Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show  —  Internal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that military personnel must pay their own way and meet strict physical requirements to be eligible.  —  Summary  —  The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds …

Judge Reopens Trump's Lawsuit Demanding $10 Billion From IRS  —  The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.

US judge orders removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center  —  A judge on Friday ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the iconic Washington venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.

The White House's Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens  —  The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration's sweeping immigration crackdown.  But some of its details are really out there.

ICE Agent Wanted in Minneapolis Shooting Is Captured in Texas  —  Christian Castro, who had been charged with assault in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, was taken into custody Friday morning.  —  Law enforcement officials from Minnesota and Texas …

Postal Service moving forward with Trump's attack on mail voting  —  The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said in a yet-to-be-published proposed rule Friday that it's drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.

Stephen Miller's Wife Doxed This Young Dem.  Then the MAGA Rage Hit.  —  Katie Miller, who is married to Stephen Miller, lashed out at a young Democratic operative on Thursday, after the Democratic Party's official account called Miller's husband an “ugly f-k.”

The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It  —  Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters.  Here they are.  —  TylerMcBrien  —  tylermcbrien.com  —  michael-feinberg.bsky.social

Inside Bari's ‘60’ Bloodbath … “They're killing ‘60 Minutes.’”  —  That's how the iconic newsmagazine's former executive producer Bill Owens, who quit last summer citing corporate interference, put it to me by phone on Thursday as news broke about the firings ordered by the widely disliked …

U.S. has not confirmed that Iran placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say  —  The U.S. military has not definitively identified any mines during repeated searches of the waterway, raising questions about how “robust” the threat may be, sources say.

Poll: Trump's economic message isn't breaking through … Americans still aren't sold on President Donald Trump's economy — and many say the Iran war is making their financial situation worse.  —  Six months after The POLITICO Poll first found deep concern among voters …

White House breaks from precedent by not releasing Trump's medical report  —  The White House has yet to release any results from President Donald Trump's most recent physical exam, a break from its own past practice that's likely to fuel further questions about his health and fitness.

Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District  —  A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state's previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South.  —  Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday …

Frederica Wilson is leaving Congress.  She explains why in an exclusive interview  —  Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will not seek a ninth term in Congress, she confirmed to the Miami Herald Thursday in a wide-ranging interview explaining why she obfuscated her plan to give up her seat …

Bondi Blames Acting AG Todd Blanche for Epstein Files Controversies  —  The former attorney general also refused to answer questions about President Donald Trump in an interview with lawmakers on Friday, Democrats said.  — Copy  —  Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions …

'He's full of s—t': JPMorgan's Dimon rips Coinbase CEO, escalates fight over crypto bill … Senators once seen as sympathetic to bank priorities brushed off their complaints, raising broader worries that traditional finance has lost its sway in Washington.

Allan Kittleman: Why I'm leaving the GOP  —  After 50 years as a registered Republican, I have made the difficult decision to leave the party and become an unaffiliated voter.  —  My family spent generations helping build the Republican Party.  My grandfather chaired his county GOP in lowa.

Sherrill tries to ‘lower the temperature’ at immigration detention facility … The announcement comes after days of chaos at Delaney Hall, the state's largest immigrant detention center.  The 1,000-bed federal facility — run by the GEO Group, a private company — has been the site …

Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Flow of Cocaine to U.S., Experts Say … With deadly precision, the Trump administration has launched dozens of attacks on small boats in the waters off South America, killing nearly 200 people in a campaign U.S. officials say is meant to curb the flow of illicit drugs to the United States.

Rock-bottom immigration rates leave mark on U.S. economy  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown is causing one of the sharpest slowdowns in U.S. population growth in decades.  Economists are beginning to tally the effects, with some warning that the damage will stick around.

Utah releases state voter roll audit amid Trump administration lawsuit  —  Audit finds 99.7% of those registered to vote are US citizens as DoJ presses for access to information citing low removals  —  The fight for democracy is supported by  —  Utah released the results of a year-long audit …

Journalist Favored by Trump Is in Talks to Join White House in Temporary Role  —  John Solomon said he was being vetted for a role as a “special government employee,” a status given to part-time, outside advisers to the federal government.  —  John Solomon, a reporter who gained President …

Jill Biden on that disastrous debate and Joe's decision to withdraw  —  Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris − the memoir settles a few scores, but generally with a stiletto rather than a hatchet.  —  Jill Biden knew something was going disastrously wrong as she watched Joe Biden struggle …

Sorry, Haters: James Talarico Not Gay, Analysis Finds  —  Republicans are seizing and pouncing on James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, because—let's be honest—they're threatened by his modern brand of masculinity.  —  He's not a typical “bro.”  He doesn't flaunt his “jacked” physique.

Trump Administration Wants Autos Under USMCA to Be at Least 50% Made in America  —  President's negotiators to propose half of components and materials come from American sources; pact with Canada and Mexico currently doesn't have U.S.-specific requirement  —  The Trump administration …

Zandi Says US Is ‘Uncomfortably Close’ to Recession  —  Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi says the war with Iran needs to end immediately or recession will become more likely than not.  He says another jump in oil and gasoline prices could cause consumers to “pack it in,” pushing a fragile economy into contraction.

Pool Problems  —  What's happening with the paint on the National Mall?  —  There are many surprising things to learn about the current renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  For one thing, the company doing the repairs didn't have to bid for the job, and it's receiving …

Trump's mass deportations are only possible with racial profiling  —  As ICE ramps up street arrests, court records show that agents are disproportionately going after Latinos. … Border security czar Tom Homan keeps threatening to “flood” New York City with ICE agents.

Why so much election analysis is basically useless  —  Last Friday, I (reluctantly) wrote a long piece about the Democratic National Committee's finally published “autopsy” of the party's 2024 campaign.  In that post I argued that the single biggest cause of Trump's win was the economy/inflation …