Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling  —  President Donald Trump's approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely …

I Asked the Pentagon About Pete Hegseth's Mentor.  Then the Threats Started.  —  Six weeks ago, Jack Posobiec asked me to comment on whether I have a “creepy fetish for Asian women.”  —  That was one of several false and wildly personal allegations that the far-right pundit and newly minted member …

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention  —  A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward.

Health insurers ask GOP to fix their fraud problem — and extend Obamacare subsidies … “We embrace all of those reforms, and we think even more should be done, and that this market, and all markets, should be subject to continuous improvement when it comes to fraud and program integrity,” …

A band-aid on a festering hand wound  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝  —  The Epstein files and illegal boat strikes aren't the only coverups taking place right now in the White House.

12/11/25 ☀️ AM: … Four live discharge petitions.  Being forced to bargain for GOP support during simple procedural votes.  Calls to Cabinet secretaries from the House floor to help win over members.  A prolonged debate on health care with a disengaged president.

Olivia Nuzzi's ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week  —  By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,Forbes Staff.  Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture.  —  Topline  —  Viral blog posts about her alleged affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar … - Noem's backers blamed the whisper campaign on supporters of her administration rival, border czar Tom Homan.  — Homan's partisans deny any involvement. … Trump has shown no signs of wanting a change.

Bessent resets financial watchdog with deregulatory mandate … The council was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to address potential risks to the U.S. financial system.  —  The letter also outlines the establishment of new working groups focused on market resilience …

Zelenskiy Floats Referendum Over Territory as US Seeks Deal  —  President Volodymyr Zelenskiy floated the prospect of allowing Ukrainians to vote on whether to hand Donbas region to Russia as Kyiv comes under mounting pressure to agree to terms of an emerging US peace plan.

AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show  —  New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk's Twitter  —  Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.  —  ∙ Paid

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content  —  More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings  —  Meta has removed or restricted dozens …

South Carolina officials report ‘accelerating’ measles outbreak  —  Thanksgiving travel and low vaccination rates have contributed to 27 new cases in state during past week  —  South Carolina health officials have reported an “accelerating” measles outbreak in the state in the wake …

Trump admin reveals new militarized zone plan for California-Mexico border  —  The Trump administration announced plans Wednesday for a new militarized zone in California, along the U.S.-Mexico border. … - President Trump's administration has since April designated several new militarized zones along …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers  —  The country could be losing 20,000 jobs a month, Powell said, a concern that was part of the decision to cut interest rates  —  Fed Chair Jerome Powell pointed on Wednesday to a job-market risk that economists …

The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year  —  Jensen Huang needs a moment.  —  The CEO of Nvidia enters a cavernous studio at the company's Bay Area headquarters and hunches over a table, his head bowed.  —  At 62, the world's eighth richest man is compact, polished …

How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed … Days before Donald J. Trump's return to the White House, Andrew Tate got some good news.  —  Mr. Tate and his brother, Tristan, swaggering influencers in the so-called manosphere, had been under criminal investigation in Romania since 2022 …

Danish intelligence classifies Trump's America as a security risk  —  Denmark sounds the alarm about the U.S.'s increasingly antagonistic posture toward Europe.  —  Denmark's military intelligence service has for the first time classified the U.S. as a security risk, a striking shift …

NATO's Rutte says Europe must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents’ endured  —  If Putin is “prepared to sacrifice ordinary Russians in this way, what is he prepared to do to us?” the NATO chief said.  —  NATO Chief Mark Rutte urged member countries to do more to prepare for the possibility …

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announces a campaign for Minnesota governor  —  Lindell, a Trump backer who promoted debunked allegations about the 2020 elections and has been embroiled in defamation suits, joins a crowded Republican field.  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a longtime backer …

Trump's Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies  —  The president's immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”  —  ABSORBING THE NEWS ABOUT THE BRUTAL treatment of detainees, to say nothing of the outright murder of “suspected” drug runners in the Caribbean, I think back to a conversation I had in February of this year.

Remember the Torture Memos?  The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse. … Perhaps not surprisingly, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior military leaders have faced the worst of the political uproar from the Trump administration's boat strikes off the coasts of Central and South America.

How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors  —  The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress.  Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career. … In the minutes after U.S. forces attacked a suspected drug smuggling boat near Trinidad …

The Law on Targeting Shipwrecked Drug Traffickers: Expert Backgrounder  —  This is part of Just Security's Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers.  —  On Sept. 2, 2025 U.S. forces launched a missile strike against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean.

Why Trump is Doomed to Lose the Affordability Fight  —  Trump is in a huge hole and can't stop digging  —  On Tuesday night, Donald Trump kicked off his much-anticipated and quite belated pivot to affordability with a rambling rally in Pennsylvania.  The speech was a political and rhetorical disaster …

Meet the Trump administration's 12 billionaires  —  At a net worth of $390 billion, it's the wealthiest White House in modern history.  —  Just now  —  The world's richest man.  The owner of the Houston Rockets.  The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment.

Influencer feuds trigger total MAGA meltdown  —  MAGA's media machine is ripping itself to shreds, locked in a web of interpersonal feuds that have derailed its once-relentless focus on advancing President Trump's agenda. … Now, less than a year into Trump's second term …

Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor's Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer  —  Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation.  Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer.

Senate GOP still not interested in nixing blue slips, Thune says  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune poured cold water on a fresh call by President Donald Trump for Republicans to nix the “blue slip” practice that gives senators an effective veto over presidential nominees to certain posts in their states.