Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office  —  Summary  — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office  — Police say King Charles's brother is in custody and officers are carrying …

South Korean Ex-Leader Is Sentenced to Life in Prison  —  Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of masterminding an insurrection when he imposed martial law in 2024.  It was the country's biggest criminal trial in decades.  —  South Korea's Yoon Sentenced to Life in Prison

Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits  —  An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  —  President Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring …

Married MAGA Rep Addresses Bombshell Aide Affair Claim  —  ‘PERSONAL SMEARS’  —  Gonzales, who is running for a fourth term, is facing calls for his resignation.  —  A Trump-endorsed Texas congressman has addressed his alleged affair with a former aide who died by suicide last year.

U.S. Military Moves Into Place for Possible Strikes in Iran  —  President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.  —  The rapid buildup of U.S. forces in the Middle East has progressed to the point that President Trump …

What Stephen Colbert's spat with CBS is really about  —  Keeping the equal-time rule in place is a political choice.  —  The Trump presidency ought to be an education for progressives in the ways government overregulation can distort politics and business.

In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for ‘Chief Client’ Trump  —  When leaders of all 93 US attorneys' offices met for their weekly video chat last month, the 33-year-old Justice Department aide who presided had a blunt message.  —  President Donald Trump is their “chief client” …

New DHS memo outlines plan to detain refugees for further vetting  —  Resettlement organizations said the updated guidance represents a dramatic shift in how refugees are treated after being legally permitted to enter the United States.  —  The Department of Homeland Security issued …

‘No expense has been spared’: Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations  —  DHS leadership says the department needs the jet for immigrant deportations and Kristi Noem's travel.  A brochure given to passengers who recently flew on it with Noem highlights its …

Goldman Lawyer, Epstein Conferred on Secret Service Prostitution Scandal  —  In a series of 2014 emails, the wealthy financier gave advice to the former White House counsel as the Colombian incident blew up.  —  Kathryn Ruemmler, who resigned last week as the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …

Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere  —  The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda …

The Accomplice Who Was Going to Testify Against Jeffrey Epstein—Then Went Dark  —  French model scout Jean-Luc Brunel was negotiating to provide prosecutors with evidence against the sex offender in 2016—three years before he was finally arrested—but ultimately backed out

New York appellate court allows redraw of congressional map to move forward  —  A New York Appellate Court has ruled that the state's independent redistricting commission must draw up a new congressional map, after a court struck down* the state's current 11th Congressional District for diluting …

Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show  —  Exclusive: approximately 350-acre compound planned as base for multinational force, according to records reviewed by the Guardian  —  The Trump administration is planning to build a 5,000-person military base in Gaza …

ICE drawdown?  Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"It's been almost a week since the federal government announced that officials planned to “draw down” the number of federal agents in Minnesota." …

Yeah, US Olympians are woke.  Deal with it.  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ⛷️ Subscribe to PN ⛷️  —  We don't know if Vice President JD Vance anticipated that when he attended the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Italy he'd be booed by the crowd.

U.S. Trade Deficit Surged in December  —  Outsize swings in international gold trading fueled much of December's trend  —  The U.S. trade deficit jumped in December, the Commerce Department said Thursday, the latest leg of a turbulent year for America's trading relationships under the steep tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

California, You Have Got to Count Votes Faster  —  Long before the existence of modern technology — before the internet or even television — Americans quickly learned the results of major elections.  By the late 1800s, telegraphs made it possible for people to read results in the next day's newspapers.

Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files over a million times.  This is an illustration of what that looks like.  —  A short video.  —  Replace every word in Anna Karenina, The Decameron, Ulysses, and Moby-Dick with the words “Donald Trump,” and you have some idea of what being mentioned over a million times looks like.

Justice Dept. Lawyer Is Found in Contempt by Federal Judge  —  The ruling out of Minnesota marks a new level of judicial concern about the Trump administration's lack of compliance with judges' orders in immigration cases.  —  A federal judge in Minnesota found a Trump administration lawyer …

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance  —  From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we've collected experts' tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.  —  Rarely in modern US history …

As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No  —  The agency is ramping up arrests, but local pushback is complicating efforts to expand detention capacity and prevent overcrowding.  —  Stacy Bradley voted for President Trump because of his border policies, and she likes that he has restored “law and order.”

Orwell Would Cringe  —  Trump's assault on the First Amendment continues  —  MAGA bad faith attacks on “wokeness” and left-wing “censorship” have obscured their thinly veiled effort to eradicate the history of non-whites, normalize racism, silence critics, and demand that white Christian nationalism be foisted on the rest of us.