Kennedy Center adds Trump's name to building  —  The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.” … The Kennedy Center began updating signage on the exterior of the building Friday morning, a day after its board voted …

DOJ won't meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files … “I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks, so today several hundred thousand and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more,” Blanche said.

Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, AP source says  —  A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official and a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys  —  Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday.  ICE won't release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.  —  A Maryland woman has spent days …

Lies, Damned Lies and Trump Speeches  —  What MAGA genius thought that Trump's “affordability” speech was a good idea?  —  Source  —  Today is a travel day so this will be a short post.  Fortunately the main topic that I want to talk about is uncomplicated - the speech that Donald Trump gave on Wednesday night.

Tax the Rich, Like Me  —  In 2012, political ads suggested that some of my policy proposals, if enacted, would amount to pushing grandma off a cliff.  Actually, my proposals were intended to prevent that very thing from happening.  —  Today, all of us, including our grandmas …

Trump's pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims  —  In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president's clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments. … By the time a federal judge in 2023 sentenced convicted fraudster Trevor Milton to four years in prison …

It's time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced  —  We need to remake the US high court so Americans don't suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule  —  The justices of the US supreme court - even its conservatives - have traditionally valued their institution's own standing.

MAGA infighting erupts at Turning Point USA Conference … “The conservative movement is in serious danger,” Shapiro said, arguing the danger is not just on the left, but “from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty.”

‘You cannot hide’: Democrats' swaggering approach stymies House Republicans … “Our message to Mike Johnson is clear — you can run, but you cannot hide,” Jeffries said as he took a victory lap on the House steps Thursday.  —  The New Yorker was referring to his party's effort to address …

Rams star Puka Nacua apologizes for antisemitic dance on livestream  —  Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua apologized on Thursday after appearing on a livestream in which he practiced an antisemitic touchdown dance.  —  “When I appeared the other day on a social media livestream …

Trump not ruling out war with Venezuela  —  In an exclusive phone interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his offensive against Venezuela, his plan for health care and his outlook for the midterm elections.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday …

104 murders in 107 days  —  One of the more surreal phenomena of the last year is the way in which our fleeting news cycle and plodding legal system combine to distract us from this administration's atrocities.  —  On the legal side, the federal courts operate on a “doctrine of regularity” …

Facing Trump's wrath, Jack Smith requests public hearing in House GOP probe  —  Former special counsel Jack Smith requested to testify in “an open and public hearing” in a Thursday letter from his attorneys to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

Cincinnati ICE Leader Charged Federally, Booked into Butler County Jail  —  “This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail,” said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email

Screw It.  Let's Rename the Moon.  —  The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reported a grim milestone this week: In Fiscal Year 2025, for the first time in history, the U.S. spent more than $1 trillion servicing the national debt.  And the problem's only getting worse …

Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order  —  How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?  —  Request to retire — and refrain from resigning in protest …

Trump Is Walloping Construction Businesses.  The Industry Stays Quiet.  —  Raids on work sites.  Roofers under siege.  But builders keep mum.  —  ∙ Paid  —  WHEN LEO FELER GOT HOME, there was blood everywhere.  On his front door, the window sills, the foyer.

Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump  —  In Colorado, students taunted their Black classmates by playing whipping sounds on their cellphones and saying they should be shot “to make us a better race.”