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 …

‘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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo  —  Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.

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” …

Fox News correspondent: “It's a bit surreal seeing the juxtaposition of President Trump presiding over the Board of Peace while preparing for war”  —  Jillian Michaels accuses Trump of a “flip-flop” on the Epstein files: “It's the same flip-flop times a million because imagine the phone calls.

The slavery exhibits at the President's House are beginning to be restored by the National Park Service  —  Almost a month after abruptly dismantling exhibits about slavery from the President's House, National Park Service employees began reinstalling the panels late morning on Thursday ahead of a court-imposed deadline.

UK blocking Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran  —  The disagreement over the use of British sites is behind the US president's withdrawal of support for the Chagos Islands deal, The Times understands  —  President Trump has withdrawn his support for Sir Keir Starmer's deal to hand …

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. 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.

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 …

U.S. Gathers the Most Air Power in the Mideast Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion  —  U.S. is ready to strike Iran but President Trump hasn't yet decided to do so  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. is sending significant numbers of jet fighters and support aircraft to the Middle East …

Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections  —  Maine Sen. Susan Collins made news by adding her name as the 50th Senate supporter of the SAVE America Act — a massive voter suppression bill being pushed by Donald Trump.  —  MAGA conservatives cheered her addition for two reasons.

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.

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. …

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.

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 …

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.

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.