Live updates: Frey disputes that ICE killed woman in self-defense  —  Editor's note: An ICE agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis.  ICE says the woman was shot in her car after attempting to run over agents.  Mayor Jacob Frey and witnesses are disputing ICE's version of events.

Trump hammers NATO allies while Greenland crisis deepens  —  “I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE REALLY NEEDED THEM,” says American president.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast fresh doubt on NATO's reliability, saying he was not convinced the alliance would come …

Trump says Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to US  —  Investing Oil & gas South America Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States …

Venezuela Live Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers, One Under a Russian Flag  —  The U.S. military intercepted a Russian-flagged tanker as part of its pressure campaign against Venezuela, escalating a conflict with Moscow after ousting its ally, Nicolás Maduro.  —  Here's the latest.

The Venezuelan regime is rapidly consolidating its grip on power  —  The democratic opposition is left out in the cold  —  Just four days after a daring raid by the United States that seized Venezuela's dictator, Nicolás Maduro, the regime he led appears to be righting itself rapidly.

Trump Hits at Institutional Investors in Single-Family Homes  —  President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, part of a push to address housing affordability ahead of this year's midterm elections.

Texas A&M Bans Plato  —  Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course.  You have a day to decide.  —  That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today …

RFK Jr. unveils new ‘upside down’ food pyramid  —  The White House on Wednesday unveiled new dietary guidelines, with officials calling it the “most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history.”  —  The new guidelines were represented with an upside-down pyramid placing vegetables …

The Military Isn't MAGA  —  The Uniform Code of Military Justice should not suppress free speech.  —  Mark Kelly will probably be fine.  The senator and Navy veteran isn't likely to be cowed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's lawless attempt to silence him by seeking to demote him post-retirement.

“They say that when you win the presidency you lose the midterm,” President Donald J. Trump said today to House Republicans.  “I wish you could explain to me what the hell is going on with the mind of the public because we have the right policy.  They don't.  They have a horrible policy.

Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated  —  Darren Michael, associate professor at Austin Peay State University, has reportedly been reinstated and given $500,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah … That raises new questions about the safety of automating prescription refills, including how they should be regulated.  So far, the Food and Drug Administration has not weighed in on Doctronic's program.

The Wrath of Stephen Miller  —  Stephen Miller runs his daily 10 a.m. conference calls—yes, even on Saturdays—less like a government adviser and more like a wartime general.  His is the dominant voice, as he plays the role of browbeater, inquisitor, and bully.  He accepts no excuses, entertains no dissent.

The Dokoupil Debacle … On Tuesday evening, newly installed “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil closed out just his second official broadcast with a surreal segment: a glowing tribute to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.  Kicking off his “Live from America” tour with a broadcast from Miami …

DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law  —  The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July  —  In an extraordinary letter sent to a federal judge Monday evening, Attorney General Pam Bondi admitted …

After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area  —  In December, on a two-lane road not far from the ACE Basin, a protected ecosystem and wildlife refuge in South Carolina, Paul Black drove past St. Paul AME Church and the cemetery where his wife's grandfather …

How Trump's Attack On Venezuela May Have Boosted His Net Worth  —  Deposing Latin America's foremost dictator seems to have lifted the prices of the president's crypto-tied assets. … The U.S. military incursion into Venezuela hasn't just bolstered Donald Trump's standing with South Florida anticommunists …

Inside Democrats' plans to stop Trump from raiding more countries  —  House Democrats are scrambling for levers to block the Trump administration from reprising its Venezuelan incursion across Latin America and beyond. … - Democrats' plans include war powers votes, efforts to choke off funding …

Life Under a Clicktatorship  —  What happens to government when everything is content?  —  One of the strangest moments to emerge from the U.S. kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro was the flurry of images posted by President Trump on Truth Social.  It felt a bit like a student who can't decide …

Senate group nears deal to revive Obamacare subsidies  —  A bipartisan Senate group is nearing an agreement to revive lapsed Obamacare subsidies, with a key negotiator saying the group could release draft legislation early next week.  The deal being discussed by the senators would reestablish …

Elon Musk's “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis  —  One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor  —  Grok, the chatbot run by the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is generating nonconsensual pornographic images of women with their clothes removed …

‘Whata Bod’: An AI-generated NWS map invented fake towns in Idaho  —  Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, an AI-generated forecast graphic with errors was pulled from NWS sites.  —  At first glance, there was nothing out of the ordinary about Saturday's wind forecast for Camas Prairie, Idaho.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌈 Subscribe to PN 🌈  —  On Monday, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shut itself down.  —  Defunded by Congress and fearing …

We Need to Get Off the Defensive About Immigration … History is replete with times when an army in fighting retreat draws a line, digs in, and then counterattacks.  The Russians in WW2 took world-historic losses, before turning the tide with a massive counteroffensive around Stalingrad.

What Would Republicans Do?  —  If a repugnant cabal of predators and perverts beats you in critical elections, their tactics are worth studying.  And, in some cases, emulating.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Here's a hypothetical question I stole from the internet.