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 …

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 …

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said ‘Do something b—  ’ before shooting  —  Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b—

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act … “You look at what's happening with Portland over the years, it's a burning hell hole,” Trump added.  “And then you have a judge that lost her way that tries to pretend that there's no problem.”  —  The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a federal law …

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 …

It's Time for Soft Secession  —  In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched a “Six Californias” ballot initiative.  The upshot was that with some 40 million people, more than the population of the 20 smallest states combined, California was too big, too diverse, to be “efficiently” governed.

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 …

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency's Top Legal Official With Himself  —  It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist.  A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.  —  Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A. …

Jack Smith tracked private communications, calls of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe, FBI says  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith was allegedly tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican Senators as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6 …

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say  —  The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers …

Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels  —  New York City Bar Association Statement  —  This September, President Donald J. Trump ordered U. S. military strikes against three private Venezuelan-flagged vessels on the high seas, killing at least 17 individuals and severely damaging or sinking those vessels.

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 …

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.

Trump's new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security  —  Frank Bisignano will run both agencies, though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will formally remain the acting IRS commissioner.  —  The Trump administration has found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start …

Coyner alleges Jones told her in a 2020 phone call that a few police officers dying would stop them from killing other people  —  Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield, sat down with Virginia Scope on Monday morning to discuss the controversy surrounding text messages sent to her in 2022 …

Acting CDC director endorses Trump's call to split up MMR vaccine  —  The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday endorsed President Trump's call to split up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine despite there being no research to support such a massive change.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell  —  The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, brushing aside an argument from Ghislaine Maxwell that she should have been shielded from prosecution under a plea agreement …

Trump's Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases  —  Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants  —  A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

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.

Does the news reflect what we die from?  —  What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?  —  Reuse our work freely  —  Acknowledgments  —  For this work, we relied on Media Cloud, an open-access platform for media analysis.

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 …

Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke  —  The White House aide equates opposition to Trump's agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.  —  Stephen Miller spent his weekend, as he is wont to do, describing American politics as if the nation were in the advanced stages …

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 …

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 …

US to Take 10% Stake in Trilogy Metals to Unlock Alaska Mining  —  The US said it will take a 10% stake in Canadian minerals explorer Trilogy Metals Inc. as part of a $35.6 million investment to secure critical energy and mining projects in Alaska.  —  In an announcement Monday …

Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students  —  Many students don't do the reading and don't speak up in class, according to a report.  Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.  —  Harvard University …

The U.S.'s strongest tornado in 12 years hit North Dakota in June, National Weather Service says  —  A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural city in North Dakota in June has been upgraded to an EF-5, the National Weather Service said Monday, marking the first U.S. twister with an EF-5 rating in 12 years.

MAGA calls for Trump to overrule judges on National Guard deployments  —  MAGA leaders are demanding the White House ignore court rulings against National Guard deployments, threatening a constitutional showdown over the president's authority to send troops into U.S. cities.

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 …

Today is MSNBC's first day apart from NBC.  Here is its new code of principles.  —  The new network's 10 core principles emphasize fairness, accuracy, transparency and firm limits on AI … Today is a groundbreaking day at MSNBC.  After more than 29 years of association with NBC News …

Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him  —  Creators like Theo Von and Adin Ross are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House  —  Manosphere podcasters didn't win Donald Trump the presidency in the 2024 election cycle …