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 …

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 …

Trump has awkward exchange with Australian ambassador during bilateral meeting: 'I don't like you either' … “I don't like you either, and I probably never will,” Trump said to Rudd in the Oval Office during a bilateral meeting with Albanese.  —  Rudd has previously drawn Trump's ire …

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump's ballroom  —  The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn't ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.  —  Just now  —  Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House …

Supreme Court will review gun law that was used to convict Hunter Biden … The case is another chance for the high court to clear up confusion and uncertainty created by the justices' groundbreaking 2022 ruling striking down restrictive gun laws in New York.

'We're going to have a vote' on member stock trading, key GOP hard-liner says  —  A raft of internal GOP fights are awaiting Speaker Mike Johnson when he brings the House back from its shutdown recess — including a major brawl over legislation banning congressional stock trading.

Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows  —  Doctors have long recommended that infants avoid peanuts.  But in 2017, experts officially reversed that guidance, and food allergies decreased sharply.  —  Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years …

Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies … This text exchange is part of the cache of messages sent in a Telegram group chat by Young Republicans.  In these messages, exposed by POLITICO reporters Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo …

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 8-year-old disclosures — without breaching Comey's attorney-client privilege.

ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount … The detention centers — which currently hold more than 60,000 people — are overcrowded and the use of hastily constructed facilities like tent cities makes it easier, public health officials said …

Civil Resistance Confronts the Autocracy  —  While MAGA's spin was both insane and revealing, the No Kings Day 2 Marches were a major step towards taking our country back.  —  Last Saturday's No Kings Day 2 was awesome to behold.  The very best of America shone through.

In tense meeting, Trump told Zelensky to concede land, meet Putin's demands  —  Following the trip to Washington, Zelensky has set up a series of calls and meetings with his main European backers.  —  BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is rallying the support of his European partners …

Trump fan arrested for pointing gun at No Kings protesters: ‘Very ignorant move’  —  A fan of President Donald Trump was arrested and charged with waving a gun at demonstrators at a No Kings protest in South Carolina.  —  Mary Moriarty is accused of driving past a demonstration in Myrtle Beach …

Lower-Income Americans Are Missing Car Payments  —  Inflation and a tough job market are making it harder for some people to pay back the car loans they signed in better times.  —  More Americans are struggling to make their monthly car-loan payments, a sign that lower-income consumers are under growing financial pressure.

‘Definitely on purpose’: Hit-and-run driver slams into seated No Kings protester  —  A hit-and-run driver remains at large after injuring a woman taking part in a No Kings protest in Ohio.  —  Witnesses say the driver of a white pickup truck deliberately drove into a group of demonstrators shortly …

RFK Jr. to unveil new guidance encouraging more saturated fats  —  (NewsNation) — U.S. dietary guidelines could soon undergo another overhaul under the Trump administration's “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, and the proposal has already drawn criticism.

The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying  —  Better broke than woke, right?  —  Toward the end of the Biden administration, conservatives, fed up with the supposed imposition of liberal ideas by “woke capital,” tried to create what The Economist described as a “parallel economy” …

Appeals court panel appears skeptical of Trump admin's maneuvers to keep Alina Habba in place … The panel Monday consisted of Judge L. Felipe Restrepo, an appointee of former President Barack Obama; and Judges D. Michael Fisher and D. Brooks Smith, appointees of former President George W. Bush.

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,” …

Interior Department Cuts Would Hit Major National Parks, Per New Court Filing  —  The Interior Department's reduction-in-force plans include hundreds of workers for the National Park Service, and employees managing oil and gas leasing in Utah.  — Copy  —  The Department of the Interior plans to …

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No Kings wasn't cringe  —  At 10:16 a.m., the Berkeley No Kings march kicked off.  A crowd full of men, women, students, seniors, babies, and dogs left the campus meetup spot to march west through the college town.  —  Three young women leading the pack giggled, realizing they hadn't fully thought through their chant strategy.

Officials, locals undercut Trump claims about Venezuela drug boats  —  Trump says the U.S. is blowing up boats carrying deadly fentanyl to the United States.  U.S. and other officials say the route under attack carries cocaine and marijuana to Europe and Africa.  —  Just now