Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories  —  The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.  —  WASHINGTON — The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic …

The Supreme Court takes up the most unconstitutional thing Trump has done  —  Last January, when Reagan-appointed Judge John Coughenour became the first federal judge to block President Donald Trump's attack on birthright citizenship, he did not mince words.  “I've been on the bench for over four decades,” Coughenour said.

Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways  —  Nuzzi joined the magazine as an editor earlier this year  —  Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi said they have agreed to part ways following new revelations and allegations about an affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.

Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is  —  The Cross Section is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.  —  On Thursday, the Supreme Court offered the latest in its ongoing series …

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth  —  A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.  A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried …

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. film and streaming assets in $72 billion deal … Netflix announced Friday it's reached a deal to buy pieces of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the legacy assets.

Trump's Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour  —  The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump's approval rating.  —  After months of holding steady, President Trump's approval rating has taken a dip over the past several weeks …

Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack  —  The new detail further complicates the military's explanations for its actions during the Sept. 2 strike in the Caribbean Sea.  —  The two survivors of the U.S. military's first boat strike on Sept. 2 climbed atop …

US judge clears Justice Department to release Epstein grand jury transcripts  —  A Florida federal judge on Friday cleared the Justice Department to release grand jury transcripts from its sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein, which could shed light on the deceased financier's ties …

Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend's pal a lift home: sources  —  The FBI director's use of resources is under intense scrutiny as he insists he's “a steward of the taxpayer dollars.”  —  FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting …

Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges  —  The Justice Department has seized on a lack of explicit instruction from a federal judge to keep Lindsey Halligan in place for now.  —  The legal decision that ended the criminal cases against the former F.B …

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed by ICE officers  —  Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Friday she was pepper sprayed and “pushed around” by Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers during a raid in her district. … - Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is still being prosecuted …

Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96  —  He burst onto the scene with an attention-getting renovation of his Southern California home before going on to design some of the world's most recognizable buildings.  —  Frank O. Gehry, one of the most formidable and original talents …

Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’  —  America's goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.  — 1.4k  —  The Trump administration said on Friday that Europe was facing the …

HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait  —  As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor of the Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., you'll find a line of photographic portraits of all the people from years past who have led the Public Health Corps …

Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators  —  Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’  —  The Trump administration has moved to formalize a crackdown on the issuance of visas …

Ex-D.E.A. Agent Charged With Agreeing to Launder Millions for Cartel  —  The former agent, Paul Campo, laundered money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.  —  A former longtime Drug Enforcement Administration agent who rose …

Cowardly Pete Hegseth Is This Week's Proof of the GOP's Moral Rot … Pete Hegseth is having one of the worst weeks a Cabinet secretary has had in recent American history.  It's very richly deserved.  He's a bombastic idiot.  He's a liar.  And he's a weasel: Under fire for a second military strike …

Trump, 79, Is Fuming Over Coverage of His Deteriorating Health  —  DROWSY DON  —  Insiders say the president spends days obsessing over reports comparing him to “Sleepy Joe.”  —  President Donald Trump is raging over snowballing reports on his apparent cognitive and physical decline.

DHS's Immigrant-Hunting App Removed from Google Play Store  —  A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app that lets local cops use facial recognition to hunt immigrants on behalf of the federal government has been removed from the Google Play Store, 404 Media has learned.

MAGA's Affordability Crisis Will Soon Get Worse  —  And Trump's numbers will continue to slide  —  Long ago, probably in a long-forgotten hotel room, I watched a 1974 movie called The Internecine Project — now available, as you'll see if you follow the hyperlink, on YouTube.  In truth, it's a pretty bad movie.

National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people  —  Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth  —  The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks …