No Kings was a huge success.  Just look at Trump's response.  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊  —  Before the No Kings rallies that took place across the country on Saturday, Republicans were desperate …

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines' Celebration, California Officials Say  —  The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday's event at Camp Pendleton.

U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels  —  It was the seventh known strike in President Trump's military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean.  —  The U.S. military has killed three men …

China imports no US soybeans in September for first time in seven years  — U.S. soybean imports to China drop to zero amid trade tensions  — Brazil dominates China's soybean imports with 85.2% share  — Trade talks between U.S. and China show signs of progress

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party  —  SINCE DONALD TRUMP DESCENDED that golden escalator in 2015, the Republican party has devolved into a cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimes of the last one hundred years.  —  For ten years, the GOP has waged …

With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward  —  The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.  —  About six months ago, disgraced former Republican Rep. George Santos …

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates.  Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.

Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case  —  Erez Reuveni, a fired Department of Justice lawyer who's now blowing the whistle, says he witnessed a disregard of due process and for the rule of law at the DOJ.  —  Reuveni previously won commendations …

Prosecutors may move to oust James Comey's defense lawyer … The prosecutors asked the judge to quickly approve a proposal for a “filter team” of lawyers to sift through evidence in Comey's criminal case that could clarify Fitzgerald's role in the eight-year-old disclosures — without breaching Comey's attorney-client privilege.

Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday  —  The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Department of Energy.

The Tactical Frivolity of the Chicago No Kings Protest  —  On the morning of Oct. 18, after giving a reading at the University of Chicago, I decided to take a cab up to Grant Park to attend Chicago's No Kings march.  The two-hour demonstration took place beneath the city's downtown skyscrapers on a slightly overcast day.

Food Prices Could Go Even Higher After These ICE Raids  —  The US Labor Department is sounding a stark warning that the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has devastated the ranks of agricultural workers and now may threaten the food supply.  —  It's bad news for farmers …

184. The Massive Stakes of Trump v. Illinois  —  The Trump administration's 29th emergency application—to let it deploy federalized National Guard troops in Chicago on a profoundly dubious factual predicate—is a make-or-break moment for the Court.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” …

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Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Gets Into Business With Donald Trump Jr.  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham, one of the network's most prominent primetime personalities, has been named as a board member of a new special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) led by Donald Trump Jr.

Supreme Court agrees to review law that bars drug users from having firearms  —  The case concerns the same law that former President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was convicted of violating before being pardoned by his father.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether …

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump's 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.  —  Join us Nov. 5 for a virtual discussion about our yearlong investigation into Russell Vought.

Travel ban separates Cuban families, divides community loyal to Trump  —  Cuban Americans trying to bring relatives from the island to the U.S. are seeing their claims rejected.  The denials have exacerbated tensions in Florida over Trump's immigration policies.

10/20/25 ☀️ AM: … Today is Day 20 of the government shutdown.  There's no resolution in sight to the crisis.  —  This is now the third-longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  It's already the longest full government shutdown ever.  The 2018-2019 (partial) …

ICE boosts weapons spending 700%  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal government contracting data by Popular Information.  Records from the Federal Procurement Data System reveal that ICE …

Karine Jean-Pierre writes she couldn't be a Democrat anymore after party's ‘horrible’ treatment of Biden  —  Former Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre unleashed on the Democratic Party in an excerpt from her new memoir, explaining why she decided to become an independent after years as a party flack.