The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024.  Not Anymore  —  Two notes: First, this is a special article with insights from Strength In Number's recent polling with Verasight.  We just finished writing our February poll, and will publish the results in two weeks.

Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota  —  More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Senate Democrat aims to put members on record opposing Maxwell pardon  —  Sen. Jacky Rosen will introduce a resolution Thursday designed to put the Senate on record opposing the prospect of President Donald Trump granting a pardon or clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate …

Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid  —  The newly revealed White House employee says he is fighting ‘pure evil’  —  Clay Parikh does not want to talk about who he is working with inside the White House.

Making America Stagnate Again  —  Deportations don't create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans.  Who knew?  —  Yesterday's employment report was widely expected to be weak.  As it turned out, it was unexpectedly strong, with an estimated 130,000 jobs added.

Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser  —  People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration.  Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.

Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans  —  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding …

Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi brought a document referencing Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history to a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Waters Near South America  —  Two personnel report minor injuries after ship-to-ship refueling  —  Two people reported minor injuries Wednesday when a U.S. warship and a Navy supply vessel assigned to the military buildup in the Caribbean collided during a ship …

U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House  —  Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration's nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January  —  Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts  —  Elon Musk's longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying.  The richest man in the world posted …

Justice Democrats endorse Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois primary  —  Justice Democrats and the Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC, or PAL PAC, have jointly endorsed progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois.

Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. ...  They have to be imprisoned.”  —  Fuentes: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women. ...  So they go to the gulag first.

Report: Warner Bros. Discovery Blocks Brody King From AEW Dynamite Following “F*ck ICE” Chants  —  WBD looking to keep Donald Trump on side leads to Brody King off AEW TV  —  Brody King was absent from Wednesday night's episode of AEW Dynamite, and it reportedly wasn't a Tony Khan decision not to have him on the show.

Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir, says Seoul  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has selected his daughter as his heir, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday.  —  Kim Ju Ae - who is believed to be 13 - has in recent months been pictured beside her father in high-profile events …

We are all passengers in Trump's death cab  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💬 Subscribe to PN 💬  —  Nearly 13 months into Trump's second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States …

Three Million Reasons to Facepalm  —  So.  —  The image above was given to us by Deb Milbrath, a freelance cartoonist in Atlanta.  I love it.  —  Here's something I don't love:  —  I just was shown a government document listing the 2025 salaries of Washington Post employees …

Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down  —  The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump.  —  Gail Slater was confirmed in March …

‘Zionism’ Is Splitting MAGA in Two  —  Except it's not really ‘Zionism’ per se.  —  Thirteen years ago today, Marco Rubio gave a cotton-mouthed GOP response to Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address, at one point awkwardly breaking his flow to lean out of frame for a quick drink of water.

Americans think everyone is corrupt  —  Voters have weird views about this, and progressive advocacy groups do a lot that's counterproductive.  —  Donald Trump is running easily the most corrupt administration in decades.  Whether selling off pardons for cash, delivering sweetheart deals …

Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance  —  A rental voucher program costs more than $1 billion.  The mayor's decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city.  —  Expanding a New York City program …

How a Pencil-Purchasing U.S. Bureaucrat Ended Up Shaking Hands With Putin  —  Josh Gruenbaum's brash style has shaken up the GSA, earned the trust of Jared Kushner and Trump's foreign policy team—and sparked a review of possible violations  —  In June, the White House budget office received …

Elon Musk's X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders  —  While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials.  Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.

Bondi's charade  —  Pam Bondi dropped the ball on the Epstein case a long time ago  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared today before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.  —  In her opening statement, Bondi said …

How Young Men View Trump 2.0 After One Year … Takeaways  — President Trump's job approval is 34 points underwater among young men, with 32% approving and 66% disapproving of his performance in office.  — A paltry 26% of young men would back a J.D. Vance presidential run …

Cardi B says she'll ‘jump’ ICE if they come to her concert  —  Rapper Cardi B warned Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers not to attend her tour, saying she would “jump” them if they tried to “take” her fans.  —  She spoke out against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown …

The media need to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters  —  Another mass shooting, and another devastated community.  —  And once again, elites in the media class and public officials are so terrified of offending that they don't dare ask the obvious question …

Canadian police identify 18-year-old woman as suspect in mass school shooting  —  The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada was an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said on Wednesday …