Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Guide’ Stranded Ships Through Strait of Hormuz  —  The president called the plan, which doesn't involve escorts by U.S. warships, a humanitarian gesture, and said that discussions with Iran continue  —  President Trump said Sunday the U.S. would start guiding commercial ships …

Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman … It's a few days after the election this November, and the results have become clear: Democrats have netted the four seats they need to claim a Senate majority.  —  But then there's a disturbance in the force: Senate Republicans …

Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital  —  A spokesman for the former mayor of New York City said Mr. Giuliani was critical but stable.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, is in a Florida hospital in critical condition, his spokesman said Sunday.

Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets  —  A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshi—often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading—take home most of the winnings  —  John Pederson, 33, couldn't work.

Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms  —  The party's congressional campaign arm is promoting more contenders to take down at-risk Republicans — and is taking sides in some competitive primaries.  —  Democratic officials added eight candidates on Monday …

Trump finds a ‘Southern Strategy’ to save his dreams of dictatorship  —  James Comey, the former FBI chief who was the nation's top federal law enforcement official for three-and-a-half years, should have known not to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

SCOTUS's Brazen Power Grab Guts Voting Rights  —  This week has underscored a brutal reality of our teetering constitutional system: a renegade, partisan Supreme Court ignoring the power and role of Congress, prevaricating about history and the plain language of the Constitution …

The vanity presidency  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏆 Subscribe to PN 🏆  —  Following the failed attempt on President Trump's life at the White House Correspondents Dinner, lapdog Republicans and their media allies rushed …

The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump  —  The ubiquity of abortion pills during the second Trump administration has frustrated antiabortion advocates  —  WASHINGTON—The antiabortion lobby expected to be more triumphant by now: A conservative Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade …

Five Key Questions Hanging Over the Midterms  —  These issues facing both parties are likely to decide who wins in November … Key Questions  —  Political predictions are risky.  (I've learned that the hard way more than once).  There are almost always wildcards we can't see coming, especially with Donald Trump involved.

Truth of Trump's Wild Sleepless Nights Exposed  —  LOSING HIS MIND  —  Joanna Coles and Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty dive into a jaw-dropping investigation revealing the president's relentless late-night posting habits.  —  A third of Donald Trump's social media posts …

May 3, 2026  —  Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media.  At 11:03 he posted an AI-generated image of himself, alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, all shirtless, along with an unidentifiable woman …

Scoop: Shapiro boosted Republican to retaliate against fellow Dem, ally says in recording  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro secretly helped a Republican state treasurer's 2024 reelection bid after the official's Democratic opponent had criticized Shapiro as a potential VP pick, a close Shapiro ally said last week.

Republicans see GOP dysfunction as major liability ahead of midterms  —  Senate Republicans say the dysfunction in the House is becoming a liability for the broader GOP brand ahead of this year's midterm elections, warning that if Congress can't break through legislative gridlock …

House Ethics Officials Investigated Rep. Jim Costa for Alleged Inappropriate Behavior With Interns  —  The Ethics Committee ultimately dismissed the case, even as some lawmakers expressed concern about Costa's alleged behavior, according to a source who was in the room during the deliberations.

Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead  —  Even before Donald Trump launched his ill-advised war on Iran, America's allies were already pronouncing the end of the era of U.S. leadership of the free world.  “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” European Commission …

Scoop: Dems' foreign policy group prepping for '28  —  Senior Democrats are rebooting an influential foreign policy group to help potential 2028 presidential candidates and bring together national security specialists who could staff the next Democratic administration, Axios has learned.

Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder  —  America's war with Iran has entered a calmer phase: diplomatic posturing, on-and-off-again negotiations and endless wrangling of a settlement.  This, of course, is far preferable to the annihilation of Iranian civilization that President Trump …

I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment.  He Lashed Out on X.  —  Sebastian Gorka accused a ProPublica reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery” about him.  Here's how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the U.S. counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.

Young men are souring on Donald Trump  —  But can Democrats win them over?  —  When it comes to making a show of manliness, few politicians can match Donald Trump.  One day he is swaggering into a cage-fighting stadium to the tune of Kid Rock's “American Badass”.