Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’  —  Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers  —  The gunman who rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire on worshippers was an Iraq war veteran who had previously shown support for Donald Trump.

'I'm From Here!':  U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet  —  As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.  —  U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody …

Democratic voters are furious with party leaders.  And that disaffection has a cost.  —  The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind.  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats  —  Exclusive: Miller's homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say  —  Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes …

Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in postwar plan  —  President Trump would chair an international “board of peace” to govern and reconstruct the Gaza Strip as part of a 20-point plan released Monday by the White House, describing an end to the war between Israel and Hamas and a transition toward peace.

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 …

Trump Is a Weak, Failing President.  These Brutal New Polls Confirm It.  —  What if we told you that Donald Trump is a really unpopular president?  Would that surprise you?  It's not something you hear much in the media.  Yet in recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup …

Trump says US to impose 100% tariff on movies made outside the country  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood's global business model.  —  The step signals Trump's willingness …

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.

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 …

Reductions in Force During Shutdowns  —  The Trump administration plans to use the pending shutdown as justification for additional RIFs.  —  nicholasbednar.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … Government appropriations expire on Sept. 30, 2025.  Without additional funding …

Trump's Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire  —  A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary  —  Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced …

Democrats turn up heat on Johnson over Epstein files vote delay … But she has to be sworn in first.  — Grijalva was elected in a landslide last Tuesday in the race to succeed her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), in Congress.  — She has accused Johnson of dragging …

Editorial overhaul: Washington Post's new opinion chief feels the weight of the challenges ahead … But that's the situation 33-year-old Adam O'Neal has found himself in at The Washington Post.  —  “I just feel a tremendous responsibility to get this right,” O'Neal told Fox News Digital …

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.

‘Not Suicidal’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Ominous ‘If Something Happens’ Message  —  The Republican lawmaker has been pushing for the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) posted a message on social media over the weekend instructing followers to …

Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying state's National Guard in Portland … “When the president and I spoke yesterday, I told him in very plain language there is no insurrection or threat to public safety that necessitates military intervention in Portland or any other city in our state,” Kotek said.

First-cousin marriage has ‘benefits’, says NHS guidance despite birth defect risk  —  Tory MP says health service should ‘stop taking the knee’ to damaging cultural practices  —  The NHS has been urged to apologise for publishing guidance extolling the benefits of first-cousin marriage despite the increased risk of birth defects.

The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy  —  We are no longer at a “tipping point” or “an inflection point.”  We are no longer “sliding” toward autocracy.  Donald Trump no longer “aspires” to be an autocrat.  Last week, in case you had any doubt, the Trump regime went full-bore authoritarian.

The Man Behind Trump's Push for an All-Powerful Presidency … Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, was preparing the Trump administration's 2026 budget proposal this spring when his staff got some surprising news: Elon Musk's cost-cutting team was unilaterally axing items that Mr. Vought had intended to keep.

Comey and the lessons of pre-capitulation  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥  —  Former FBI Director James Comey was arguably one of the first consequential establishment figures to comply in advance with Donald Trump.