DOJ probes Democratic-allied nonprofit that helped pay E. Jean Carroll's legal bills  —  The investigation centers on statements Carroll made during a deposition in her civil lawsuit against President Donald Trump, in which a jury found that he had sexually assaulted and defamed her.  —  Summary

A Draft U.S.-Iran Plan Is Said to Be on the Table.  Here's What to Know.  —  U.S. and Iranian officials say they are closing in on the terms of a preliminary agreement.  Yet sticking points, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz, remain.  —  For weeks, mediators between Iran and the United States …

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White House Whipsaws Once Again on Iran  —  Plus, President Trump's face could appear on a $250 bill and the U.S. agrees to a deal with Kenya to establish Ebola quarantine center for Americans  —  Good morning.  On Saturday, President Trump said on Truth Social that a deal with Iran was near complete.

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 …

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 …

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.

Milli Vanilli and Morris Day say they won't perform at Trump-linked Freedom 250's DC shows  —  A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the “first wave” of performers for “The Great American State Fair” shows on Washington's National Mall in June and July …

He hasn't been seen in Congress for months.  Now Republicans are worried.  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s New Jersey district is among the country's most competitive, and his absence from the House since March has sparked increasing alarm in his party.  —  Summary

Vietnam moves its dead for Trump golf course  —  Project has become symbolically important for relations between Washington and Hanoi  —  In a small cemetery nestled between fruit farms in northern Vietnam, farmers who for decades buried their dead near family plantations are digging up the graves.

Latest Indicator of Political Discontent: 43% of Voters Dissatisfied With Both Parties  —  Persistent frustration over the economy and foreign policy have left many Americans feeling politically homeless, and young voters are particularly frustrated.  —  Forty-three percent of voters …

Eleanor Ross Is US Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers  —  Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Grocery Shoppers Are In For a Summer of Pain  —  The Iran war's effects will keep rippling through the supply chain, even if it ends.  —  As painful as food prices have been over the past several years, there's reason to believe it's only going to get worse from here.

The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops' Phones for Years.  Now They Are  —  The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops.  It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.

The Trump Administration Is Spending $5 Million to Coat Horse Statues in Gold  —  The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.  — Copy  —  Four massive bronze horses positioned along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial still shine …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a true victim of weaponization  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  ✈️ Subscribe to PN ✈️  —  The Department of Justice used to be insulated from the whims of the president.

Replacing aging U.S. voting equipment will take years and billions of dollars  —  America's voting systems are getting old.  —  Take Louisiana, for instance, where many Gen Z and Millennial voters cast primary ballots this month using machines that were older than they were.

Why Was the Chief of Staff for a Leading Republican Senate Candidate on a Group Chat With Famous White Nationalists?  —  The chief of staff for Rep. Mike Collins, the front-runner to be Republicans' Senate nominee in Georgia, said he used his congressional position to attempt to free a Holocaust denier from prison.

The Record Divide Between Corporate Profits and Worker Pay  —  Labor's share of economic output just hit an all-time low, while the profit share hit a near record.  It helps explain why consumers feel so glum.  —  To understand why people are so miserable about the economy …

Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice  —  Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a Republican.  He served in a Republican White House, typically votes with the Court's other Republicans, and even sometimes sides with President Donald Trump in major cases that divide the Republican Party.

Inside Putin's $26 Billion Quest for Longevity  —  From mini-pigs and organ printing to cryotherapy and genetics, Russia's president has turned antiaging research into a Kremlin priority  —  When Vladimir Putin was captured by a hot mic telling Xi Jinping that humans could achieve immortality …

5/29/26☀️ AM: … Iowa has been getting consistently redder for a generation now.  —  But Democrats insist their ambitious plans this year are possible thanks to a massive voter backlash against Trump's policies.  A cost-of-living crisis is wreaking havoc on Iowa's rural counties and agricultural economy.

Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds a New Escape: Argentina  —  The billionaire's new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and a shared ideology with Argentina's right-wing leader.  —  The Saturday tournament …

‘No Kings’ movement planning nationwide event on Trump 80th birthday  —  The “No Kings” movement announced a nationwide event set for June 14, which is President Trump's 80th birthday.  —  “The next 250 starts with us.  As America approaches its anniversary about what story we tell.

FBI interviews election workers in a swing state amid Trump's false 2020 claims  —  Agents in Wisconsin have been following up on debunked conspiracy theories as part of their queries, after pursuing 2020 ballots in other swing states.  —  Summary  —  MADISON, Wis. — The FBI in recent weeks …

Austrian sentenced to 15 years for planning attack on Taylor Swift concert  —  An Austrian court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 15 years in prison for planning a jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.  —  A jury of a court in Wiener Neustadt late Thursday found Beran A. …

AI billionaires brace for pitchforks … - Populist politicians, particularly on the left, have cast this as capitalism's next great reckoning: an even deeper concentration of wealth and power in an economy already rigged for the elite. … Many suggest the answer is not deceleration or wealth taxes, but shared abundance.