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 …

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.

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 …

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.”

Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund  —  A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.

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 …

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 …

Pam Bondi tells lawmakers ‘redaction errors’ were made in Epstein files release  —  The former attorney general is facing questions behind closed doors from lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee.  —  Former Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee …

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.

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

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.

Trump lays out Iran deal demands, says he's about to make ‘final determination’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he is meeting in the Situation Room “to make a final determination” after listing everything that Iran must do for him to approve a deal to end the war.

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 …

Summary of Key Changes in OMB's Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule  —  https://www.federalregister.gov/ public-inspection/2026-10817/regulation - for-federal-financial-assistance  —  Thanks for reading!  Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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.

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 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 …

Who's Deranged, Exactly?  —  Of partisanship and economic sentiment  —  Donald Trump's chief economist said something interesting the other day.  Yes, the remarks by Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, were stupid, but that goes without saying.

Trump Clears Way for Companies to Avoid Taxes in Havens Including Malta and Cyprus  —  U.S. companies skirted at least $40 billion in taxes since the beginning of 2025 thanks to schemes in places like Malta, Bermuda and Cyprus.  —  A year ago, the Trump administration withdrew from a global effort …

The Trump Administration's Incredibly Slow Learning Curve  —  These are not very bright people and things got out of hand.  —  There's a scene from All the President's Men that has become an oft-deployed meme during both terms of the Trump administration.  It's the one where Deep Throat explains …

Becerra leads governor's race, with Hilton and Steyer in tight contest for second spot, poll finds  — 9 min Click here to listen to this article  — On the cusp of California's gubernatorial primary, former Biden Cabinet member Xavier Becerra narrowly leads a volatile race …

New York Wants to Restrict ICE Enforcement.  ICE Has Other Ideas.  —  New York leaders changed state immigration laws to hold federal agents accountable for their deportation tactics, but their efforts will face opposition from the Trump administration.  —  Roughly a week after Gov. Kathy Hochul …

Juliet Jeske on Fox News during Late Trumpism  —  If we didn't laugh, we'd cry.  —  The first episode of the newly rebranded PN Pod features the tremendous Juliet Jeske of Decoding Fox News.  —  We had lots of laughs while discussing topics like the increasingly debased state of Fox News during Trump 2.0 …

Trump's Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He's a Humiliated Bully  —  Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump is a rotten peacemaker for many reasons—but one of them is that he can't even remember which enemy he's fighting.

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 …

Air traffic control run by Compaq computers is safe but inefficient, FAA head says  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  As the summer travel season starts to take off, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration tells CBS News he has confidence in the system, despite hundreds of FAA facilities being run on decades-old technology.

Cornyn shares fable of frog and scorpion after Trump sinks reelection  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) cryptically shared the fable of the frog and the scorpion on social media after President Trump torpedoed his reelection campaign by endorsing state Attorney General Ken Paxton …

Trump's Semiquincentennial Faceplant  —  Our long national nightmare may be coming to an end: The White House and Iran are reportedly closing in on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran seemingly willing to forgo tolls or controls on the waterway in exchange for various U.S. concessions …

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.

A court in Kenya blocks U.S. plan to keep American Ebola patients in Africa  —  A facility built by the U.S. military on a Kenyan air base was intended to isolate Americans exposed to Ebola during the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  —  Summary

Habeas Flight Watch: New tool helps track ICE flights to your city  —  Activists have been quietly piloting a live map of ICE flights to help immigration attorneys with habeas filings.  Now they say it's ready for everyone to use.  —  A group of activists have built a new online tool …