Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order … For 15 years, Michele Beckwith oversaw some of the toughest federal prosecutions in California.  She went after transnational terrorists, sex traffickers and the Aryan brotherhood.  —  She became the acting U.S. attorney …

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE  —  Samantha Hernandez William MorrisDes Moines Register  —  Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts has been arrested by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement and held at the Pottawattamie County Jail, according to federal and local officials.

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Slash Foreign Aid  —  The court's conservative majority allowed the president to cut the funding in part because it said his flexibility to engage in foreign affairs outweighed “the potential harm” faced by aid recipients.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday allowed …

New details emerge on Hegseth's unusual mass gathering of top brass  —  The defense secretary is expected to lecture about the “warrior ethos” for less than an hour, according to multiple people familiar with the event.  But top generals are bracing for possible firings or demotions.  —  just now

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say  —  The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday.

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back before the justices for the second time this year.

Shutdown hostage taking  —  Nice government you've got there.  Shame if anything were to happen to it.  Maybe some more federal employees disappear.  I don't want to do it.  You are forcing my hand.  But you know I've done it before.  —  This, in a nutshell, is the White House negotiation strategy over the government shutdown.

US to revoke Colombian president's visa over comments at pro-Palestinian gathering  — Colombia leader calls on US soldiers to disobey Trump  — Petro, Trump have clashed over Gaza, deportations, drug policy  — Petro calls for global force to liberate Palestinians

Sinclair Statement on the Return of Jimmy Kimmel Live!  —  Sinclair today announced that it will end its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the show will return, this evening, on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.  —  Our objective throughout this process has been to ensure that programming remains accurate …

Musk, Thiel, Bannon named in partially redacted Epstein documents released by Democrats … Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon are among those who appeared in partially redacted files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were released …

Daily Caller Opinion Column ‘Explicitly’ Calls for Violence  —  The column, by editor at large Geoffrey Ingersoll, calls for “blood in the streets” in response to violence against conservatives.  —  The Daily Caller, a prominent conservative online publication, published an opinion column …

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders  —  The university system said faculty must comply with President Trump's order recognizing only two genders, possibly a first for a major public institution of higher education.  —  The Texas Tech University system …

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic, federal judge rules  —  MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, an ally of President Trump, defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken …

Scoop: Congressional trips cancelled ahead of potential shutdown  —  Several official congressional trips that were scheduled for next week have been cancelled due to the possibility of a government shutdown, Axios has learned. … - Federal funding is set to run out at midnight …

Money manager Howard Rubin detained in sex trafficking case after feds cite hitman threat … Famed money manager Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade.

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say  —  Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?  —  READING TIME 2 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  Did something feel...off about the whole Cracker Barrel debacle to you?

Trump's Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left  —  Facing a nascent administration investigation, Alex Soros privately pledged that the Open Society Foundations would back down only “over my dead body.”  —  During a panel discussion featuring world leaders …