Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump  —  The president has now seen three criminal cases against him dissolve since he was re-elected last year.  —  The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed on Wednesday by a judge in Georgia …

‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE.  —  Earlier this month, Bruna Ferreira was leaving her home in Revere to pick up her 11-year-old son, Michael Leavitt Jr., from school in New Hampshire when her car was suddenly swarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom.  His architect disagrees.  —  The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project's size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.  —  President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design …

Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan  —  The head of Russia's sovereign wealth has emerged as a key player in drafting a new proposal to end Moscow's military operation in Ukraine.  But Dmitriev is not a professional diplomat.

The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans  —  On Monday I spoke with a Republican member of Indiana's legislature who opposes President Donald Trump's push for the state to redraw its congressional map to gain two GOP seats and help the party hold its House majority in next year's midterm elections.

Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race  —  Home Polls Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race  —  Voters Split on Trump's Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters' Concerns

Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says … Noem's call ensured that the deportees — rounded up and expelled with virtual no due process after President Donald Trump invoked war powers to designate them as members of a transnational gang …

Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth  —  On Monday, Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, directed the Pentagon to investigate Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain who flew combat missions during the gulf war and took several spaceflights as an astronaut before he was elected …

Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton … And Pryor, a George W. Bush appointee, concluded that the district court judge who originally ruled against Trump had properly considered Trump's “pattern of misusing the courts” when deciding to sanction Trump and Habba.

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens  —  Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.  —  The married couples filed …

Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Trump's Effort to Oust Copyright Official  —  An appeals court panel had said that Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, could remain in her role as an adviser to Congress.  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred a decision …

Scouts surprised by Pentagon's reported plan to end 100-year partnership  —  This recording was made using enhanced software.  —  Summary  —  Draft proposal  —  The Defense Department is weighing an end to its long-running partnership with Scouting America, according to draft memos reviewed by NPR.

Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office  —  President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength.  But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.  —  The day before Halloween, President Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews …

A Year Later, Donors to Trump's Transition Come to Light  —  A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.  —  A full year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump has disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his transition to power.

‘Nobody will ever believe it’: James Comer airs doubts about his own Epstein investigation … “I fear the report will be like the Warren Report,” he said.  “Nobody will ever believe it.”  —  Comer's reference to the 1964 report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led …

Chicago Protestors Reel After Fending Off Federal Charges  —  The administration governs by propaganda.  There's bluster, threats, and even real violence — all deployed to push a far-right agenda forward while dissuading as many people as possible from opposing it.

What the Pentagon's Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea  —  The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs.  But they tell only part of the story.  —  The grainy videos released by the Pentagon are just seconds long.

Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House  —  The school, one of several to face pressure campaigns from the Trump administration, would pay a $75 million fine and have its research funding restored under terms of the agreement being discussed.

Pete Hegseth is a no-show in Ukraine.  That suits the White House just fine. … The Pentagon leader — a former Fox News host who seems more at home railing against diversity programs than leading diplomatic consultations — has carved out an unorthodox political niche that has helped insulate …

The number of non-criminal detainees arrested by ICE has surged by 2,000% under Trump.  These charts show who's in detention.  —  The number of immigration detainees without criminal records who are held in federal detention centers after getting arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

“America First” scars loom over Trump's Venezuela campaign  —  President Trump is flirting with one of the most toxic ideas in American politics — a new foreign military intervention — at one of the most precarious moments of his second term. … - The tensions mark the most public fracturing …

Larry Bushart Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme.  He Went to Jail for 37 Days.  —  The officers came to arrest Larry Bushart shortly before midnight on Sept. 21.  —  Mr. Bushart, a 61-year-old retired police officer living in Lexington, Tenn., had posted a meme on Facebook after the assassination …

Warning: The Fed Can't Rescue AI  —  While everything feels political now - a kind of fin de siècle chaos politics - I want to take a brief break from the political today.  Instead I want to talk about asset markets and the Fed.  —  We could say that the US economy in 2025 was schizoid.

Waiting on Medicare drug prices  —  Programming note: We'll be off on Thursday but back on our regular schedule next week.  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE END OF THE MONTH IS NEAR — President Donald Trump has touted a series of drug pricing deals his administration has struck …

U.S. Nuclear Arms Chief Warns Against Leaks of Secret Information  —  The email sent to atom bomb officials by Brandon Williams highlights the managerial challenge faced by the former one-term congressman.  —  Brandon M. Williams was just weeks into his job of supervising the nation's arsenal …