Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel  —  The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran.  —  Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns …

Trump Pardons Former Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading  —  Stephen Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana, was convicted of trading stock related to two deals before they were made public.  —  President Trump has pardoned Stephen E. Buyer, a former Republican representative …

Are Latter-day Saints Christian?  The U.S. Defense Department doesn't appear to think so.  —  For nearly a decade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been engaged in a top-down rebrand meant partly to solidify its focus and bona fides as a Christian religion.

Hegseth invokes immigration and ‘invasion’ in D-Day speech in France  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it.

C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars Said to Have Created Fake Spy Program  —  A federal judge has ruled that David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, must remain in detention.  U.S. officials say Mr. Rush funneled millions in federal funds to himself.  —  A C.I.A. employee who was found recently …

Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat  —  And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today.  —  On Tuesday, Graham Platner could become the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine.  That has many in his party worried.  This week on “The Opinions,” …

US Accepts Only White Refugees For Sixth Consecutive Month  —  The Trump administration is spending more than $100 million to fight the “emergency” of “white genocide” in South Africa.  —  Every single one of the 599 refugees the US admitted last month was a white South African …

Trump cries ‘steal’ over slow California vote count, but anti-fraud system works, say experts  —  State's tortoise-like pace is byproduct of system of verifications and opportunities for voters to fix errors  —  California's slow vote counting has frustrated political observers eagerly awaiting results …

The Bidens Return to the Stage: Online, in Bookstores and at a Best Western in South Dakota  —  The re-emergence of the former first family has been fraught for some Democrats who just want to move on.  —  “This is the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America …

Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration  —  Several of those escorted out were scheduled to present at the American Diabetes Association conference this weekend.  —  Several diabetes experts were escorted out of an influential medical conference …

As Trump Pushes Deportations, a Skyrocketing Caseload Strains Immigration Courts  —  A federal surge has more than doubled caseloads within some immigration courts nationwide.  Lawyers say the tactic is causing errors and confusion.  —  Federal officials have quietly begun fast-tracking …

Trump's cognitive impairment endangers us all  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  “He doesn't sleep and it's actually a problem,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during Senate testimony this week.

Bob Packwood, Senator Forced to Quit in Sex Scandal, Dies at 93  —  An unorthodox Republican, he helped shape tax policy and women's rights legislation before resigning in 1995 amid accusations by more than 20 women of sexual misconduct.  —  Bob Packwood, a moderate Republican senator …

Downing Street hits out after Vance post about Henry Nowak  —  Downing Street has hit out at “people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division”, after JD Vance's comments on the murder of Henry Nowak.  —  The US vice-president blamed the death of the 18-year-old British student …

Nancy Mace knows her Epstein vote screwed her with Trump.  She doesn't care. … Still, the three-term representative says she has no regrets about her Epstein vote — or its consequences.  —  “That's the sole reason I didn't get the endorsement, because I voted to release the Epstein files …

Can Blanche Actually Give Trump Immunity from IRS Audits?  —  The commitment is almost certainly not enforceable, for several reasons.  —  As usual, Dan McLaughlin said all I wanted to say, and then some, in his good-riddance post on the Trump “Anti-Weaponization” fund's demise.

Raphael Warnock Says the Supreme Court Has Done ‘Violence’ to Democracy  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  Give Raphael Warnock credit for timing.  In his new book, “The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America,” the Democratic senator …