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 …

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.

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 …

US military strikes sites in Iran as countries exchange fire  —  The Middle East Federal agencies US military  —  US forces targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for launching a series of “unprovoked” missile, drone and small boat attacks against American warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz …

China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War  —  America's ability to deter China in a war over Taiwan is weakened, Chinese analysts say, giving Beijing leverage in an upcoming summit with President Trump.  —  A grinding war in Iran has so severely drained American firepower …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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”.

Federal and State Officials Discuss Closing Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  —  When My Father's Canary Flew Away  —  In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed.  What was going on in his brain?  —  10 MIN READ  —  ADVERTISEMENT

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 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” …

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.

Marco Rubio says U.S. expects Iran response on peace deal ‘today’  —  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the U.S. is expecting a response on Friday from Iran on the proposal to end the war.  —  “We should know something today... we're expecting a response from them,” …

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.

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.

USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail  —  Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect.  Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.

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.”

Tennessee passes new congressional map that splits state's only majority-Black district  —  The new map eliminates the one district in the state held by Democrats  —  State troopers ask demonstrators to leave the House gallery as they protest efforts by the state's Republican leadership …