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.

‘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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …

U.S. trade deficit remains high in 2025, despite Trump's tariff policy  —  Deficit in trade of goods hits a record.  Trade shifts away from China to other Asian exporters.  —  The U.S. merchandise trade deficit hit a record $1.2 trillion last year, despite President Donald Trump's promise …

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.

After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it  —  HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.  —  After pulling out of the World …

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.

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. …

Europe answers Trump's call on Ukraine … - In 2025, European governments and institutions answered that call — surging military aid by 67% and financial and humanitarian support by 59%, according to the Kiel Institute's Ukraine Support Tracker.  — Over the same period …

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

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 …

A Pause to Refresh  —  And a few notes on the state of the stack  —  One morning, when I woke from troubled dreams, I found myself transformed into an ... influencer.  [/end Franz Kafka]  —  I'm taking a semi-break.  I won't do a full post today, just offer a note on where things stand with this Substack.

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.

An arts panel made up of Trump appointees approves his White House ballroom proposal  —  The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood.

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 …