Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune … Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Trump says he's increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario's Reagan ad  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987.

‘I am not done’ - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again  —  Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg  —  Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House.  —  In her first UK interview, Harris said she would …

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself … It has been over a month since there has been a policy debate or vote on the House floor.  Spending legislation is not being considered.  Oversight hearings are on hold until further notice.

Trump's Plans for the East Wing Keep Changing.  Here's a Look.  —  Will President Trump's East Wing ballroom hold 650 people, or 999, as Mr. Trump said this week?  Or maybe it will hold 1,350 people, according to a drawing Mr. Trump held up in the Oval Office this week.

Ireland elects left-wing president in anti-government landslide  —  Catherine Connolly's lop-sided victory to be Ireland's next head of state was accompanied by a surge in vandalized ballots from right-wing voters.  —  DUBLIN — Independent socialist Catherine Connolly swept …

Police Report Says Member of Congress, 88, Has Dementia  —  ELDERS IN CHARGE  —  A police report says D.C.'s congressional delegate, who was scammed out of thousands, exhibits “early stages of dementia.”  —  Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, an 88-year-old Democrat congresswoman representing Washington D.C …

As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments  —  A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’  —  Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday despite mounting scrutiny from a judge over their use of the chemical weapons …

Black Americans and Latinos feel alienated in Trump's America: poll  —  Black and Latino Americans are reporting record levels of alienation and pessimism about the nation's direction, as President Trump tightens his focus on immigration enforcement and civil rights rollbacks, per a new poll.

Vought promised to use the shutdown to shutter the bureaucracy.  It didn't go as planned. … The disorganized handling of the layoffs is reminiscent of Musk's DOGE effort, in which employees were rehired after being fired, sometimes on court orders, sometimes because agency officials objected.

RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts  —  Guidance from health and human services secretary contradicts decades of dietary recommendations  —  Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary, is planning to issue guidance encouraging Americans …

G. Elliot Morris on Trump's dire polling  —  “He just continues to be worse and worse than every other president before him.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊

Help!  —  We're drowning in corruption  —  Sometimes, when I'm lecturing kids on career day at one of our ICE detention facilities — after they've finished their weevil gruel and have tidied up the concrete slabs where they sleep — I will hear this when I open the cage up to Q&A …

Ex-60 Minutes producer Bill Owens says bosses discouraged him from covering Gaza and Trump  —  Show's leader, who resigned in April, says he was also pressured to apologize for edit of Kamala Harris interview  —  The former executive producer of 60 Minutes Bill Owens said he faced intense internal pressure …

FBI indicts dozens of people in Philadelphia on drug charges  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  More than two dozen people have been indicted on drug-related charges as part of a yearslong investigation into a gang …

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Pregnancy centers in the U.S. that discourage women from getting abortions have been adding …

Trump calls Sherrill ‘fake and corrupt’ as New Jersey governor's race heats up  —  President Trump on Friday blasted New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Mikie Sherill (D) for being “fake and corrupt” during a telephone rally in support of GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli, as early voting was set to begin Saturday.

Trump Pitches Meeting With Kim Jong Un During Asia Tour: ‘Put Out the Word’  —  North Korean leader refuses to discuss denuclearization, but meeting would boost his global legitimacy  —  Departing for his first Asia trip of his second term, President Trump publicly called for a meeting …

Trump's Path of Destruction Is Far-Reaching  —  This week, I have a few observations.  —  On the New York Mayoral Race  —  Here's what Mayor Eric Adams of New York, endorsing the former governor, Andrew Cuomo, had to say about the prospect of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, in Gracie Mansion: