Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies  —  Dick Cheney, America's most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family.

Mike Johnson's lies keep getting lost in the facts  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ❄️❄️ Subscribe to PN ❄️❄️  —  On Sunday, a Fox News interviewer asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson …

Wes Moore launches Maryland redistricting commission after top state Dem stymies effort … “My commitment has been clear from day one — we will explore every avenue possible to make sure Maryland has fair and representative maps,” Moore said in a statement Tuesday.  “This commission will ensure the people are heard..”

Who's Threatening Who?  —  America is living through an extraordinary experiment.  We are watching the reality of what aggressive internal immigration enforcement looks like in American cities.  —  For President Trump's supporters, the law is the law, and immigration enforcement must …

Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’  —  WASHINGTON — One of the largest conservative think tanks in Washington, DC, has been roiled by their president's embrace of Tucker Carlson …

Mamdani Is a Gift, Which Trump Should Unwrap Carefully  —  You couldn't design a better far-left foil.  But his voters' frustrations are real and serious.  —  Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Late-onset Joe Biden.  Someone up there has been looking out for Donald Trump for a long time.

Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places  —  Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.  —  •  —  Election Day 2025 underway in New Jersey  —  Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful …

Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon  —  The far-right activist and former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.

Exclusive: Trump ousts watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say  — FHFA's acting inspector general Joe Allen removed amid political tensions  — Pulte bypassed Inspector General in pursuing cases against Trump foes

Norway's oil fund to vote against Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal at Tesla  —  World's largest sovereign wealth fund is a top-10 investor at US electric vehicle maker  —  The world's largest sovereign wealth fund will vote against Tesla chief executive Elon Musk's $1tn pay package, saying it is worried about the size of the deal.

Trump just loves the revamped CBS.  Here's the ugly backstory.  —  Last week, John Dickerson left the network where he had worked for many years.  On his way out the door, he got a heartfelt standing ovation from his CBS News colleagues.  —  A well-respected, accomplished journalist, Dickerson certainly deserved the kudos.

Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom  —  Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care - a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch - donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., President Trump's super PAC, on February 24.

The White House's Plan A is winning its Supreme Court tariff case.  It also has a Plan B. … “They're aware there are a number of different statutes they can use to recoup the tariff authority,” said Everett Eissenstat, former deputy director of the White House's National Economic Council during Trump's first term.

Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?  —  One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here  —  One year ago, Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris  —  from the the-absurd-stupidity.-it-burns dept  —  60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect.

Lauren Boebert's racially charged Halloween costume sparks backlash  —  Boebert dressed as a Mexican woman and her boyfriend as an ICE agent.  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attended a Halloween party Friday dressed as a Mexican woman while her boyfriend Kyle Pearcy wore an ICE vest over military-style clothes.

Inside the billionaire network shaping MAGA's post-Trump future … In 2019, a small group of right-wing donors rented a resort outside the 100-person town of Rockbridge, Ohio, for a summit to secure the future of the MAGA movement.  They aimed to turn a singular candidate — President Donald Trump …

The Big Smirk  —  The cruelty is the point, party edition  —  There's been plenty of scathing commentary about the lavish, Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party Donald Trump threw at Mar a Lago — a party complete with sequined, feathered dancers and, yes, a scantily-clad woman in a giant martini glass.

A Confederacy of Toddlers  —  The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.  —  In 1949, the German historian and political philosopher Hannah Arendt visited Europe for the first time since fleeing to America during the war.  A year later, she wrote an analysis of what she called “the aftermath of Nazi rule.”

Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff in move panned as ‘coronation’  —  U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia will not seek reelection — leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff with a last-minute maneuver that critics likened to a coronation and a Chicago political machine play.