Will Lewis steps down as Washington Post publisher and CEO after job cuts  —  British journalist's tenure was controversial after Jeff Bezos appointed him to turn around the newspaper  —  Christopher Grimes in Los Angeles, Daniel Thomas in London and Anna Nicolaou in New York

Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness  —  On Sunday, Bad Bunny is set to perform in the Super Bowl's halftime show, and President Trump is angry about it.  “I think it's a terrible choice,” Trump seethed recently, referring to the Puerto Rican performer …

For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump  —  A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation's semiquincentennial.  —  President Trump's allies are offering access to him and other perks …

Massie on Trump's rhetoric: 'He's gone too far' … After that video depicting the Obamas was widely denounced, including by some Republicans, the White House took it down.  —  “He should absolutely apologize.  He's gone too far.  I mean, he's attacked my wife recently online …

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Foreign Call About Person Close to Trump  —  Call intercepted by U.S. formed a key part of a complaint filed last year against the director of national intelligence  —  A whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard …

Top Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney resigns over Peter Mandelson scandal  —  The British prime minister has been under pressure since revelations about Mandelson's relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  —  U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney …

As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump  —  Jeff Bezos's axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America's democracy to withstand Trump's attacks  —  The email landed in Lizzie Johnson's in-tray in Ukraine just before 4pm local time.

Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown  —  Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez won Saturday's special election for State House District 60, defeating Republican Brad Daigle.  —  Martinez, a member of the Iberville Parish Council, earned 62% of the vote against Daigle …

Files Detail Epstein's Dealings With Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick  —  Mr. Lutnick had claimed to have distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein even before the disgraced financier was convicted of a sex crime in Florida.  —  Howard Lutnick, President Trump's billionaire commerce secretary …

The disappearing art gallery in your post office … To lift the United States out of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put Americans to work building roads and bridges, conserving forests and rivers, laying sewer pipes, and constructing schools, parks and airports.

The Secret History of the Deep State  —  On July 1, 1975, under gray skies, two Watergate prosecutors arrived in the office of the White House counsel.  Also present was the deputy national security adviser, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft.  They were gathered for a burial.

Wes Moore suggests race may be why he was not invited to gov dinner with Trump … But the president has specifically blocked Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from the event's black-tie dinner.  —  Moore is the nation's only sitting Black governor and only the third Black governor ever elected …

Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota?  Residents Say Don't Be Fooled.  —  Two weeks after Alex Pretti's killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down.  The resistance definitely hasn't.  —  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Top Trump administration officials certainly put …

One Generation Runs the Country.  The Next Cashed In on Crypto.  —  Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn't always fare so well  —  In the depths of Donald Trump's interregnum, his eldest two sons huddled in a Mar …

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users  —  I get leaked docs bigger media don't because I'm not slowed down by corporate bureaucracy.  But this also means I don't have corporate money - I just have readers like you.  Please become a paid subscriber so I can keep doing this work!

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt  —  Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists - could the mayor please do something about the weather?  —  It snowed two weeks ago in New York.  Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing …

Trump wants to run the economy hot, as midterm elections approach  —  The White House bets on AI-driven productivity gains boosting wages without spooking the Federal Reserve.  —  Amid signs that the U.S. economy may be poised to accelerate, Trump administration officials are predicting …

Man Suspected of Shooting GRU General Arrested in Dubai, FSB Says  —  A man suspected of shooting and wounding senior Russian military intelligence officer Vladimir Alexeyev in Moscow has been arrested in Dubai, Russia's FSB security service said Sunday.  —  The man in his 60s was …

MAGA Elites Are Indoor Cats  —  It was the most consequential camping trip in American history: In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, asked the naturalist John Muir to guide him into the wilderness of California's Yosemite Valley.  After three days and an unexpected snowstorm …

Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell's Role in Clinton Circle  —  Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.  —  Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell …

The “boys club” that protected Epstein  —  Millions of files, zero accountability? … The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million files tied to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.  The rollout has been chaotic.  —  Many documents were heavily redacted …