The simple statistical error Republican Supreme Court justices used to gut the VRA  —  The Court says vote dilution can be proven only after “controlling” racial polarization for partisan polarization.  This is a nonsensical and impossible test … The six Republican-appointed justices …

Supreme court's Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ  —  Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on unusual methodology, a Guardian analysis has found  —  The claims Samuel Alito, a supreme court justice …

Trade Court Rules Trump's 10% Global Tariff Is Illegal  —  A panel of federal judges found that President Trump could not legally impose the tariff on most imports.  —  A panel of federal judges on Thursday found President Trump had violated the law when he imposed a 10 percent tariff on most U.S. imports …

Kash Patel ordered polygraphs of more than two dozen members of his team, sources say  —  FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail, as well as other staff, and has been described as being in panic mode to save …

MAGA Rep Accused of Brutally Beating GOP Senator's Daughter  —  FAMILY TRAUMA  —  Rep. Max Miller was elected in 2022 and previously served in the Trump administration.  —  A MAGA congressman has been accused of years of physical abuse against his ex-wife, the daughter of a prominent Republican senator.

5/8/26☀️ AM: … Several House and Senate Republicans are privately raising alarms about the money and the political pitfalls of funding anything related to Trump's controversial ballroom, even as the White House, administration officials and GOP leaders insist the $1 billion is only for security.

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' redistricting plan, dimming party's midterm hopes  —  The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans …

Is Trump About to Invite In the Biggest Predator in the World?  —  “If you look at my old speeches when I was young, very handsome,” President Trump said while announcing his “Liberation Day” tariffs last year, “I'd be on a television show.  I'd be talking about how we were being ripped off.”

Secret document reveals Russia's plans to aid Iran  —  Unjammable drones would be used against American forces, according to proposals seen by The Economist  —  There are many reasons why America's war on Iran has been failing.  One of them is the effectiveness of Iranian drones.

Judge rules Trump administration's cancellation of humanities grants was unconstitutional  —  The Trump administration's cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department …

Did Amazon just deliver a blow to Josh Shapiro's White House dreams?  —  There are many hurdles facing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro if he truly hopes to make the transition from a popular governor, seemingly cruising toward reelection this November, to a Democratic presidential contender in 2028.

UK's Labour Party suffers heavy early losses as Reform gains in elections  —  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Friday to stay in office to “deliver change” after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections that deepened doubts over his ability to govern.

UAE reports drone and missile attack after US says it traded fire with Iran  —  The United Arab Emirates said it responded to another Iranian missile barrage on Friday, hours after the U.S. said it traded fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest blows to a shaky month-old ceasefire.

Humans still matter more than AI in finance  —  Recruiting digital natives with critical thinking skills is going to be crucial  —  A few months ago a New York financier told me he had just experienced a “first”: his 2025 summer interns “were the first true AI natives I have seen”.

Iran claims to have seized ‘offending’ oil tanker in Gulf of Oman  —  State TV releases a video of IRGC forces boarding and detaining the Barbados-flagged vessel, Ocean Koi.  —  Add Al Jazeera on Google  —  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker …

Trump admin releases highly anticipated files documenting UFOs, ‘extraterrestrial life’  —  Release includes Apollo operator transcripts describing ‘jagged, angular fragments’ seen from the spacecraft  —  FIRST ON FOX — The Trump administration on Friday released a batch of “never-before-seen” …

New DHS chief already humiliated as insiders make demeaning ‘queen’ comparison... and nasty infighting over Kristi Noem's replacement begins  —  When Markwayne Mullin attempted to install his personal pick to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement inside the Department of Homeland Security, the White House shot it down immediately.

Paramount's Paper Trail … Early on Thursday afternoon, Paramount's chief legal officer, Makan Delrahim, received a letter from lawyers representing Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders—both organizations of which are shareholders in the David Ellison-owned media conglomerate.

I haven't changed.  Here's what has.  —  Working across the aisle is the only way forward.  —  John Fetterman, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.  —  Many might not know, but I won my first race by a single vote to be mayor of Braddock, a small steel town …

Pentagon Releases Files on U.F.O.s  —  The initial files are murky images that show what could be anything.  The government said more would be released on a rolling basis.  —  The Pentagon released what it called “new, never-before-seen” files on U.F.O.s on Friday, hailing the step …

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Rob Sand Is Worrying Iowa Republicans … At a recent stop at a brewery in Des Moines, Rob Sand, a Democrat running for governor, didn't hold back about what the matter with Iowa is.  —  The state has among the worst economies of all 50 states in the country, he said.

We're at the Dawn of the Ozempic Era — and It's Really Weird  —  This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.  —  Here's a number from a KFF poll that actually shocked me when I learned it: One out of eight American adults is taking a GLP-1.

Stephen Miller's closed system of white supremacy  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🔁 Subscribe to PN 🔁  —  Working in the Trump administration these days is no doubt a dream come true for Stephen Miller.

U.S. Schools Face a Crisis as the Number of Children Drops  —  With fewer students, many public school districts are confronting unfilled classrooms, and hard choices about school closures.  —  As American women have fewer babies each year, the number of young children in the United States is dwindling.

Graham Platner targets fuel tax, Big Oil in energy plan … “Nine hundred dollars more.  That is what the average Maine household paid this winter compared to the year before — just to heat the house, keep the lights on, and get to work,” Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, says in the plan obtained exclusively by POLITICO.

Trump drives across Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to inspect new blue coating he's putting on it  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday went on an unannounced trip to the Lincoln Memorial to see the Reflecting Pool after he had it coated in a color he calls “American flag blue.”