Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait  —  The printing director who resisted the effort said she was reassigned last month.  “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye.  —  Summary  —  Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing …

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.  —  When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.

Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll  —  The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Republicans brace for money problems in Texas after Ken Paxton's win  —  Paxton has trailed Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in fundraising, and some Republicans say the party will have to spend millions to win the Senate race. … President Donald Trump may be celebrating …

Trump has no way out on Iran  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  On May 18, President Trump posted some fan fiction about his ill-fated war against Iran and got pre-mad at the “Fake News Media” …

Judge allows Trump to implement mail-in voting executive order  —  A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump's executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting in a loss for the Democratic Party, whose lawyers argued that it could disenfranchise millions of voters.

Students For Trump Co-Founder Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges, Allegedly Yelled “Do You Want To Die Today?”  —  Ryan Fournier, the co-founder and chairman of the group Students for Trump, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C., after he allegedly assaulted and threatened a woman …

F.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home  —  The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars.  —  A senior C.I.A. official was arrested last week …

Scoop: U.S. and Iran reach deal but need Trump's final approval, officials say  —  U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give his final approval …

Exclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data  —  U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.

Treasury Announces the Launch of the Trump Accounts App and Next Steps for Trump Accounts  —  WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of the Trump Accounts app on app stores available nationwide.  The Trump Accounts app will be the main interface …

May 2026 National Poll: Rubio Rises as 2028 Contender, Buttigieg, Newsom Top Democratic List  —  Home Polls May 2026 National Poll: Rubio Rises as 2028 Contender, Buttigieg, Newsom Top Democratic List  —  Majority Oppose US Intervention in Cuba  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey …

Republicans are gutting southern Dem districts.  Dems might front-load the South in its 2028 primaries to respond. … “I'm also of the view that if we can have maybe two southern states, maybe this is time to rebuild the Democratic Party across the South,” she added.

Samuel Alito's Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump's Treasury Department  —  Philip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury's office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department.  — Copy

Newsom vows 100 percent tax on DOJ ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ payouts … Democratic state lawmakers in New York are pushing for a vote by next week to fully tax payouts from the fund.  Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris in an interview said his measure was in the process of being introduced in the Democratic-dominated Legislature.

Key inflation gauge worsens, eroding Americans' income and spending power  —  A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, the latest sign that spiking gas prices and higher food costs are squeezing Americans' finances.  Inflation jumped to 3.8% in April compared …

AP Exclusive: Trump administration tells prosecutors to stand down on Venezuela leader, sources say  —  The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez …

Ebola spreads as concerns grow over US response  —  An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is fast outpacing containment efforts in the region as questions and concerns mount in the U.S. over the Trump administration's preparedness and response.

Exclusive: Trump's accelerating squeeze on Cuba  —  The Trump administration is bracing for the potential collapse of Cuba's totalitarian government as early as this summer, and has war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos, U.S. officials tell Axios.

Trump's approval plunges among his White working-class base  —  In a striking shift, White voters without college degrees that voted to reelect Trump by a huge margin are now net-negative on his job approval.  —  Summary  —  WILLOWICK, Ohio — Just outside the bar where the TV warned of rising gas prices …

The climate change house of cards is finally collapsing  —  The prevailing climate change narrative took a big hit in recent days, as scientists who comprise the United Nations's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are backing away from more outlandish climate predictions for the 21st century.

Democrats Can't Avoid a Reckoning With Gaza  —  We can't defend democracy while upholding elite impunity  —  As Democrats continue to struggle to coalesce around a shared message for the future, last week offered some troubling examples of their refusing, once again, to learn from the mistakes of the past.