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 …

Venezuela Live Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers; Rubio Lays Out Plan for American Control  —  The three-part plan unveiled by the secretary of state included Washington managing the interim authorities in Caracas.  Earlier, the U.S. forces boarded a Russian-flagged tanker and a second ship.

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 …

Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes … President Donald Trump said the U.S. should bar large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing that corporate ownership has helped push housing further out of reach for everyday Americans.

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 …

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 …

“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.

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 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.

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.

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 …

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 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.

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 …

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 …

How Trump's Attack On Venezuela May Have Made Him Money  —  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 …

Trump officials tell Congress: No troops in Venezuela … “They are talking about stealing the Venezuelan oil at gunpoint, for an undefined period of time, as leverage to micromanage the country,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat.  “The scope and insanity of that plan is absolutely stunning.”

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 …

Trump Demands Defense Companies Stop Buybacks and Dividends  —  President Donald Trump said he wouldn't allow defense companies to issue dividends or buy back their own stock until they invest more in production and research, comments that triggered a selloff across the sector.

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 …

Trump immigration policies and aging population slow US growth projection, budget office says  —  The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years, due to President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies and an aging population …

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 …