Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is leaving the Department of Homeland Security  —  DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the move Thursday evening and wished Lyons well.  —  Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is leaving the Department of Homeland Security, the new head of the DHS said Thursday.

Trump Says He'll Nominate Erica Schwartz to Lead CDC  —  President also names three others to help lead the agency  —  President Trump said Thursday he will nominate Dr. Erica Schwartz to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  The CDC has been without …

House Votes to Extend Expiring Law on Warrantless Surveillance for 10 Days  —  The Senate would need to also approve the stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday.  Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.  —  The House of Representatives voted early Friday …

Scoop: Democrats eye new strategy after Iran war powers fail  —  A group of House Democrats is discussing plans to force a vote on an Iran war powers every day until one finally passes or U.S. operations in the region end, Axios has learned. … - It's not clear if House Democratic leadership …

Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran  —  The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan to end the war, with one element under discussion being that the U.S. would release $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in return for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium …

Progressive Analilia Mejia coasts to victory in New Jersey special House election … “We must stop them,” she said.  “These radicals will watch Rome burn with all of us within, and they are simply cowards — cowards unwilling to stand up to this madness.  But we stand up, we resist, we will not allow it to continue.”

Cookies, deodorant, socks.  Iran war puts military packages in limbo  —  Thousands of boxes sent to service members in Middle East are stuck in limbo.  The Postal Service has indefinitely suspended delivery amid Iran war.  —  Dan F. was alarmed when his daughter, a Marine aboard the USS Tripoli …

Here's a model of consumer sentiment that doesn't suck  —  On the question of why Americans are so glum, the answer is still (mostly) the prices, stupid.  But you have to know where to look … A gallon of milk costs about a dollar more today than it did in 2019.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center  —  I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it.  What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.  —  On the day I was laid off from the Kennedy Center, I felt a little like Dolley Madison saving …

Former FEMA leader set to return after being ousted  —  Cameron Hamilton had publicly disagreed with previous efforts to dismantle FEMA.  While those plans have shifted, the agency's future is still unclear.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump plans to nominate Cameron Hamilton …

Justin Fairfax increasingly erratic weeks before murder-suicide, court records show  —  Fairfax was once a favorite to become Virginia governor before sexual assault allegations arose.  The couple's teenage son called 911, officials said.  —  Summary  —  Former Virginia lieutenant governor …

Mandelson Became Britain's Ambassador to U.S. Despite Failing Security Vetting  —  Britain's foreign office overruled vetting officials in granting Peter Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, the highest level of security clearance, the government said.  —  British vetting officials recommended …

Pay Z: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still earning rap music royalties, tax filings show  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his short-lived career as a multilingual rapper, tax filings show.  But the 34-year-old Democrat's meteoric rise as a celebrity politician …

ICE went on a hiring spree.  Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds  —  Their backgrounds stand out.  And not in a good way.  —  Two bankruptcies and six law enforcement jobs in three years.  An allegation of lying in a police report to justify a felony charge …

Trump Fumes Over Ballroom Pause as Aides Try to Shift Focus to Midterms  —  President fires off several social-media posts decrying a judge's decision to block construction  —  President Trump and his senior aides had planned to shift focus on Thursday to the kind of domestic policy plans …

Gabbard raised issues with spy law Trump is pushing to renew … In a statement, the White House said Trump's “entire exceptional national security team is in lockstep with the president in advancing his efforts to achieve a clean reauthorization of FISA 702.”

Pentagon Pete Goon Offers Wild Explanation for ‘Pulp Fiction’ Prayer  —  FACT OR FICTION  —  The spokesman's excuse did not offer much clarity.  —  Pete Hegseth's top spin doctor tried to defend his boss's bizarre interpretation of a Pulp Fiction monologue during a Pentagon worship event on Wednesday.

Hegseth attacks ‘unpatriotic’ media and compares reporters to Jewish biblical group  —  The defense secretary has frequently attacked the media over Iran war coverage. … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escalated his attacks on the media Thursday, comparing reporters covering the Iran war to the Pharisees …

America's Orange Jesus  —  Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour.  —  In her 2023 memoir, “Oath and Honor,” published the year before Donald Trump's remarkable return from political oblivion, the Republican apostate …

Trump ditches deportation showmanship  —  The Trump administration is discarding its shock-and-awe publicity tactics on immigration after mass deportations were met with mass backlash. … - A former DHS official said “cooler heads have prevailed” in the White House and are re-calibrating the messaging …

The regime's attacks on Pope Leo backfire spectacularly  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one👇  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have picked a fight with the pope, and things are getting really weird.

Progressive Lawmakers Launch Affordability Listening Tour in Battleground States  —  A Democratic donor network and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will hold small-group sessions with voters in Las Vegas, Houston and Phoenix to hear about rising costs and shape their election message.

GOP, Democrats blast Vought for holding back cash: 'You don't have the authority to impound'  —  Senators from both parties chided the Trump administration Thursday for continuing to withhold funding Congress has approved, more than a year after the White House first froze billions of dollars for temporary “review.”

ICE Has Detained Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, an 85-Year-Old Widow  —  Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé moved to Alabama to wed a long-lost friend.  But after her new husband died, an inheritance battle exploded and his son used his influence to have her arrested, a probate judge said.