Head of the U.S. Military's Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say  —  Adm. Alvin Holsey is leaving less than a year into his tenure, and as the Pentagon escalates attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea.  —  The military commander overseeing the Pentagon's escalating attacks …

Most see the federal shutdown as a problem and think there is plenty of blame to go around  —  Although the shutdown debate is focused on health care subsidies, 42% of Americans do not have an opinion about extending tax credits to those who purchase health care through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged with storing and sharing classified information  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump during …

Exclusive: MTG slams parts of Trump's second-term agenda as “America Last”  —  One of President Trump's most visible MAGA allies in Congress is accusing Republicans of losing their “America First” identity. … But she told Axios that parts of his second-term agenda are “America Last.”

DC Woman Accused Of Assaulting Agent During ICE Encounter Found Not Guilty  —  Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge.  Ouch.  —  A Washington, D.C., woman accused of assaulting a federal agent …

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei  —  Prefer A One-Time Gift?  Donate Here  —  A report from InfoVaticana — a Spanish outlet with close Opus Dei ties — claims that Pope Leo XIV is on the verge of approving new statutes that would effectively dismantle Opus Dei as it exists today.

GOP representative blames swastika flag in his office on a ‘ruse’ … In February, similar flags were delivered via the United States Postal Service “to multiple congressional offices,” a GOP Hill staffer, not from Taylor's office, told POLITICO.  An image obtained by POLITICO …

USC rejects Trump's compact  —  Interim President Beong-Soo Kim said the compact would limit free inquiry.  —  By MIRANDA HUANG  —  October 17, 2025  —  USC marks the fourth to reject President Donald Trump's compact, following The University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University.

Donald Trump's Dream Palace of Puffery  —  The Pentagon's ban on real journalism looks to be a preview of where the White House is headed.  —  Two weeks into a federal-government shutdown, with no end in sight and President Donald Trump threatening to fire thousands of government employees …

Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials  —  A group of hackers from the Com, a loose-knit community behind some of the most significant data breaches in recent years, have posted the names and personal information of hundreds of government officials, including people working …

Republicans' attacks on ‘No Kings’ protests reek of desperation  —  The GOP's fictional portrait is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”

The Shadow President  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  This story is exempt from ProPublica's Creative Commons license until Dec. 19, 2025.  —  On the afternoon of Feb. 12 …

America First?  No, Billionaire Buddies First  —  Argentina: A very Trumpy debacle  —  The Trump administration is doing so many corrupt, destructive and simply stupid things that the failing attempt to rescue Javier Milei, Argentina's MAGAesque president, with billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars isn't even in the top 10.

Trump unveils IVF policies, but no new funding or coverage requirements … The cost of EMD Serono's Gonal-F, a follicle-stimulating hormone injection commonly taken during a standard IVF cycle, will drop by anywhere between 42 and 79 percent in the cash-pay market, depending on the patient's income …

New York's Richest Ask ‘How Dare He?’ as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall  —  The city's 1% realize their influence is waning: 'It's hard to be chill and relaxed'  —  It was just after finishing a set of pelvic floor exercises that a Pilates instructor on the Upper East Side recently brought …

The resistance reaches into Trump country  —  As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.  —  Created with Sketch.  —  In recent articles, we've shared our Crowd Counting Consortium data about the widespread protests …

Fox News Poll: Mamdani maintains significant lead in NYC mayoral race  —  Voters see Mamdani, Cuomo as strong leaders but more say Mamdani will bring needed change  —  Ahead of Thursday's debate, a new Fox News survey finds the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani, maintaining a substantial lead …

Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump's Immigration Force  —  The San Francisco-based firm has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff.  The company's C.E.O., once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.

Small businesses are being crushed by Trump's tariffs and economists say it's a warning for the economy … Viresh Varma can't sleep.  —  The CEO of AV Universal Corp., a small footwear company that sells through retailers like Macy's, Nordstrom and DSW, said he needed to take out a $250,000 loan …

It's a Bird!  It's a Plane!  It's a Chemtrail?  New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS  —  While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick.

Exclusive: Trump immigration plan may wipe out 15M jobs by 2035, study claims  —  The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is projected to reduce the U.S. workforce by 6.8 million people by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035, per a study first shared with Axios.

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents.  They've Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.

Voting Machine Company Charged in Philippine Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida  —  MIAMI - A federal grand jury in Miami returned a superseding indictment today charging a multinational company …

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa  —  Iris scanners, facial-recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency's recent technological purchases.  —  Just now  —  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency …

Joe Rogan Rips Trump for Setting a ‘Dangerous Precedent’  —  OUT OF HAND  —  The comedian-podcaster, who endorsed Trump, is now in the habit of criticizing his policies.  —  Podcaster Joe Rogan ripped into Trump's deployment of troops onto the streets of U.S. cities, warning that it could have serious long-term consequences.

What the DNC chair told us about 2025  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  Happy Friday.  I'm Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  ABOUT LAST NIGHT: In the New York City mayoral debate last night, which was (expertly) co-moderated …

Zohran Mamdani did what he needed and won the debate  —  Zohran Mamdani did not make any major or minor mistakes.  He was calm, smiled and made his points over attacks from rivals Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.  Mamdani dominated most of the two-hour debate against his more experienced opponents.