How did the media react to Trump's long, long speech?  —  Cable hosts, columnists and strategists saw a familiar Trump speech: red meat for allies, little to persuade skeptics … President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.  It went pretty much as expected.

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump  —  Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman's unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor.  But several memos related to her account are not in the files.

Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties  —  Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship …

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations  —  Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases  —  Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans …

A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account  —  A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes “a masterpiece” appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

Trump's ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All  —  The “forever wars” abroad and the global war on terror after the September 11 attacks left behind a long trail of failure, disillusionment, and death—but they also funneled huge sums of taxpayer money to companies …

Surgeon general nominee won't rule out autism-vaccine link  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) grilled President Donald Trump's surgeon general pick, Casey Means, about her stance on vaccines and whether she thinks they're tied to rising autism rates among American children during a Wednesday hearing for her confirmation.

Spy Agency Blocks Congress From Seeing Gabbard Whistleblower Intelligence  —  Tulsi Gabbard's office rejected Democratic efforts to see all the underlying material about a foreign conversation that discussed Jared Kushner  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told Congress it won't share …

‘It Is One of the Worst Mass Killings in Contemporary World History’  —  Ms. Saberi is an Iranian American journalist.  She was imprisoned in Tehran in 2009 and falsely accused of espionage.  Ms. Jamalpour is an Iranian journalist living in the United States.

MAGA-Owned Business Accused of Sneaking Immigrant Workers Into U.S.  —  RULES FOR THEE  —  The billionaire owners previously funded ads warning of an immigrant “invasion.”  —  A Democratic lawmaker is calling for an investigation into a company owned by two of President Donald Trump's …

Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties  —  Billionaire admits he had two affairs and opens up about his mistake in associating with the sex offender  —  Bill Gates apologized to staff of the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, admitting he made mistakes …

Trump Treasury official to exit after objecting to Minneapolis crackdown  —  John Hurley's exit follows internal disputes over the White House-backed push to target alleged fraud in the Somali community.  —  A top Trump Treasury official is leaving his post after privately raising objections …

The Tax Nerd Who Bet His Life Savings Against DOGE  —  When an unusual opportunity opened in the prediction markets, Alan Cole took his chances.  He just needed the government to be the government.  —  WASHINGTON—Alan Cole put his life savings, all $342,195.63, into a prediction-market wager.

Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: 'I'm going to have to shoot this kid'  —  Dispatch records and a police report obtained by OPB describe the previously unreported incident last fall.  —  In October, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer grew frustrated by a …

The Trump boys are Making Corruption Great Again  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💵 Subscribe to PN 💵  —  American politics has always had dynasties: The Adamses. … Each family used their association with the White House …

ICE's Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention  —  In July 2025, Congress did something unprecedented: it gave U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a total of $45 billion dollars to be spent on immigration detention, more than a decade of normal funding in one big pot of cash.

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Inflation Economy  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos to visit White House Thursday to discuss Warner Bros. bid … The Warner Bros. board of directors said on Tuesday that no final decision has been made.  If Paramount gets the nod, Netflix will have four business days to come back with a higher bid.  —  The timing adds to Netflix's exposure.

FBI serves search warrants at Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent's home  —  The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters and the superintendent's home.  Federal officials in Los Angeles served the warrants …

What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?  —  There's a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them.  Einstein's website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers, and even log into EdTech platforms …

John Davidson Gives First Interview and Explains Tourette's Tics After Shouting N-Word and Other Slurs at BAFTAs: ‘I Felt a Wave of Shame’ (EXCLUSIVE)  —  John Davidson, the Scottish Tourette's syndrome activist and real-life inspiration for “I Swear,” was thrust into the spotlight …