White House releases list of donors for Trump's multi-million-dollar ballroom  —  Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House.

Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder  —  Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company  —  President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter …

Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push  —  The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.  —  The next front in the nation's pitched battle …

Portland Trail Blazers' Billups and Miami Heat's Rozier arrested in gambling probe, sources say  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier …

Eric Adams Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for Mayor  —  In a stunning reversal, Mayor Eric Adams will endorse former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for mayor, in hopes of slowing the momentum of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.  —  Mayor Eric Adams will endorse former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …

Cuomo suggests Mamdani would cheer a future terror attack … “Yeah, I could,” replied WABC radio host Sid Rosenberg, who called the Democratic nominee a terrorist earlier in the program.  “He'd be cheering.”  —  “That's another problem,” Cuomo said.  —  The former governor's comments come …

MAGA Media Keeps Thirsting for Left-Wing Violence  —  MAGA SOCIAL-MEDIA USERS WERE OUTRAGED over the weekend to find their feeds full of further proof of the left's problem with political violence: Liberals had been caught on tape attacking Republicans.  In a video posted last Thursday …

The shutdown cliff that could hit Democrats hard … So far, despite the possible food assistance fallout in just over a week, top Democrats are pushing ahead and refusing to shore up the votes to reopen the government.  —  Asked Tuesday if the cliff would change his party's calculus …

Evidence appears to undercut claims against Letitia James, prosecutors found: Sources  —  Prosecutors expressed their concerns in a memo last month, sources said.  —  Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at her NYC office on October 16, 2025 in New York City.

Pain at The Post … On Tuesday morning, staffers at The Washington Post received a memo from Executive Editor Matt Murray, alerting his troops to yet another masthead-level loss for the newsroom.  Greg Manifold, head of visuals, will leave the newspaper after a decades-long tenure …

Newsom Roasts Trump Suck-Ups With a New Line of MAGA Kneepads  —  ON YOUR KNEES  —  The California governor slammed individuals and institutions rolling over for the president.  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom took a sharp jab at Donald Trump and all those who “bend the knee” …

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting  —  The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency's rush to hire immigration officers, sources told NBC News.

Billionaire Owner Woos Trump With Flattering TIME Cover After Meltdown  —  LESS TIME  —  The magazine's owner, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, has publicly backed the president sending National Guard troops into San Francisco.  —  The MAGA curious billionaire owner of TIME magazine …

Trump calls off ‘surge’ in San Francisco … “Having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery,” Lurie said in a statement.  “We appreciate that the president understands that we are the global hub for technology, and when San Francisco is strong, our country is strong.”

GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to pay all federal employees during shutdown  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday objected to a request by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) for the Senate to immediately consider and pass a bill to pay all federal workers, members of the military …

‘Working Class’ Graham Platner Attended Elite $75K a Year Prep School Known for Famous Government Alumni  —  Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, the self-described “working class Mainer,” attended an elite boarding school in Connecticut that costs upwards of $75,000 a year.

Protest of Bay Area immigration crackdown met with apparent stun grenades at Coast Guard base  —  Tensions flared early Thursday morning as protesters attempted to block U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering a U.S. Coast Guard base near Oakland that the Trump administration was staging …

Man detained for protesting National Guard with Star Wars song sues  —  ACLU lawsuit says detention violated rights of a man who followed National Guard patrols in D.C. while playing “The Imperial March.”  —  A District resident who was briefly detained and handcuffed in D.C. last month …

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme  —  Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk.  He's been in a Tennessee jail ever since.  —  BY THE TIME the cops showed up to arrest him for sharing a derisive meme responding …

Our House Was a Very, Very, Very Fine House  —  The applications have been received, and the new-look Pentagon press—representatives of those publications that were willing to sign Pete Hegseth's document of standards for state-approved journalism—is in.  Gone are all the major news outlets …

New book details infighting behind Trump's ‘obviously unqualified’ cabinet picks  —  Retribution, by Jonathan Karl, describes backroom squabbling over Kristi Noem and Sean Duffy appointments  —  Donald Trump picked Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary as a personal favour …

What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think  —  For many Americans, there might be a temptation to disbelieve the enormity of what has happened in Gaza.  After all, it is a catastrophe funded by our money, made possible by our weapons, condoned by our government and carried out by one of our closest allies.

Vance says he was “insulted” by Knesset vote on West Bank annexation  —  Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday before leaving Israel that he was “insulted” by the Knesset vote on annexing the occupied West Bank, which took place while he was visiting the country this week.