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.

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 …

U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast, Trump Says  —  The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.  —  The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela …

Trump says CNN should be sold as part of any Warner Bros. deal  —  The president's comments are notable because the proposed deal with Netflix would not include cable channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, such as CNN and TNT.  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he thinks it's …

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 …

Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden administration's shift to a sans serif font, to assist people with vision issues, a “wasteful” diversity move.  —  Just now … A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case  —  Hernán López, a former Fox executive, and an Argentine sports marketing company were convicted in 2023 of bribing officials to secure soccer broadcast rights.  —  Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have moved …

What fraud?  State Obamacare officials don't see the problem GOP subsidy opponents do … “I don't think that our experience or our data shows there has been any increase in fraud ... before or since the enhanced premium tax credits,” said Jessica Altman, executive director of the exchange Covered California.

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 …

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 …

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.

South Carolina measles outbreak is ‘accelerating,’ driving hundreds into quarantine  —  Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.  —  The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end …

ICE threatens family separation, indefinite detention to satisfy Trump deportation goal  —  The email from a U.S. immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation to their native Colombia or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their 6-year-old daughter, Maria Paola.

Trump Pardoned Them for Jan. 6.  Now They Want Millions of Dollars  —  Almost 400 people pardoned or granted clemency by President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are now seeking millions of dollars in payouts from the federal government, according to their lawyer.

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 …

Judicial Ethics  —  Yesterday, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove attended an event where Donald Trump spoke.  That's an unusual thing for a federal judge to do, even when the president in question is his former client.  Federal judges usually avoid political events like the plague.

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.

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 …

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.

Ukraine's ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace  —  Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia's full-scale invasion  —  As US-led efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine lurch forward, there is one considerable obstacle …

Ohio 2026 Poll: Democrats Make Gains in Races for Governor and US Senate  —  Home Polls Ohio 2026 Poll: Democrats Make Gains in Races for Governor and US Senate  —  Trump Approval Underwater Among Ohio Voters  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey of Ohio voters finds both statewide elections …

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.

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 …

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.

A Visual Breakdown of Trump's Pardon Spree  —  Trump granted clemency to 1,600 people in 2025.  Here's what they have in common

Live Updates: House Passes $900 Billion Bill That Would Put Trump's Stamp on Military  —  Where Things Stand  — Defense bill: The House on Wednesday approved a $900 billion defense policy bill that would give U.S. troops a raise and codify much of President Trump's national security agenda.

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.

Discharge Petition No. 12, Bill Number: H.Res. 486, 119th Congress  —  SPONSOR: Brian K. Fitzpatrick DESCRIPTION: Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Brian K. Fitzpatrick, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution entitled, a resolution providing …