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 …

Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn't radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers  —  Pete Hegseth Congressional news  —  The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel …

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.

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 …

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.

Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilizational erasure’ in explosive new document  —  U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration blame the EU and migration for what they say is imminent, total cultural unraveling in Europe.  —  The explosive claim is made in the U.S. National Security Strategy …

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 …

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 …

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.

FIFA's Leader Often Flatters Trump.  Now, He's Awarding a Peace Prize.  —  Gianni Infantino, head of soccer's governing body, has been ingratiating himself with the president to help ensure a successful 2026 World Cup.  —  Not long after President Trump missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize …

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 …

Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest?  Utah Offers One Clue.  —  A Trump-aligned political group is quietly spending millions to help state Republicans have a friendlier House map in 2028 — not in 2026, as with all of his other redistricting efforts.  —  A political group tied …

Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan  —  Critics of the Supreme Court have argued that it has too often deferred to the Trump administration and that the conservative justices are under the sway of suspicious propositions like the unitary executive theory and the major questions doctrine.

Trump allies back Elon Musk's X after Europe hits it with $140M fine  —  Top Trump administration officials on Friday decried the European Commission's nearly $140 million (€120 million) fine on Elon Musk's X for violating its moderation law. … - X did not respond to Axios' request for comment.

The Trump-Epstein Emergency Isn't in the Files  —  Donald Trump repeatedly skates past wrongdoing and scandal that would debilitate—if not destroy—any other public person.  Pardoning violent rioters who assaulted police for him; granting trade concessions to countries when their officials send …

‘Why are we letting this guy go?’  Donald Trump's pardons upend US justice system  —  Releases of drug traffickers and fraudsters puzzle allies and send shockwaves through legal circles  —  It took dozens of special agents the best part of a decade to bring Juan Orlando Hernández to justice for flooding US cities with cocaine.

JD Vance says his marriage with Usha is 'as strong as it's ever been'  —  Yes, the very online vice president has seen the online speculation about his marriage.  He said he and the second lady found the recent episode around her wedding ring funny.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance …

Trump approves tiny ‘cars of the very near future’  —  President Trump said Friday he had granted approval for “tiny cars” to be built in the United States, a move that would expand the availability of similar smaller vehicles that are popular in Asia.  —  “I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America.

Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe … Other deeply divisive issues remain, ranging from cryptocurrency policy to in vitro fertilization, that could threaten to further splinter the House GOP and imperil the typically bipartisan Pentagon bill.

Judges lash out at Justice Department for still listing Lindsey Halligan on court documents  —  Federal agencies  —  Federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, have lashed out at the Justice Department as they continue to list Lindsey Halligan on court documents — some going as far as striking her name from paperwork from the bench.

A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media  —  Today's journalism crisis wasn't inevitable, but it's time to free journalism from the straitjacket of turning a democratic obligation into a profit-maximizing business model.

Hassett Backs Call for Fed Presidents to Come From Districts  —  National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett backed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for a new residency requirement in the appointment of presidents of Federal Reserve banks.  —  “The reason we have all these regional Feds …

Bondi orders US law enforcement to investigate ‘extremist groups’  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into the anti-fascist antifa movement and similar “extremist groups,” and asked the FBI to compile a list …

No, Progressives Don't Want “Purity.”  They Just Want Some Courage.  —  Mainstream Democrats use dozens of old catchphrases that suggest they're out of step.  “When they go low, we go high,” for example, sounded fine when Michelle Obama first said it in 2016, but it passed its sell-by date almost the next day.

Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says  —  The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man …

Trump's closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him  —  As the president threatens Venezuela, Russia and China are filling the information vacuum. … President Donald Trump has said he won't rule out anything when it comes to removing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from power.