Top Treasury Lawyer Resigns After Creation of ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’  —  Brian Morrissey, the department's general counsel, stepped down hours after the Trump administration announced the $1.8 billion fund.  —  The top lawyer at the Treasury Department stepped down on Monday in the wake …

Teenage gunmen open fire on San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves  —  Two teenage shooters opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday and killed three men before killing themselves a few blocks away, police said.  The attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego is being investigated …

The Looting of America  —  So the Trump administration is creating a $1.776 billion slush fund — 1776, get it? — to pay off victims of “lawfare and weaponization.”  Just to be clear, if you're a U.S. taxpayer, this action means that almost $1.8 billion of your money will be handed …

Trump Is Pressuring John Thune to Fire the Parliamentarian Over Ballroom Funding  —  The nonpartisan Senate adviser determined that the ballroom funding, as written, could not be included in the party-line budget bill.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune …

Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Putin might ‘regret’ invasion of Ukraine  —  US president also suggested they should co-operate with Russian leader against the International Criminal Court  —  Xi Jinping told Donald Trump during their talks last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin might end …

Pentagon's internal watchdog to probe U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats  —  Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the legality of the strikes.  —  WASHINGTON — The Defense Department's inspector general said Monday that it's investigating U.S. Southern Command …

Trump Moves to Admit 10,000 More White South Africans as Refugees  —  The Trump administration argues that an “emergency refugee situation” in South Africa merits bringing more Afrikaners to America, at a cost of some $100 million.  —  President Trump moved ahead on Monday with plans …

Trump Threatens Iran and Then Pulls Back, All in the Same Day  —  President Trump has repeatedly said he'll restart military action against Iran, only to stop short of plunging the United States directly back into an unpopular war.  —  President Trump said Monday that he had authorized …

Greenlanders are not ‘experimental subjects’, says minister as she decries US doctor's visit  —  Health minister in Nuuk condemns doctor's presence in US delegation as ‘deeply problematic’  —  Greenland's government has criticised the arrival of a US doctor in Nuuk alongside Donald Trump's special envoy …

NYT files new lawsuit over Pentagon press restrictions  —  The New York Times sued on Monday to block a requirement that reporters be escorted on Pentagon grounds, asserting it is unconstitutional just like the Defense Department's earlier press restrictions.

Nancy Pelosi endorses fellow progressive Connie Chan in high-profile race to succeed her  —  Chan's competition includes state Sen. Scott Weiner and wealthy former tech executive Saikat Chakrabarti, a co-founder of the progressive group Justice Democrats.  —  After months of resisting endorsing …

Independents and 2024 non-voters have swung back left  —  The big story in the new NYT/Siena poll isn't Trump's 37% approval (although that's very bad) — it's a 24-point swing among persuadable voters  —  I received six emails from major news outlets on Monday asking me to comment …

Russia's War Is Going Badly—on the Ground and in the Air  —  Putin shows no signs he is rethinking his aims  —  KYIV—Ukraine's military has wrestled Russia's much-larger army almost to a halt in recent months, having gained a tactical and technological edge.

G.O.P. Supporters Back Trump, but a Third Seek a New Direction for the Party  —  While President Trump remains overwhelmingly popular within the Republican coalition, a New York Times/Siena poll found, a sizable share wants the party's next nominee to take a different approach.

News organizations sue to unseal filings in DOJ's Fulton County election investigation  —  Federal investigators have demanded the names and addresses of 2020 election workers, but officials in the Atlanta-area county have refused.  —  A group of news organizations, including NBC News …

Exclusive: Pakistan deploys jet squadron, thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia during Iran war  —  Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defence system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defence pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war.

Peltola Debuts First Television Ad in High-Profile Alaska Senate Contest  —  Democrats face an uphill battle to win the Senate.  They see in Mary Peltola, the first Native Alaskan elected to Congress, their best chance to unseat Senator Dan Sullivan.  —  By KELLEN BROWNING

Mark Fuhrman, Flawed Witness in O.J. Simpson Trial, Dies at 74  —  A Los Angeles police detective, he was discredited during Mr. Simpson's 1995 murder trial by defense lawyers who pointed to his past use of racist language.  —  Mark Fuhrman, a Los Angeles police detective who in the 1995 murder trial …

Hantavirus Patient Ordered to Stay in Quarantine Despite Desire to Leave  —  A woman from the cruise ship with an outbreak of the deadly disease has been ordered to remain in an Omaha facility for two more weeks.  She says she tested negative.  —  Angela Perryman, an American passenger exposed …

Trump U.S. Attorney Pick Darin Smith Accused Of Misconduct Ahead Of Senate Vote  —  Federal judges tossed charges against nine criminal defendants over Smith's “deeply concerning” efforts to taint the jury as acting U.S. attorney.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are making a last-ditch push …

Trump reveals the ‘one thing’ he and Mark Cuban have in common at TrumpRX event  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  President Trump and Mark Cuban's “love-hate” relationship was on full display at the White House Monday …

Bloodthirsty Luigi Mangione fangirls unapologetically celebrate CEO's assassination: ‘F—k Brian Thompson,’ ‘His children are better off without him’  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  A trio of bloodthirsty fans …

Republicans could sway 2026 swing voters by leading on Alzheimer's  —  Conventional wisdom suggests that voter angst over healthcare affordability will haunt the party in power this November.  But unlike the typical midterm election pattern — where dissatisfaction with the ruling party pushes voters toward …

5/19/26☀️ AM: … House GOP leaders have pulled the SCORE Act from this week's floor schedule, according to multiple sources.  The proposed legislation would regulate how college athletes can earn money.  —  Republicans have struggled to pass this bill multiple times …

Democrats Have the Biggest Midterm Election Lead in May, by any Party, in 20 Years  —  While the polling industry has taken a lot of guff in recent years, one question continues to earn its keep: the generic congressional ballot test.  It is a poll question that asks respondents …

After primary loss, Sen. Bill Cassidy defends his 2021 vote to convict Trump  —  The Republican senator also insisted there is still room for dissent in the GOP.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Monday defended his vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago …