Donald Trump Is Frightened  —  The media verdict is in: President Trump has “softened” his stance on his paramilitary war on Minneapolis.  He struck a “cooperative tone” in a call with Minnesota's Democratic governor, Tim Walz.  The administration hopes to “shift its strategy” on its ICE raids.

European leader spoke of shock at Trump's state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  BRUSSELS ― Slovakia's prime minister told EU leaders at a summit last week that a meeting with Donald Trump left him shocked by the U.S. president's state of mind, five European diplomats briefed on the conversation said.

FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom  —  After CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss said she and her team would put a “huge emphasis on scoops,” CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil responded by... interviewing his own mother.

Trump's Response to Ilhan Omar Attack Is as Ugly as It Gets  —  President Trump used the Tuesday night spray attack against Representative Ilhan Omar to further berate the congresswoman—accusing her of spraying herself, although video of the incident clearly shows the contrary.  —  “No. I don't think about her.

The investigation is the coverup  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  Subscribe to PN  —  On Monday, the Trump administration affected an ostensible about-face.  —  Two months into a violent assault on Minnesota, CBP's “commander at large” Greg Bovino was sent packing.

One Supreme Court Case Is Most Responsible for Our Oligarchy.  It's Not the One You Think.  —  Whether or not money is the root of all evil, the root of our current American oligarchy is a single Supreme Court case.  That Supreme Court decision, Buckley v. Valeo, happens to turn 50 years old this week.

Next ‘No Kings’ march on the horizon with flagship event in the Twin Cities  —  The liberal grassroots group Indivisible simultaneously announced nationwide “Eye on ICE” trainings in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands  —  U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium.  —  President Trump sharply intensified his threats against Iran on Wednesday …

Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter its Minneapolis consulate  —  An ICE agent on Tuesday attempted to forcibly enter Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis, according to the country's Foreign Affairs Ministry. … - The ministry said on X that consular staff prevented the officer from entering …

New polling memo urges Senate Dems to ‘play hardball’ on ICE … The memo was written by Adam Jentleson, the former chief of staff to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) and top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), for his organization the Searchlight Institute …

Live Updates: 2 Federal Agents Who Shot Minneapolis Man Are Placed on Leave  —  The move was disclosed by an administration official as more Republican leaders broke with the White House's handling of the shooting.  U.S. Capitol Police were also investigating an attack on Representative Ilhan Omar.

Capitol police report spike in threats made toward lawmakers in 2025  —  Threats toward members of Congress, their families, staff and the Capitol complex surged in 2025, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, with over 5,000 more incidents reported than the previous year.

Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL  —  In a study, the Anti-Defamation League fed Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, and Llama antisemitic, anti-Zionist, and extremist inputs and measured how each responded. … Across six top large language models …

South Carolina measles outbreak reaches 789 cases, surpassing Texas  —  The ongoing outbreak is the largest since measles was eliminated in the country 26 years ago.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  Measles in South Carolina has spread …

DOJ says it will finish Epstein files review ‘in the near term’ after combing through millions of pages  —  In a court filing Tuesday, the Justice Department declined to provide a specific date for when it would conclude the review and redaction process for files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Bari Weiss to CBS News staff: Without a shift in strategy, ‘we are toast’  —  The editor in chief said the network needs to produce journalism people want as she named a raft of new contributors from her website, the Free Press.  —  Bari Weiss has two jobs.

Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House  —  After months of tension the Russian leader has taken pride of place above a photo of the US president and his granddaughter  —  President Trump's on-off relationship with President Putin is so volatile that he has veered from describing …

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules  —  The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.

In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism  —  Over the weekend on X, conservative influencer Cameron Higby began posting screen recordings from the encrypted messaging app Signal showing a list of hundreds of usernames in one massive group chat in Minnesota.