Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland  —  U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state's National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.  —  A federal judge late Sunday dealt another blow …

SLED investigating fire at SC circuit judge's Edisto home, 3 injured  —  EDISTO ISLAND — The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating a fire that started the morning of Oct. 4 at Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein's Edisto Beach home off Planters Retreat in the Jeremy Cay Community.

2 Motorists Charged in Chicago, Including One Shot by Federal Agent  —  The account in the federal criminal complaint, which differs significantly from an earlier homeland security statement, says the motorists rammed officers' vehicle and that an agent shot one when she drove her car at him.

Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark  —  The News  —  A high-profile columnist who left The Washington Post amid the paper's ongoing editorial upheaval is joining a growing anti-Trump digital news startup.  —  Former Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell …

CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it; low marks for Republicans, Democrats, Trump's handling  —  For many Americans, across party lines, concern over the government shutdown means concern about its potential impact on the economy, among other things.

The Coming Trump Tariff Bailout  —  Farmers and others with political clout will get a government subsidy or a carve-out.  —  You knew it was coming.  As President Trump's tariffs damage farmers and businesses across the U.S., the victims are besieging the Administration for relief.

‘Very difficult situation’: Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something  —  Each day the king would emerge from his castle with his favorite princes and his most loyal soldiers and go into the city to kidnap a dozen of the citizens, some for his harem, others to be sold to far lands.  Any who opposed this practice were put to the sword.

Transcript: House Speaker Mike Johnson on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Oct. 5, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of the interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 5, 2025.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to the government shutdown now in its fifth day.

Milei's Candidate Drops Out of Race Amid Ties to Drug Trafficker  —  Argentine President Javier Milei suffered another setback as an ally dropped off the top of his party's ticket just three weeks before a midterm election amid corruption allegations that threatened to sap support for the market-friendly leader in the crucial vote.

Why we can't allow Trump to ban that other f-word  —  The Donald Trump regime hasn't banned me from writing this column — at least I don't believe so — but top government officials have made it clear, from the president on down, that in their eyes what I'm about to say is dangerous …

It's already time for a new SCOTUS term.  Or, the summer that wasn't.  —  A look back, a look ahead.  And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.  —  ∙ Paid  —  On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will be taking the bench, hearing their first arguments of the new term after a summer recess that was anything but.