Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix … He and Senate Democrats are also starting to think about how to get out of one.  — A 7-10 day spending bill would require unanimous consent in the Senate, which could put pressure on Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Republicans to abandon their plans for a seven-week bill.

Pentagon Pete's ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides  —  PRESSURE COOKIER  —  The former Fox News host is reportedly spiraling out of control.  —  Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure of leading the Pentagon.  —  The defense secretary—who prefers the moniker “Secretary of War” …

Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said  —  Andrea May Sahouri Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press  —  This story has been updated with additional information.  —  When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers …

Americans' Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.  —  Nearly two years into the war in Gaza …

ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been returned to duty …

YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump  —  Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms  —  WASHINGTON—YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit …

How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting  —  A former associate of Trump's border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.  —  Tom Homan, the White House border czar, became entangled in an FBI sting last year …

How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left  —  It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration.  This is not really contestable and rarely seriously contested.

With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical  —  Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk.

Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth's new Pentagon strategy  —  The critiques from multiple top officers, including chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, come as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities.  —  Just now

HHS seeks to ban Harvard from federal funding in civil rights case  —  The Department of Health and Human Services is referring Harvard University to the agency's office responsible for suspension and debarment decisions over alleged antisemitism inaction, the HHS announced Monday.

OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out  —  Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week  —  OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless …

Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck  —  The Village of Broadview said they've launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Finebaum ‘Considering’ Leaving ESPN To Pursue U.S. Senate Seat As A Republican  —  SEC Network host and analyst Paul Finebaum says he is “considering” leaving ESPN to run for the U.S. Senate.  And he would run on the republican ticket.  —  In an exclusive interview …

Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O'Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’  —  Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout  —  Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest buyout ever funded by private equity firms.

We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario  —  The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Plans  —  After Trump's re-election I did my best to imagine how things might go better than we feared.

Again: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's growing dementia?  —  Over the weekend, on his Truth Social, Trump shared a video purporting to be a segment on Fox News — it wasn't — in which an AI-generated, deepfaked version of himself sat in the White House and promised that …

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison  —  International freshman enrollment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has dropped to its lowest level in at least a decade, according to recently released admissions data for the fall semester.

The ADL Defended Elon Musk's ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group  —  “The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group,” Musk tweeted Sunday.  —  READING TIME 4 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  When Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump …