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 …

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies  —  The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.

“He wants action”: Trump's frustration with Iran stalemate sparked Hormuz gambit  —  President Trump was fed up with the “no deal, no war” stalemate in Iran.  The operation he ordered to change that dynamic could ultimately lead back to war.  — “The president wants action.

ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months  —  The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.  —  On October 3, 2025, the Trump administration abruptly stopped paying third-parties for medical care provided …

DeSantis signs gerrymandered Florida map into law  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed an aggressively gerrymandered electoral map into law, the final step in a bid to flip four more seats in Congress to Republicans.  —  Litigation challenging the map, which could hand the GOP …

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.

GOP Senate candidate recruiting off-duty Detroit cops to intimidate voters  —  Mike Rogers, a leading Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, recently told a GOP group that he's recruiting former and active police officers to serve as poll watchers in Detroit for the upcoming election, according to The Detroit News.

Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working  —  A new report reveals that children across the UK are outwitting online safety measures with fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and some surprisingly creative facial hair.

He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image.  Then Came the Abuse Allegations.  —  Paul Pressler helped ordain the marriage between white evangelicals and the Republican Party, all while accusations of sexual abuse piled up.  Right-wing groups are still using his political playbook.

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.

I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment.  He Lashed Out on X.  —  Counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is one of the most controversial figures in the Trump administration, a gate crasher in the buttoned-up world of national security.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Alabama and Tennessee move to draw new congressional districts in wake of Supreme Court ruling  —  Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

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 in a bikini …