Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week  —  A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.  —  Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan …

Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction  —  Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury's headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat  —  WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department instructed employees …

Trump's hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now  —  President Donald Trump's hopes for a quick meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin may be stalled after sources familiar with the matter told CNN that an expected pre-meeting between …

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”  —  My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … It was 1:20 p.m. on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 11.  I was lounging in my pajamas, idly scrolling through Netflix …

Fetterman supports GOP ‘nuking’ filibuster to end shutdown  —  Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) told reporters Tuesday that he would support Republicans using the so-called nuclear option to override the Senate filibuster to pass a bill to reopen the government.

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G.O.P. Senators Oppose Trump Watchdog Nominee After Report of Racist Texts  —  At least four Republican senators, including the Senate majority leader, signaled their opposition to Paul Ingrassia, the president's pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.  —  The nomination of Paul Ingrassia …

MAGA's cancellation spree  —  MAGA is on a cancellation spree, targeting marquee entertainment and tech companies with boycotts over comments or content the right deems inappropriate or offensive. … Its ability to impose societal penalties on companies it views as pushing that drift will show how much heft the right's campaign has.

‘Sean Dummy’: Musk and Duffy brawl over the future of NASA … Both Duffy and Isaacman have lobbied to head up NASA, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, with Duffy angling to fold the agency into his much larger Transportation Department.  —  But Musk is pushing for Isaacman …

Vance Heads to Israel as U.S. Tries to Shore Up Gaza Truce  —  With the cease-fire deal under strain, Vice President JD Vance is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders.  —  Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Tuesday morning for meetings …

Enraged Democratic candidates turn on their own leaders  —  Democratic congressional candidates nationwide, feeding off voter fury, are raging against their leadership and vowing ruthlessness against their own establishment.  — “I am not a ‘when they go low, we go high’ [person].

More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona  —  In the hardest-hit counties, childhood vaccination rates steeply declined during the pandemic.  —  Just as one large measles outbreak peters out in the United States, another outbreak of the virus has taken off along the border of Utah and Arizona.

Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime … AP requested comment from the Attorney General's Office, but did not immediately receive a response.  —  The man was repatriated by the United States over the weekend following a U.S. military attack …

Johnson says he won't block a floor vote to release the Epstein files  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning he would allow a floor vote on a bipartisan bill compelling the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files — once the House comes back into session following the end of the government shutdown.

Donald Trump Has Lost Touch With Reality  —  And it's getting worse.  When will we acknowledge the obvious?  —  The other day I learned a new term: “AI sycophancy,” also sometimes called “chatbot sycophancy.”  —  I already knew about the phenomenon, having read stories …

A rickety dictatorship  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊  —  Donald Trump is vying to become a dictator just as the cracks in his rickety regime, and the grave deterioration of his own mind, are showing.

NY State Young Republicans stiffed Syracuse hotel for lavish party before racist chat ended their run  —  When the New York State Young Republicans Club disbanded Friday amid an uproar over its racist and antisemitic rhetoric in a group chat, the club left behind unpaid bills from extravagant social gatherings.

How Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters  —  The era of A.I. propaganda is here — and President Trump is an enthusiastic participant.  —  After nationwide protests this weekend against Mr. Trump's administration, the president posted an A.I.-generated video …

Trump's Venezuela operation expands in the dark  —  The U.S. military has killed at least 32 people in seven strikes off the coast of Venezuela without telling Congress or the American people who was killed, or on what evidence. … - “Officially, our position is we're there to stop narco-terrorists.

Republicans aren't negotiating an Obamacare extension yet.  But they're getting ready. … The expiring health insurance subsidies are at the heart of Democrats' shutdown demands, and extending them will require a bipartisan deal to get them enacted in Congress.

Maine's Platner says the worst is behind him … Platner responded to questions about some of the controversial comments he made prior to running for office, including 2013 posts in which he downplayed the problem of sexual assault in the military.  —  “I didn't know what I was talking about,” he said.

US Rep. McIver to request dismissal of assault charges involving ICE  —  NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) - U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is expected back in court on Tuesday after she was accused of assaulting ICE agents outside a New Jersey detention center.  —  A judge will hear oral arguments starting …

Did a $10M bribe break the soul of America?  —  The sense of loss that has permeated 2025 struck again this weekend when we learned of the sudden death of a Philly journalism legend, Michael Days, who guided the Philadelphia Daily News during most of its last dozen freewheeling …

Treat Big Tech like Big Tobacco  —  The problem with TikTok and Facebook isn't their size  —  The problem with Big Tobacco was not that it could charge excess prices because of its market power.  The problem with Big Tobacco was that cigarettes were too cheap.

Steve Bannon and the Murderers and Hitmen Who Became His ‘Besties’  —  The adult-education program at Federal Correctional Institution Danbury needed a civics teacher.  Conveniently, a new prisoner with a history of intimate involvement in American politics—inmate No. 05635-509—needed a work assignment.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's memoir is coming out in January  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has a book coming out in January, touching upon everything from his swift political rise …

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