Top Treasury Lawyer Resigns After Creation of ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’  —  Brian Morrissey, the department's general counsel, stepped down hours after the Trump administration announced the $1.8 billion fund.  —  The top lawyer at the Treasury Department stepped down on Monday in the wake …

Teenage gunmen open fire on San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves  —  Two teenage shooters opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday and killed three men before killing themselves a few blocks away, police said.  The attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego is being investigated …

The Looting of America  —  So the Trump administration is creating a $1.776 billion slush fund — 1776, get it? — to pay off victims of “lawfare and weaponization.”  Just to be clear, if you're a U.S. taxpayer, this action means that almost $1.8 billion of your money will be handed …

No one is coming to bail Trump out of his disastrous war  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  It was just a couple of weeks into his war in Iran that President Trump began demanding other countries solve the problem he had created.

Trump Is Pressuring John Thune to Fire the Parliamentarian Over Ballroom Funding  —  The nonpartisan Senate adviser determined that the ballroom funding, as written, could not be included in the party-line budget bill.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune …

Greenlanders are not ‘experimental subjects’, says minister as she decries US doctor's visit  —  Health minister in Nuuk condemns doctor's presence in US delegation as ‘deeply problematic’  —  Greenland's government has criticised the arrival of a US doctor in Nuuk alongside Donald Trump's special envoy …

NYT files new lawsuit over Pentagon press restrictions  —  The New York Times sued on Monday to block a requirement that reporters be escorted on Pentagon grounds, asserting it is unconstitutional just like the Defense Department's earlier press restrictions.

Nancy Pelosi endorses fellow progressive Connie Chan in high-profile race to succeed her  —  Chan's competition includes state Sen. Scott Weiner and wealthy former tech executive Saikat Chakrabarti, a co-founder of the progressive group Justice Democrats.  —  After months of resisting endorsing …

Defense Watchdog Will Probe US Attacks on Boats in the Caribbean  —  The Pentagon's internal watchdog will investigate whether US boat strikes in the Caribbean followed targeting guidelines, amid claims from outside groups that the attacks were illegal.  —  “The scope of this evaluation includes …

Trump Moves to Admit 10,000 More White South Africans as Refugees  —  The Trump administration argues that an “emergency refugee situation” in South Africa merits bringing more Afrikaners to America, at a cost of some $100 million.  —  President Trump moved ahead on Monday with plans …

Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Putin might ‘regret’ invasion of Ukraine  —  US president also suggested they should co-operate with Russian leader against the International Criminal Court  —  Xi Jinping told Donald Trump during their talks last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin might end …

Exclusive: Pakistan deploys jet squadron, thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia during Iran war  —  Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defence system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defence pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war.

Mark Fuhrman, Flawed Witness in O.J. Simpson Trial, Dies at 74  —  A Los Angeles police detective, he was discredited during Mr. Simpson's 1995 murder trial by defense lawyers who pointed to his past use of racist language.  —  Mark Fuhrman, a Los Angeles police detective who in the 1995 murder trial …

Hegseth to Campaign for a Republican House Candidate  —  What We're Covering Today  — Justice Department: The Justice Department said that it had created a $1.8 billion fund to compensate supporters of President Trump who felt they had been mistreated by Democratic administrations.

Trump U.S. Attorney Pick Darin Smith Accused Of Misconduct Ahead Of Senate Vote  —  Federal judges tossed charges against nine criminal defendants over Smith's “deeply concerning” efforts to taint the jury as acting U.S. attorney.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are making a last-ditch push …

Hantavirus Patient Ordered to Stay in Quarantine Despite Desire to Leave  —  A woman from the cruise ship with an outbreak of the deadly disease has been ordered to remain in an Omaha facility for two more weeks.  She says she tested negative.  —  Angela Perryman, an American passenger exposed …

G.O.P. Supporters Back Trump, but a Third Seek a New Direction for the Party  —  While President Trump remains overwhelmingly popular within the Republican coalition, a New York Times/Siena poll found, a sizable share wants the party's next nominee to take a different approach.

After primary loss, Sen. Bill Cassidy defends his 2021 vote to convict Trump  —  The Republican senator also insisted there is still room for dissent in the GOP.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Monday defended his vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago …

House Oversight interviews Epstein prison guard  —  Tova Noel, the prison guard on duty the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death, is the latest witness to give testimony as part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into the late convicted sex offender.

5/19/26☀️ AM: … House GOP leaders have pulled the SCORE Act from this week's floor schedule, according to multiple sources.  The proposed legislation would regulate how college athletes can earn money.  —  Republicans have struggled to pass this bill multiple times …

Bill revamping college athletics is again pulled from House agenda  —  House GOP leaders are pulling a long-stalled college athletics bill from a planned House vote for a second time after they failed to secure the required votes, according to two people granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations.

Democrats Have the Biggest Midterm Election Lead in May, by any Party, in 20 Years  —  Never miss an article!  —  While the polling industry has taken a lot of guff in recent years, one question continues to earn its keep: the generic congressional ballot test.