The Mad King's Television  —  How Trump is making potentially lethal decisions  —  When over the weekend federal Judge Karin Immergut (a Trump appointee) blocked Trump from deploying Oregon's National Guard to Portland, Trump said she “should be ashamed of herself” because “Portland is burning to the ground.”

Top prosecutor is refusing to charge New York AG despite Trump pressure  —  A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.  —  A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges …

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens  —  Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.  After they arrived at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, agents from Border Patrol …

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss's the Free Press for $150 Million  —  Weiss to take control of CBS News's editorial vision, aiming for ‘news that reflects reality’  —  Can Bari Weiss reinvent CBS News?  —  That is what Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison is betting on with a $150 million deal …

The “Dual State” Theory Was Invented to Describe Nazis.  The Supreme Court Could Take Us There.  —  Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.  —  Perhaps the most brazenly illegal action of President Donald Trump's second term so far took place on his first day in office …

We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency … Last year, in the months before the 2024 presidential election, the magazine surveyed 50 members of what might be called the Washington legal establishment about their expectations for the Justice Department and the rule of law if Donald Trump were re-elected.

New conspiracies over Trump's health swirl after text interview with CNN's Jake Tapper  —  The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights …

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze  —  The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire after she had reportedly received death threats.  —  State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach which began …

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell  —  The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.  —  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal …

French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos  —  France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis …

Power Is the Order of the Day, and Other Beds Trump Has Made  —  One of the biggest challenges I've had in the last nine months and especially since the summer is how to convey both the very brittle, thin nature of Trump's power and also the scale of the threat his government poses.

America is now one big bet on AI  —  It's seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy … Despite mounting threats to the US economy — from high tariffs to collapsing immigration, eroding institutions, rising debt and sticky inflation — large companies and investors seem unfazed.

Johnson gives ‘assurance’ to top Senate Dem he'll move government funding bills  —  Speaker Mike Johnson has spoken directly to Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, about facilitating bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on government funding bills — once the shutdown ends.

The Future of The Free Press  —  We've sent more than 4,000 emails since we started The Free Press five years ago.  This one is different.  —  We're a news organization, so I'll get right to it: This morning, The Free Press is joining Paramount.  —  This move is a testament to many things …

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say  —  Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth  —  On Tuesday, a Christian legal group …

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 …

Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI  —  xAI aims to win tech arms race with ‘Colossus’ data centers, thrown up at lightning speed; city divided over massive power and water demands  —  | Photography and Video by Kevin Wurm for WSJ  —  MEMPHIS—For Elon Musk …

Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for US Senate in Texas, defying GOP leaders to take on Cornyn and Paxton  —  Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign.

As Money Rushed In, ICE's Rapid Expansion Stalled Out  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Few provisions in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act were as thrilling to immigration hard-liners as the $45 billion …

Americans remain wary of electing a female president, new poll reveals … Nearly one in five voters said they or someone they are close to would not elect a woman presidential candidate.  That includes one-quarter of women under 50 and 20 percent of men under 50, who said they would not …

Michigan's Mallory McMorrow has shifted her stance on the war in Gaza … “I'm not accepting AIPAC support,” McMorrow told the questioner.  “I'm not seeking their endorsement.  I've never accepted their support.  And what we are seeing in the Middle East is a moral abomination.”

Trump's DC takeover is working — in fact, it has already worked  —  President Trump's action this summer asserting federal control of the District of Columbia police force was a bold and necessary step toward confronting the rampant crime that has plagued our nation's capital for years.

Jesse Jackson Jr. to launch bid for his old seat … It's a dramatic twist for a man whose life once seemed destined for the national spotlight.  The son of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, he was first elected to Congress in 1995 and held his position for 17 years before it all came crashing down.

Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare  —  “I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump vowed in 2024.  I have bad news for voters who believed him.  —  About a decade ago, Donald Trump stressed …