The Birthright Con  —  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, the case that will decide the fate of the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment.  —  On his first day back in office, President Trump issued an executive order that tried …

Trump interview: I am strongly considering pulling out of Nato  —  Exclusive: US president tells The Telegraph alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and claims UK does not even have a navy  —  Donald Trump has told The Telegraph he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of Nato after it failed to join his war on Iran.

Trump's Fateful Choice  —  The military is waiting for the president's go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.  —  As thousands of additional U.S. troops arrive in the Persian Gulf, military officials are planning for two potential ground assaults in Iran: one on Kharg Island …

The Actual Danger of Trump's Phony Vote-by-Mail Executive Order  —  Sometimes it's the chaos, not the cruelty, that's the point.  —  That certainly seems true of President Donald Trump's second executive order on elections, issued on Tuesday.  The order purports, among other things …

'I Don't Care About That': Trump Says Iran's Enriched Uranium Is Not a Concern  —  President Trump's statement was the second time in 24 hours that he had declared that the nuclear problem with Iran had been solved, despite all evidence to the contrary.  —  For more than a decade President Trump …

‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported  —  The top official in charge of the federal government's disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he's experienced “teleportation” - an experience he insists was real …

Border Patrol chief Michael Banks hit with prostitution allegations by agents  —  EXCLUSIVE — The national chief of the Border Patrol, Michael Banks, was known among colleagues for taking regular trips abroad to engage in sex with prostitutes, according to six current and former Border Patrol employees …

On the Original Legal Meaning of “Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof”  —  There has been some originalist debate of late about the proper reading of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.  The fate of the Trump administration's executive order excluding new categories of individuals …

$4 Gasoline is Less Than Half the Story  —  The biggest losers from the Iran War are buyers of diesel, jet fuel, chemicals and fertilizer  —  Although I expected the war on Iran to be a disaster, I didn't expect the Trump administration to be implicitly conceding defeat after barely a month.

Israel's Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go  —  Israel has issued sweeping evacuation warnings, and pressed some Christian and Druse leaders to expel Shiite Muslims from southern towns, the leaders said.  —  When Israel and Hezbollah last went to war two years ago …

Inside the Bizarre Feedback Loop Between DHS and MAGA Influencers  —  How MAGA influencers became part of the mass deportation campaign.  —  As DHS officers flooded into Minneapolis on an early December day, Mahamed Eydarus was out with his mom, shoveling snow.

CNN Poll: Trump's approval rating on the economy hits a new low  —  Donald Trump Election polls Corporate news US shutdown  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating for handling the economy has fallen to a new career low of 31%, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS …

Big tech is coming for the midterms  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤖 Subscribe to PN 🤖  —  It wasn't that long ago that the prevailing view in Silicon Valley was that politics is both grubby and boring, not worth the time and money …

U.S. Plans Military Expansion in Greenland  —  The Pentagon is in talks with Denmark for access to three more areas on the Arctic island.  Several Greenlanders said they didn't like the idea.  —  The American military is intensifying efforts to secure greater access to Greenland …

Trump Can't Shake Claims Over Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Years Later  —  More than five years after violent riots at the US Capitol, President Donald Trump still can't avoid lawsuits seeking to hold him legally responsible for the chaos that temporarily disrupted Congress' certification of the 2020 election.

In South Dakota, Neighbors Feel Sorry for Kristi Noem's Husband  —  In the tiny town of Castlewood, S.D., where everyone knows the Noems, the prevailing sense was that people can't help but feel bad for Bryon Noem after a tabloid photo leak.  —  That couldn't be him, could it?  —  The cartoonishly large breasts.

Placing U.S. Troops in Middle East Hotels May Violate Laws of War  —  U.S. commanders have kept many troops away from bases in the region to protect them from Iran's ballistic missile attacks.  —  The U.S. military's decision to move troops away from bases under Iranian attack to hotels …

Spain hits back at Trump in escalating row over euthanasia  —  Madrid is irked by the State Department's move to investigate the assisted suicide of a 25-year-old Spanish woman.  —  Spain blasted the U.S. government on Wednesday for probing a high-profile euthanasia case in Barcelona …

Trump demands Republican-only immigration bill by June 1 … The partisan showdown over immigration funding has now spiraled into an intraparty battle inside the GOP, and both the House and Senate have adjourned for two weeks with lawmakers pointing fingers at each other.

Astroturf and selective outrage: The real story behind ‘No Kings’  —  Organizers of last weekend's “No Kings” protests claimed eight to nine million participants across more than 3,300 events.  It was billed as the largest single-day protest in American history.

Hill staffers brace for their boss's ‘TMZ moment’ … Staffers whose bosses end up splashed across the infamous website are likely feeling less stoked about the spottings.  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was seen by a TMZ tipster at Disney World over the weekend, and Rep. Robert Garcia …

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Now Plans to Gut, but Not Close, Consumer Protection Agency  —  What We're Covering Today  — Consumer Protection: The Trump administration has scaled back its plans to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but it still needs …