazard working and living environment that involved transferring sensitive information to servers “without any verified security controls.”  —  At the height of its power …

Schumer becomes a campaign trail punching bag for some Democrats  —  Across the country, Senate candidates have distanced themselves from their Senate leader amid a growing appetite for newer leaders waging aggressive fights against Trump.  —  Just now  —  Nathan Sage is a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Iowa.

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.

Trump Official Gave Free Tickets to GOP Group to Heckle Black Artist  —  Kennedy Center interim president Rick Grenell sent in a group of gay conservatives to heckle and harass a Black performer during her concert because she was a “liberal.”  —  Prominent fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams performed …

Hegseth to ask Trump for execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan  —  War Secretary Pete Hegseth will ask President Donald Trump to approve the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter who killed 14 people and injured dozens more in 2009.  —  Hasan was previously convicted …

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.