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.

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 …

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 …

National Guard orders in DC extended through February 2026  —  National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026, according to people familiar with the guard's orders.  —  The troops' orders had been expected to lapse at the end …

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 …

Centrist liberals head for shock victory in Dutch election, exit poll says  —  Anna Holligan,Hague correspondent in Leiden  —  The centrist liberals under Rob Jetten are heading for a dramatic victory, according to the main exit poll, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.

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.

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 …

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.

Don Lemon's ‘trans’ insult to Megyn Kelly backfires  —  Talk show host Don Lemon came under fire online for implying that Megyn Kelly is ugly because “she looks trans.”  —  Lemon appeared on his own Clip Farmers podcast on Sunday, which branched off from his Don Lemon Show six months ago.

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 …

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

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.

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 …

Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

Pete Hegseth says U.S. military carried out another strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific Ocean  —  The defense secretary's announcement is the 12th known time that the U.S. has conducted strikes on alleged drug traffickers in recent months.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday …

Cuomo Earned Almost $5 Million From Consulting in 2024, Returns Show  —  Most of Andrew Cuomo's income came from Innovation Strategies, a company created for his consulting work before he ran for mayor of New York City.  He has not disclosed his clients.  —  Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …

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.

10 Arrested on Federal Complaints Charging Them with Committing Violence Against Officers and Property During Anti-ICE Rioting  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement has arrested a total of 10 defendants federally charged …

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.