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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map  —  The map now moves to the state Senate, where it's unclear whether there is enough GOP support for it to pass, despite pressure from Trump.  —  The Indiana House on Friday approved a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats …

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.

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 …

Speaker Johnson under attack from his own as mood darkens in House GOP  —  House leadership Congressional news Donald Trump US shutdown  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is a political survivor, weathering crisis after crisis since his unlikely ascent two years ago.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

‘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 …

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.

Live updates: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released  —  A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Kagan issues scathing dissent in Texas redistricting case  —  Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday warned in her dissenting opinion that the Supreme Court's approval of Texas's congressional map could violate voters' rights enshrined in the Constitution.