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 …

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 …

Adelita Grijalva can force a vote on the Epstein files, but she's still not sworn in  —  More than three weeks after winning her congressional race, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva never imagined her fight to get sworn into office would take this long.  —  The Arizona Democrat has keys to her office, but not much else.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

How the Supreme Court taught Trump to rewrite history  —  “He who controls the present controls the past.”  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏛️ Subscribe to PN 🏛️  —  Much has rightly been made of the …

Trump Says $20 Billion Project Schumer Wants Is ‘Pretty Much Dead’  —  President Donald Trump said the government shutdown had given him license to eliminate “a $20 billion project” in Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer's home state of New York, without specifying which one.

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”

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.

US prosecutors charge Smartmatic in alleged $1M Philippines bribery case  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising …

Republican Frustration With Kristi Noem Has Reached a Boiling Point  —  Both publicly and privately, GOP lawmakers are frustrated with Noem's lack of communication and new rules that are delaying critical FEMA funds.  — Copy  —  Members of Congress are growing incensed with Secretary …

Waiting on Trump's go at Medicare drug price talks  —  Presented by With help from Kelly Hooper  —  EYE ON MEDICARE NEGOTIATIONS — We're still waiting on lawmakers to reach a deal to reopen the government, but the coming weeks could yield news on the prices the Trump administration …

How dozens of Trump's donors have benefited from his second term  —  While previous presidents have introduced policies that have helped supporters, such incidents are now more common and overt  —  Some have won legal relief.  Others have been pardoned for their crimes, or benefited from policy changes.