Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump's Power to Fire Officials  —  As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president's power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.  —  The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December …

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver  —  Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester.  Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.  —  Late on Oct. 5, a Portland ambulance crew informed dispatchers …

Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset  —  During his address to the Israeli parliament on Monday, President Trump went off script and urged President Issac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is standing trial on three corruption charges.

How Trump Is Making China Great  —  Six months ago Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs — huge tariffs imposed on just about every nation.  As everyone noted, this announcement suddenly brought average tariffs back to 1934 levels.  Less widely noted was the fact that the long decline …

How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs  — US companies, consumers bear brunt of US tariffs  — Some foreign sellers are raising prices  — Further price hikes likely in coming months  —  U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs …

Trump's Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement  —  Some unbelievable scenes out of Israel this morning, where the last hostages held by Hamas have just been returned as part of the preliminary ceasefire deal in Gaza.  Negotiating hurdles remain, but leaders are projecting optimism: “The war is over …

Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government  —  Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration's latest layoffs.  —  Just now  —  A historic wave of retirements and other departures …

Democrats are in a GOP shutdown vise … On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans said they would no longer allow Democrats to keep calling up their own stopgap spending bill funding the government through the end of October, forcing votes only on the GOP-led alternative.

Law Schools Are Using Security Concerns to Silence Speech  —  Since I resigned from my job as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in February, I have accepted several invitations from law schools to speak to students about public service.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It's not fair...I'm a resident'  —  Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.  —  The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Against all odds, Democrats seemed to have gained the upper hand in the conflict over the government shutdown …

Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans' money  —  'Congress doesn't really have a say on anything,' said former Michigan congressman Fred Upton.  'No one's putting their hand up to say ‘stop’.'  —  Just now  —  There are really three political parties in Washington …

Obama: ‘Inherently corrupting’ for a president to use military ‘against their own people’  —  Former President Obama criticized President Trump deploying the National Guard to cities around the country while slamming what he called a “politicization of the military.”

John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire  —  The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host described the newly appointed editor-in-chief as someone “who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading.”

‘Bring her back’: Delaware abuse victim rescued from ICE deportation  —  Why Should Delaware Care?  —  ICE detained a Delaware victim of domestic violence, despite her living with temporary protected legal status.  If ICE had deported her back to her native country, her abuser would be waiting.

Exclusive: Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney's office  —  Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over …

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump … When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry.

The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment  —  “After the Hunt,” Luca Guadagnino's psychological thriller about the fallout from the #MeToo movement, has been in theaters for only a few days, but it already feels dated.  It's a memento of the micro-era …

Shutdown polls show Democrats' economic messaging still falling flat … That dichotomy underscores an electoral hurdle for the party locked out of power: Even as Democrats hold the line over expiring health care subsidies that could send millions of Americans' insurance prices soaring …

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed …

October 12, 2025  —  On October 9, President Donald J. Trump's office issued an official proclamation declaring Monday, October 13, “Columbus Day.”  The proclamation says that the day is one on which “our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus—the original American hero …

One of Europe's biggest farm machinery firms halts US exports over ‘hidden’ tariffs  —  Krone says ‘alarming’ levies on about 400 goods including hair dryers and combine harvesters have forced pause  —  One of Europe's biggest farm machinery companies, Krone, has been forced to pause exports …

Parliament Hands Out MAGA-Style Hats Before Trump's Speech  —  TTPP?  🤷  —  The deal means 20 Israeli hostages and more than 1,700 Palestinians will head home.  —  The administration has claimed foreign countries would one the ones paying for the president's sweeping tariffs.

Johnson: 'We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history'  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the House-passed, GOP-crafted stopgap bill to reopen the government.

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility  —  A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia …

Norway Suspects Espionage in Nobel Peace Prize Winner Breach  —  Norwegian officials see cyber espionage as the most likely cause of unusual betting surge on this year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient ahead of the announcement.  —  The Nobel Institute on Friday began investigating reports …

The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump  —  Trump is mad he didn't win.  But by honoring María Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has endorsed his war against Venezuela—and continued Europe's MAGA groveling.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump's narcissism is truly a force of nature …

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade.  Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.  —  An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain's ascendant Reform U.K. party.  —  For nearly three hours, Nigel Farage …

Trump to meet Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday  —  US president has floated selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in bid to end Russia's invasion  —  Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Amy Mackinnon and Steff Chávez in Washington  —  Donald Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart …