A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone  —  Mourners are outraged over President Trump's demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom.  Others say it was time for change.  —  The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans …

The Trump Supremacy  —  Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order  —  At September's rally-scale memorial for Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump rejected the assassinated Christian nationalist's spirit of forgiveness.

Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes  —  The president said he would bypass Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land.  —  President Trump said on Thursday …

The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now.  That isn't happening.  —  Democrats have only hardened their position as the government shutdown enters its 23rd day, leaving Republican majorities in Congress with few answers — and many criticisms.

Trump Says He's Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada  —  The president said he was motivated by an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs in a 1987 radio address.  —  President Trump said late Thursday that he was terminating negotiations …

Exclusive: Senate Dems move to condemn Trump's Binance pardon  —  Senate Democrats are moving to officially condemn President Trump's pardon of Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, the founder of crypto exchange Binance, Axios has learned. … - Trump's pardon of CZ, who was facing four months …

VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester  —  “Your name was brought up.”  —  While the media continues to ignore and even mock Trump's war on “Antifa” terrorism as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly interrogating protesters.  —  The Bureau is targeting anti-ICE protesters not charged with any crime …

Challenges abound for Graham's ‘Russia week’ push … Editorial photos provided by Getty Images.  Political ads courtesy of AdImpact.  —  PRESENTED BY COMCAST  —  Comcast's network powered the top 10 internet traffic events in 2024-2025, driven by sports streaming and game downloads.

Steve Bannon Reveals 'There's a Plan' for Third Trump Term  —  R.I.P. THE CONSTITUTION  —  Bannon divulged that there are “many different alternatives” for securing a third term for Trump.  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon openly shared that there are plans …

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain …

Transcript: Jamie Raskin's Harsh New Takedown of Trump Lays MAGA Bare … Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.  I'm your host, Greg Sargent.  —  As you may have heard by now, President Trump is reportedly demanding …

A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes  —  The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.

Polls show voters now trust Democrats more to handle the economy  —  Donald Trump won the 2024 election because of inflation.  The issue was the most important to voters' choices in 2024, according to a Gallup poll.  And rising prices were generally a public relations nightmare for Joe Biden's presidency …

Lawsuit: D.C. man detained for playing “Star Wars” song at National Guard  —  A D.C. man filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming he was detained for playing Darth Vader's theme from the “Star Wars” while protesting National Guard troops patrolling the city during President Trump's crime crackdown.

The Adam Schiff criminal probe has stalled, sources say  —  After months of investigating, federal prosecutors in Maryland have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, according to four people familiar with the investigation.  —  The federal mortgage fraud investigation against Democratic …

Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed ‘compact’ is not enough  —  The Nashville university cannot afford to remain neutral on the Trump administration's “compact” agreement. … On Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” …

Trump's run-in with D.C. protesters still haunts his team  —  After protesters got within a few feet of President Trump at a D.C. restaurant last month, his team was so alarmed it had a tense talk with Secret Service officials about Trump's security, Axios has learned.

American ‘State Capitalism’ Is Destined for Failure  —  Call it industrial policy, state capitalism, old-fashioned socialism: It's a bad idea.  Across several recent administrations, the US government's role in the economy has grown increasingly intrusive.  The current White House has taken things to an extreme.

Can Democrats actually learn anything from Zohran?  —  New Yorkers like him.  Other Americans ... not so much. … Zohran Mamdani's “Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise” has prompted Democrats, socialists, journalists, and progressive activists across the country to wonder: What can Democrats learn from him?

Trump Is Turning the White House Into a Golden Goose  —  When Donald Trump was demolishing the Bonwit Teller building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue in 1980 to make way for Trump Tower, the Metropolitan Museum of Art approached him with a small request.  It asked the young developer to preserve …

Hoosier Journalistic Paragon?  —  The student stars of Indiana.  Plus, Idaho women's prisons, protests below the fold, and a whiz kid loses his cool.  —  “WE ________ JOURNALISTS MUST STAND TOGETHER.”  —  That all-caps headline ran on the front page of a newspaper a few days ago.

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme  —  By the time the cops showed up to arrest him for sharing a derisive meme responding to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Larry Bushart Jr. had posted on Facebook more than 100 times on Sunday alone.

How Crypto Corrupted America  —  It was pitched as the world's most exclusive invitation.  Hundreds gathered at President Trump's private country club in Virginia in May for a gala evening.  Guests included Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency billionaire who, in the Biden administration …