Kash Patel's Personalized Bourbon Stash  —  One of J. Edgar Hoover's greatest reforms at the FBI was his embrace of fingerprinting.  During the 1930s, visitors to the FBI offices in Washington, D.C., received souvenir fingerprint cards featuring his name.  The men who succeeded him as FBI director …

Chief Justice John Roberts says American public wrongly views the justices as ‘political actors’  —  In remarks at a judicial conference, Roberts bemoaned what he characterized as the American public's misconceptions about the Supreme Court.  —  HERSHEY, Pa. — Chief Justice John Roberts …

Trump's abrupt U-turn on a plan to re-open the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies  —  Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military's ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.  The White House said the administration notified Middle East allies in advance.

Purported Epstein Suicide Note Is Released  —  A federal judge released the note on Wednesday, which Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel.  The New York Times has not authenticated that Mr. Epstein wrote it.  —  A federal judge has released a suicide note purportedly written …

Susan Collins Says She Has Long Had a Benign Tremor  —  The Republican senator from Maine, running for re-election at age 73 in one of this year's top Senate races, made the disclosure after mounting online scrutiny on the left.  —  Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican seeking re-election …

Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia's Fulton County, judge rules  —  The federal government can keep the 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Grand Theft Oil Futures  —  Source: CNBC, Financial Times, BBC, Reuters  —  At this point it's almost routine: Almost every time Donald Trump makes a major announcement about the Iran War, that announcement is preceded — sometimes by only a few minutes — by huge and hugely profitable bets in the oil market.

Exclusive: How Trump's Minneapolis immigration blitz hobbled federal crime fighting  —  The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents also dramatically slowed other federal investigations and prosecutions into an array of serious crimes, a Reuters review of federal court records found.

Israeli attack kills son of Hamas leader negotiating with Trump-led board  —  An Israeli air strike has killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator in U.S.-mediated talks over Gaza's future, a senior Hamas official said on Thursday, as leaders of the militant group held talks in Cairo aimed at safeguarding their truce with Israel.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Earliest Opportunity’ — Gov Opens Door To Redrawing Maps After SCOTUS Nukes Race-Based Districting  —  Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is opening the door to redrawing several of his state's electoral maps after the Supreme Court handed Republicans a major win against race-based redistricting.

Democrats see Senate control within reach — but some big hurdles remain  —  The political terrain remains forbidding, but the president's crumbling approval ratings and the Iran war's weight on the economy offer the party an opening.  —  Summary  —  Democrats are increasingly optimistic …

Kamala Harris wants the DNC to release its autopsy report of the 2024 campaign  —  Amid turmoil over the Democratic Party's future, Harris has been privately sounding out confidants about her own prospects. … As former Vice President Kamala Harris considers another run for president …

Colorize This Obituary  —  Ted Turner is dead.  Although not much in the news for the past two decades, Turner played an outsized role in creating twenty-first century America.  He wasn't the worst billionaire ever, not by a long shot.  But he was also very very billionaire.

The Billionaires Behind the Most Expensive Midterm Elections in History  —  Political committees have already raised $4.7 billion for the November contests as ultra-wealthy donors look to shape the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency.  —  Jeff Yass, the billionaire founder …

Oil Pumping Site Deep Inside Russia Could Be Ablaze, Image Shows  —  An oil-pumping station deep inside Russia could be on fire again just days after being hit by Ukrainian drones.  —  Satellite images from NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System reveal fresh heat spots …

The RNC's First Big Midterms Spend Is On its Ground Game  —  The Republican National Committee is deploying staff to 17 states with key races.  — Copy  —  The Republican Party is spending big on its ground game — the party's first major investment in the run-up to the midterms.

The Scandal That Should Be the End for Fratboy Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth  —  BLOWING UP YOUR SPOT  —  If this massive Iran cover-up doesn't cost Pete Hegseth his job, nothing will.  —  OPINION  —  Not since Vietnam have we seen a more systematic effort by an administration to lie about the nature …

Trump to Host Brazil's Leader After Months of Ups and Downs  —  President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, will meet on Thursday for talks on security, trade and critical minerals.  —  President Trump will host President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva …

Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Unveiled for Leftist “Extremists”  —  Subscriptions are declining; PLEASE become a paid subscriber so I can keep doing this work  —  The White House declared war on the American people today, labeling its political opponents as terrorists, including “Left-wing extremists.”

War and Energy Shortages Boost China's Influence in Asia  —  The war in Iran has left China's neighbors appealing for help, handing Beijing the kind of sway it has long sought.  —  As the war in Iran drags on, China has deepened its influence with fuel-starved neighbors …

Mexico nightclub's $300 cover charge for US citizens captures popular mood  —  Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us - as a country - by the United States’  —  A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge …

Why So Few Babies?  We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All.  —  Raleigh Rivera and her husband had spent five years fine-tuning their parenthood plan: In 2025, they would move from Los Angeles, where they have been living since 2023, back to Ms. Rivera's hometown, Minneapolis …

Another federal appeals court rejects ICE's mandatory detention policy … No prior administration believed it had this authority, they noted.  —  Judge Barbara Lagoa, a Trump appointee, dissented from the panel's decision.  —  ICE's expanded push, which began last July …

Trump Keeps Saying He Wants to Leave NATO.  Maybe He Already Has.  —  President Trump is very, very disappointed in NATO.  He has been critical of the alliance for years, but the refusal of other members to participate in the war in Iran seems to have finally sunk his sense of its worth to zero — perhaps permanently.

Jack Smith Calls the Justice Dept. ‘Corrupted’ by Trump and His Allies  —  At a private event in Washington last month, Mr. Smith, the former special counsel, accused Justice Department leaders of targeting people for prosecution to please and impress the president.

I Really Hope This Deadly Virus Doesn't Reach America, or We're Doomed  —  Surely we can't rely on Secretary Road Kill to protect us.  —  This is a truly frightening development.  From the BBC: … Hantavirus will kill you dead.  Thirty-eight percent of people who develop symptoms will die from it and there is no cure for it.

Fetterman slams NYC protesters as ‘pro-Hezbollah/Hamas,’ challenges Democratic Party to condemn them  —  Add us as a preferred source on Google  —  Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania Democrat, lit into anti-Israel demonstrators who clashed with police outside a Manhattan synagogue Tuesday night …

Rubio visits Rome aiming to repair White House ties with Pope Leo  —  Relations between the United States and the Vatican are at a low point over President Trump's attacks on Pope Leo, who is a leading critic of the war in Iran.  —  Summary  —  ROME — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set …

A Black Man Won an Election In New Orleans.  Republicans Are Trying to Abolish His Position Altogether  —  The legislative response to Calvin Duncan's landslide victory has a long, shameful history in Louisiana.  —  On Monday, May 4, Calvin Duncan officially began his term as Clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.

Justice Department Investigation Determines UCLA's Medical School Discriminated Based on Race in Admissions  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has completed a year-long investigation into the admissions policies and practices at the David Geffen School …

Trump counterterrorism strategy targets ‘violent left-wing extremists’ with ‘transgender ideology’ … The Trump team is also looking at how domestic online activities could incite violence, a focus that follows an increase in political violence, such as the multiple attempted assassinations of Trump and the killing of Charlie Kirk.