DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests  —  Abughazaleh called the charges “yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.”  —  A special federal grand jury has indicted Democratic …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.