Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer  —  The diagnosis came after doctors found a “small nodule” on Mr. Biden's prostate that required “further evaluation.”  —  Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, a spokesman said on Sunday.

‘I own the store’: Trump seeks a direct role in the economy  —  From prices to tariffs to dealmaking, Trump's involvement in economic issues prompts both frustration and applause.  —  President Donald Trump is trying to force down drug prices to specific levels.  He has directed tariff rates on virtually every country.

How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours  —  THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO slash Medicaid stalled on Friday, when legislation cutting more than $625 billion from the program failed to get through a key House committee.  —  GOP leaders said they hope to try again on Sunday night.

The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement  —  Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation, best known for Project 2025, set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the United States.  —  In late April, the Heritage Foundation dispatched …

Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and fatally injuring 2 crew members  —  A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday night, snapping its three masts, fatally injuring two crew members and leaving …

FBI links California fertility clinic bombing to anti-natalist ideology  —  The attack left one dead on Saturday and injured four others.  —  The car bombing outside a California fertility clinic that killed one person and injured four others appears to have been driven by anti-natalist ideology …

Bruce Springsteen Again Calls Out ‘Unfit President’ Trump at Second Manchester Concert  —  “Things are happening right now that are altering the very nature of our country's democracy, and they're too important to ignore,” singer says, days after president's threatening social media tirade

Pope Leo Snubs JD Vance After Inaugural Mass  —  GODLY PASS  —  The pope gave the vice president the short shrift.  —  Pope Leo XIV spurned JD Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders.

One Thing Helping Trump's Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention  —  Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump's job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.

Big Donald Is Watching You: Sliding into autocracy under Trump 2.0  —  A giant banner featuring Donald Trump's photo just went up at the front of the Department of Agriculture.  A military parade is being planned for his birthday, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

Russia Unleashes One of Its Largest Drone Barrages of the Ukraine War  —  The bombardment, which Ukrainian officials said mostly targeted Kyiv, came just a day before President Trump was expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.  —  Russia targeted Ukraine on Sunday …

Bessent warns tariffs will return to ‘Liberation Day’ rates if negotiations aren't in good faith  —  Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday warned that tariffs on trading partners could go back to the rate slapped on them on “Liberation Day” last month if they don't engage in good-faith negotiations.

Trump says he killed DEI.  So why isn't it dead yet?  Cracks emerge in war on ‘woke’  —  With the swirl of a black Sharpie marker, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on his first day back in the White House, cracking down on what he calls “illegal and radical” diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Van Hollen: The U.S. Is ‘Complicit’ in Starving the People of Gaza  —  “Two million Palestinians are starving.  This is collective punishment that is clearly illegal under international law,” the senator said … When asked on CBS's Face the Nation about photographs of starving children in Gaza …

Patriotism, True and False  —  Some thoughts on an important and somewhat slippery concept  —  People have played patriot games since the beginning of time—since the beginning of countries, certainly.  I know you recognize the phrase “patriot games.”  Tom Clancy published a book by that title in 1987.

In states, tariffs aren't yet producing the surge of foreign investment Trump is promising  —  The Trump administration has touted investments to reassure Americans who are uneasy about his tariffs.  But economic development officials say those investments have slowed amid economic uncertainty.

Rand Paul says Trump's Qatar jet plan could undermine the wins from his Middle East swing  —  “It at least gives the appearance of a conflict of interest,” he said.  —  The way Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul sees it, President Donald Trump is coming off a positive week of dealmaking in the Middle East.

Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact  —  State superintendent Ryan Walters tapped chief of Heritage Foundation, key player behind Project 2025, for curriculum  —  As part of the latest Republican push in red states to promote ideologies sympathetic to Donald Trump …