Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?  —  Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, in exchange for vague assurances of a vote …

Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility  —  BROADVIEW - Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison  —  They said they were shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets and tear gassed until they passed out.  —  They said they were punished in a dark room called the island, where they were trampled, kicked and forced to kneel for hours.

Sources: Trump wants Commanders' new D.C. stadium named for him  —  President Donald Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.  —  A senior White House source said there have been …

Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump  —  From clerks to coroners, Democrats on Tuesday flipped city councils, school boards and county commissions.  —  In Pennsylvania's Bucks County, voters elected a Democratic district attorney for the first time since the 1800s …

A closer look at Trump's apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office  —  A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event.  —  Just now

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy  —  The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.  —  With little public scrutiny …

Don Moynihan on “Purge, Merge, and Surge”  —  “Instead of surging in Iraq, it's happening here in American cities.”  —  ∙ Paid … Old friend of the newsletter Don Moynihan recently wrote a piece that develops a helpful framework for understanding the Trump administration's plan to subjugate American cities.

Portland Deployment of National Guard Wasn't Justified, Judge Rules  —  A district court judge blocked the Trump administration from sending in troops, finding the order overstepped the president's authority  —  A district court judge has blocked the Trump administration's effort …

Maybe Don't Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani  —  THE FORMER CHAIR OF AFRICANA STUDIES AT BOWDOIN COLLEGE  —  It's remarkable, the people you'll hear from.  Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite” …

Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts on Instagram  —  James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.

Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback  —  After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, conspiracy theories abounded  —  The morning after Zohran Mamdani won New York's mayoral election, someone spraypainted swastikas on a Syrian Jewish yeshiva's windows and walls.

Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges  —  The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.  —  A Donald Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested …