Exclusive: White House finds 11th-hour shutdown workaround to pay troops — for now … The OMB found:  — $2.5 billion from a military housing fund specified in Trump's “big beautiful bill” to continue paying housing allowances for military personnel.  — $1.4 billion from the Research …

House candidate Kat Abughazaleh indicted over ICE confrontation  —  Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh is among a half dozen people the Justice Department has charged for allegedly impeding an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation, according to an indictment obtained by Axios.

DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said ‘mob’ of ‘rioters’ carried out Jan. 6 attack  —  The prosecutors had filed a brief in the case of Taylor Taranto, sources said.  —  Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Revealed: Pentagon orders states' national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’  —  Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump's order on subduing civil unrest  —  A top US military official has ordered …

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples' Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship  —  “You don't got no ID?” a Border Patrol agent in a baseball cap, sunglasses, and neck gaiter asks a kid on a bike.  The officer and three others had just stopped the two young men on their bikes during …

Biden Justice Department slow-walked key decisions in Trump legal probes  —  The picture of a hesitant Justice Department runs contrary to the GOP allegation that the indictments of Trump were the product of a Democrat-led plot.  —  Acting on a mix of principle and caution …

South Korea welcomes Trump with its highest award, a golden crown and ketchup  —  South Korea welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica gold crown and awarded him with the “Grand Order of Mugunghwa”, the country's highest decoration, the presidential office said.

Top Republicans slam Trump administration's troop drawdown in Romania  —  A pair of senior Republican defense hawks are denouncing a move by the Trump administration to scale back the U.S. military presence in Europe on NATO's eastern edge, saying the decision “sends the wrong signal” to Russia.

Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations … The Department of Homeland Security posted a swaggering montage to social media in August declaring it had triumphed in its takeover of Washington, D.C. It showed footage of federal agents fighting what a DHS official called a …

Jamie Lee Curtis: Charlie Kirk comments were a ‘mistranslation’  —  Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is clearing up comments she made about the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his assassination last month.  —  Curtis told Variety in an interview published Tuesday that her comments about Kirk …

Charges Dropped: Tennessee authorities dismiss charges against man who posted Trump meme  —  A Tenn. sheriff claimed Larry Bushart refused to take down a meme after being told it was causing fear of school shooting but police video shows there was never any discussion of a school

Texas sues Tylenol for the dumbest reason  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton beclowns himself to get Trump to endorse his Senate run  —  In an unbelievably crowded field, the title of “Most Wretched Republican Bootlicker” is ultimately impossible to determine.

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revoked his visa  —  Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said the US revoked his visa and banned him from the country.  —  The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, said the US consulate asked him to bring …

Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases  —  The government website now shows consumers how much their health insurance costs will increase next year, as Congress remains at an impasse over the plans' subsidies.  — 1.1k  —  The Trump administration has released …

Donald Trump Jr.'s Expanding Business: After Joining 2nd New Board, U.S. Contracts Followed  —  Topline  —  Unusual Machines is at least the second company that appears to have activated an advisory board specifically to give a Trump a role, placing Donald Trump Jr. on the board in November 2024 …

NYC Mayor's Race: Mamdani 43%, Cuomo 33%, Sliwa 14%, Undecided 6%, Quinnipiac University New York City Poll Finds; Stark Generational Divide Among NYC's Likely Voters  — mail_outline  —  In the final days of the race to become New York City's next mayor, Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani leads …

Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He's A Good Christian  —  Hundreds protested Tuesday at an ICE facility in southwest Colorado after agents detained two children on their way to school.  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers forcibly detained a father …

The moderation debate fiddles with 2% while democracy's dimensionality collapses  —  For months, analysts have been arguing over whether Democrats need to run more “moderates” in order to win more elections.  As a data nerd, I find this debate fascinating.  But as an alarmed citizen, I find this debate extremely frustrating.

Karine Jean-Pierre's book tour is non-stop cringe.  Her former colleagues can't look away. … Most just hope that she will be ignored, another bad news cycle with a short shelf life that doesn't do lasting damage to an already tarnished brand.  —  “The truth is that Karine has always …

Some evangelicals are “quietly quitting” Trump and MAGA … - “We've gotten more testimonials. … - Some pastors and their followers are angry that Trump's administration has lifted bans on immigration agents going into churches to make arrests.  — Others are dismayed by cuts to humanitarian aid programs at home and abroad.

Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite  —  Layoffs at companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending young and experienced workers alike into unwelcoming market  —  The nation's largest employers have a new message for office workers: help not wanted.

F.B.I. Opposes Push for Gabbard to Take Lead on Counterintelligence  —  The F.B.I. made the disclosure in a pointed letter that underscored broader concern over a House bill that would give more authority to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence.

In Utah, Trump's Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape  —  State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City's edge.  Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”  —  To glimpse the future of homelessness policy in the age of President Trump …

Trump nominee at U.S. export bank withdraws amid scrutiny of Russia ties  —  Bryce McFerran is a former senior executive at a steel-trading business co-owned by one of Russia's richest oligarchs and is married to a member of a Russian family with extensive ties to the Kremlin.  —  Just now

A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats' Greatest Weakness  —  All you have to do is take a passing glance at Graham Platner, a progressive candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, to understand why so many Democrats have been frothing at the mouth over his candidacy for months.

Federal judge rules U.S. attorney in California has been ‘unlawfully serving’ in role  —  Judge J. Michael Seabright found that Trump appointee Bilal Essayli unlawfully assumed the post after resigning in July as interim U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.

Report: Government shutdown will cost the economy up to $14 billion  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the longer the government stays closed, the more costly the pause will be.  —  The U.S. economy will lose between $7 billion and $14 billion because of the federal government shutdown …

ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks  —  The Anti-Defamation League has removed entirely from the “What We Do” page of its website a section called “Protect Civil Rights.”  —  The removal eliminated a passage that read …

EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Times—Now She's Breaking Her Silence  —  Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.  —  It's the phrase you hear when a jury enters—and the slogan of people taking back their power.

Trump's Truth Social to allow trading on election results  —  US president's social media platform enters prediction market sector  —  Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is to offer users the chance to trade on the outcome of elections and sports games, extending the US president …

Tom Suozzi endorses Cuomo for New York City mayor  —  Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) threw last-minute support behind Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday ahead of New York City's contentious mayoral election next week, backing a campaign that has seen few endorsements from top Democratic Party leaders.

Senate votes to undo Trump's Canada tariffs, dealing second rebuke  —  The Senate waded into President Donald Trump's feud with Canada on Wednesday, voting to overturn the tariffs at the center of a freshly rekindled trade war.  —  In a 50-46 vote, four Republicans sided with Democrats …