Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts  —  On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad.  Sitting on horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat …

Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign  —  Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging  —  The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser …

Epstein Returns at the Worst Time for Trump  —  Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has missed few chances to flex the power he wields over the nation's most formidable institutions and its wealthiest people.  So when the White House announced that Trump would host the latest …

The Decline and Fall of the Heritage Foundation  —  Its descent into conspiracy-mongering and blatant bigotry was utterly predictable  —  There's deep turmoil at the Heritage Foundation, the right-wing “think tank” that calls itself “America's most influential policy organization,” and is responsible for Project 2025.

New prosecutor to take on Georgia election case against Trump and others  —  The leader of a nonpartisan organization announced he will take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the case.

Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote - as GOP leaders brace for mass defections  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn't be stopped.

Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim  —  The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump's first term who — like the president — claim they're owed major payouts from the US government as victims of politically-motivated actions.

GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches  —  The senators' comments came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would hold a vote on the House floor to repeal the provision inserted by his Senate counterparts.

Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump's Claims About Cartels  —  Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president's desired course of action.  —  A secret Justice Department memo blessing President Trump's boat strikes …

Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal … “It's been the greatest honor to serve Secretary [Kristi] Noem and President Trump, alongside all of you,” he wrote in Thursday's email.  He added, “I genuinely feel this is the strongest group of political appointees anywhere …

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Wants Federal Inquiry Into Epstein's Ties to Prominent Democrats  —  Where Things Stand  — Epstein inquiry: President Trump said Friday he was directing the Justice Department to investigate ties that the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein …

BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation  —  The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation.  —  The corporation said the edit had given …

FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff  —  FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required …

Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data  —  A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration's top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials …

Companies Predict 2026 Will Be the Worst College Grad Job Market in Five Years  —  Hires from the Class of 2026 will stay largely flat, employers project, as layoffs rise and AI is able to do more entry-level tasks  —  Employers rate the job market for college graduates

Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers' ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein  —  Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein …

Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices  —  If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump's key economic policies over concerns about affordability.  —  The Trump administration is preparing broad exemptions …

No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs … New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's views have sparked fears that there will be an exodus of companies and capital from the city.  But two of the city's top commercial real estate executives say it's simply not true …

Gorsuch warns about this ‘greatest danger’ facing the country today  —  Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was on Fox and Friends on Thursday morning to promote his new children's book, Heroes of 1776.  —  During his interview with Fox News's Lawrence Jones, Gorsuch discussed the contents of his book …

Epstein's Library  —  The disgraced financier purchased books about making money, treating narcissism, negotiating with anyone, achieving ecstasy and understanding life  —  In October 2016, when a new book about Jeffrey Epstein came out, he bought 17 copies.  A few months after that, he picked up six books about narcissism.

Kennedy Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs  —  The weight loss medicines are proving to be a test case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, in straddling divisions between his supporters and the president.  —  Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's health secretary …

A New Litmus Test For Republicans Running for Senate: Ending The Filibuster  —  Republicans running in Senate primaries have a new litmus test for who the Trumpiest candidate is: Do you support nuking the filibuster?  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans …

Janet Yellen Says the US Is Undermining Its Economic Success  —  The former Treasury secretary warns that Trump's attacks on the rule of law, the Fed and universities threaten the foundations of American prosperity.  —  In May 2024, eight months before the end of her tenure as US Treasury secretary …

US designates four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist threats  —  State department claims groups in Germany, Italy and Greece ‘conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization’  —  The US state department has announced that it will designate four European self-described anti-fascist groups …

Ocasio-Cortez hears growing calls for her to challenge Schumer in New York  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was already seen as a strong contender to challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for his Senate seat before the government shutdown.  —  Calls for the progressive star …

Iran seizes tanker in Strait of Hormuz, US official says, as tensions remain high in region  —  Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a U.S. official said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters …

Epstein Email About Giving Girlfriend To Trump Enrages Model ‘Groped’ By Him  —  The former Sports Illustrated model said Epstein, whom she dated in the early 1990s, “delivered” her to Trump.  —  A newly released email in which Jeffrey Epstein bragged about giving a girlfriend to Donald Trump angered …

Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery  —  In the winter of 1944, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old then-1st Sgt. Jefferson Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers, were tasked with burying the dead in the southern Netherlands.

The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency  —  Read the e-mails—this isn't going away anytime soon.  —  Washington scandals can metastasize in the most unexpected ways.  The classic example of this is the long-running Whitewater investigation in the nineteen-nineties …