Inflation Accelerates After Weeks of War in Iran  —  The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans.  —  Consumer prices in the United States rose at the fastest rate since May 2023 last month …

The VRA Ruling Might Have Handed Republicans a Weapon to Attempt a Jan. 6-style Midterm Coup  —  An outlandish scenario to refuse to seat newly elected blue state representatives just became more plausible  —  Republicans have been throwing everything they can at the 2026 midterms …

The Art of the Ceasefire  —  How President Trump's approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo.  —  The obstacles to a lasting political deal between the U.S. and Iran were apparent from the very start of the ceasefire that was announced in early April.

Supreme Court greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election  —  The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year's congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun.

Rod Stewart tells King Charles he put ‘that little ratbag in his place’ during US trip  —  Rod Stewart praised King Charles III following the British monarch's trip to the United States — which included an address to a joint meeting of Congress and a visit to the White House …

The Major Trouble at ‘60’ … On Sunday evening, “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  During the wide-ranging sit-down, Netanyahu's first with a broadcast television outlet since the Iran War began, the prime minister discussed the prospects for peace …

One in Five HealthCare.gov Enrollees Dropped Insurance Coverage This Year  —  More Americans are dropping out of health care marketplaces than usual, after Congress let pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies lapse.  — Copy  —  The numbers are bearing out what many lawmakers feared …

China Increasingly Views Trump's America as an Empire in Decline  —  For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment.  President Trump's volatile second term shattered that image.  —  When President Trump visited China in late 2017 …

Trump officials pitch GOP on ballroom funds  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Trump's gas tax holiday faces headwinds  — Dems grasp for redistricting silver lining  — MAHA's junk food assault stalls on the Hill  —  Administration officials are trying …

‘My life is not affordable.  No one cares’  —  76% of Americans call cost-of-living issues their biggest economic problem  —  “It's more expensive to exist.”  —  “You're just staying afloat instead of getting ahead.”  —  “It should not be like this.”  —  Those responses to a new CNN poll sum …

ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir  —  The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates.  Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.

This year's U.S. House elections will be least competitive on record  —  In 1976, 101 U.S. House seats were structurally competitive.  Under the new 2026 maps, that number could fall to 33 — and just 15 are true toss-ups.  —  ∙ Paid … In 1976, the U.S. House of Representatives had 101 …

Arcadia mayor resigns, to plead guilty to working as an agent for China  —  The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, abruptly resigned Monday as federal prosecutors announced she had been charged with acting as a covert foreign agent for China.  —  Wang has agreed to plead guilty …

Trump's uphill climb on gas taxes  —  President Trump's endorsement of suspending federal gas taxes pushes the idea higher on the political radar, but it still faces long odds. … - The federal tax is 18.3 cents for gasoline and 24.3 cents for diesel (with another .1 cent fee for addressing leaking underground tanks).

Exclusive: FBI questions CIA officers over Russia assessment in Brennan probe, sources say  —  The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the Department of Justice's investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in an intelligence finding …

DHS's Misleading Press Release Smears a U.S. Judge in Rhode Island  —  The judge has referred an assistant U.S. attorney for an ethics inquiry, but she has said that DHS was the truly bad actor.  —  rparloff.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  On April 30, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security …

Key Republican faces Democratic calls to resign over radio interview  —  Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) is facing calls to resign from Democratic colleagues who say she expressed agreement with a radio host's remark that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) should get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.”

A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances.  It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea  —  Russia Asia North Korea National security  —  A Russian cargo ship likely carrying two nuclear reactors for submarines, possibly destined for North Korea …

Trump Says the White House ‘Was a Sh*t House’ With Columns ‘Falling Down’ When He Moved Back In  —  President Donald Trump complained that the White House was a “sh*t house” when he moved back in for his second term, claiming that the columns were “falling down” and plaster “falling off.”

Abigail Spanberger's Faceplant  —  Has there ever been a more overhyped politician than Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger?  —  Flash back a few months, when the “moderate” pol, boosted by endless media profiles describing her competence and pragmatic leadership, swept into office vowing she would …

Farmers are rightfully pissed at Trump  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🚜🌽 Subscribe to PN 🚜🌽  —  A couple weeks ago, Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the country …

Violent crime plummets in “Democrat run cities” blasted by Trump  —  Since his return to the White House, President Trump has repeatedly claimed that major cities across the United States are overrun with crime.  Trump has specifically targeted cities run by Democrats, calling them “unsafe” and “crime-ridden.”

Behind the Curtain: Scaling sin  —  Las Vegas has long been known as Sin City for its 24/7 access to all kinds of indecencies.  — America is quickly becoming Sin Nation. … - Governments didn't turn a blind eye to most of this behavior. … This shift in American governance …