Trump's Epstein Humiliation Grows  —  Donald Trump is obsessed with the idea that his predecessor, Joe Biden, was so mentally incapacitated that he used an autopen to sign all his pardons and legislation.  He not only put a picture of an autopen in place of Biden's mug on his …

Judge says possible errors by Lindsey Halligan could imperil Comey case … Fitzpatrick's decision came after he personally reviewed records of the grand jury proceedings that led to Comey's Sept. 25 indictment on charges that he lied to Congress in 2020.  The indictment was signed by Halligan …

Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview  —  President Trump defended Mr. Carlson's friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist that prompted denunciations from some on the right.  —  President Trump defended Tucker Carlson on Sunday for his sympathetic interview …

The Unraveling of the Justice Department  —  Sixty attorneys describe a year of chaos and suspicion.  —  President Trump's second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department.  Trump and his appointees have blasted through …

As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’  —  When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.

Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto: Read the Exclusive Excerpt  —  She flamed out and she faded away.  Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.  —  I woke the morning after Election Day on the wrong coast of the right country.

Supreme Court to review rescinded Trump policy of turning away asylum seekers at the border  —  The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a controversial immigration policy adopted during the first Trump administration of turning away potential asylum seekers before they step foot …

Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should ‘just sink’ drug boats  —  At a Justice Department conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump administration wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore.

How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts  —  Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.  —  The number of newly enrolled foreign college students …

Kash Patel's girlfriend being protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk  —  FBI Director Kash Patel's country music performer girlfriend currently enjoys the protection of an FBI security detail to shield her from potential threats, prompting concerns that the arrangement may delay law enforcement …

Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about  —  The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security decided to terrorize another city this weekend, with Gregory Bovino heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, to engage in the very type …

Majority of Democrats say ‘extremist political rhetoric’ contributed to Charlie Kirk assassination: poll  —  NBC News poll shows 61% of respondents believe extreme rhetoric contributed to conservative activist's death  —  A majority of Democrats, Independents and Republicans agree that …

193. The “War” on Judges  —  Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous.  More people should be condemning it.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a (more-than) …

The ‘Easy Way’ to Crush the Mainstream Media  —  The scandal that briefly made Brendan Carr a household name this fall was an outlier several times over.  For one thing, FCC chairmen rarely make news.  More than that, Carr usually knows better than to draw too much attention to himself.

The Supreme Court made a horrible mistake when it gave Trump absolute power  —  By now, the U.S. Supreme Court surely must see that it made a horrendous mistake last year when it ruled that presidents are above the law.  The court's conservative majority should admit its error and fix it.

‘This Is Corruption’: ‘60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family  —  60 Minutes reported President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former boss of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, after Zhao “enriched” …

He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.”  Now He's Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin's New Moms.  —  The most powerful Republican in Wisconsin stepped up to a lectern that was affixed with a sign reading, “Pro-Women Pro-Babies Pro-Life Rally.”  —  “One of the reasons that I ran …

COVID Purge Now Reversed: Trump Orders Veterans Education Benefits Restored  —  A lot of our nation's military members take advantage of enlistment's educational benefits.  I did so myself; the New GI Bill paid, in part, for my college education.  It's a powerful draw, but under the Biden administration …

Trump's biggest tell is the policy he doesn't talk about  —  Imagine the Trump administration was essentially a ruse, a clever plot to prove the folly of its stated ideology.  —  The White House tells us that free trade is bad, tariffs are good, and relatively unfettered global trade is a rotten deal for America.