Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files … On July 17, 2025, at around 6 o'clock in the evening, President Trump's top officials filed into the White House Situation Room — the secure bunker where classified and high-stakes national security matters are discussed and decided.

Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ after consumer price index hits 3-year high … President Donald Trump on Wednesday said, “I love the inflation” after being asked if he was concerned about new consumer price index data that showed the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, a three-year high.

Trump boils over after Tehran kept him waiting  —  The trigger for President Trump's strikes on Iran was the downing of a U.S. helicopter, but behind the scenes Trump had been growing more and more frustrated over nearly two weeks of waiting for an Iranian response to his latest offer that still has not arrived.

Postal Service won't deliver mail ballots for states that don't hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies Election security  —  State election officials could soon face a stark choice: Hand over voter lists to the Trump administration …

A new wave of anti-immigrant violence hits U.K. as riots convulse Belfast  —  Attackers torched neighborhoods across Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, after a Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested and accused of stabbing a man.  —  Summary  —  BELFAST — Masked men set houses …

Trump officials lay out aggressive timeline to build triumphal arch  —  Documents say a 320-foot crane may be used to build the arch, which sits on a flight path to Reagan National Airport.  —  Summary  —  Federal officials are laying more groundwork to begin construction …

Why I will use my Fifth Amendment rights before Congress today  —  Silence in response to bad-faith action is not retreat — it is a bedrock American right.  —  Regina Wallace-Jones is the president and chief executive of ActBlue.  —  I am not going to Congress looking for a fight.

Why Callais Doesn't Justify Court-Packing  —  To the extent Callais is a problem, it can be better addressed by steps such as banning gerrymandering.  —  Meet The Authors  —  The Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais—barring nearly all use of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) …

Donald Trump suggests he may not renew trade deal with Mexico and Canada  —  'We don't need anything that they have,' US president says of 2020 trilateral agreement  —  Donald Trump has suggested he will not renew the trade deal he forged with Canada and Mexico in 2020 …

Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents  —  Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior checkups, per past statements.  The White House has declined to identify which physicians assessed him.  —  Summary  —  For George H.W. Bush's first medical checkup …

Jeanine Pirro's Prosecutors Probe Big Banks for Alleged ‘Debanking’  —  The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. subpoenaed JPMorgan, Bank of America and others as part of a probe into alleged debanking  —  The Justice Department has sent far-ranging subpoenas to several of America's largest banks …

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Strikes Iran Again After Trump Says Talks Are Taking Too Long  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said just before the attack: “If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs.”  —  Here's the latest.  —  The United States launched a new wave …

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People  —  There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.  —  For months during the summer of 2024, Jarmarus Brown, an Orange City, Florida police officer …

Mamdani was to meet with Colombia's leader.  Trump made sure it didn't happen.  —  New York's mayor had planned to meet with leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro while he was in town for U.N. events, but the State Department nixed it.  —  Summary  —  New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani …

Bill Gates Says Epstein Tried to Blackmail Him  —  The tech billionaire told the House Oversight Committee that Epstein leveraged information about Gates' affairs to pressure him into a friendship.  — Copy  —  Tech billionaire Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee …

Department of Justice indicts eight conspirators who threatened University of Michigan officials, businesses, and the Jewish Federation  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan  —  DETROIT - Eight individuals associated with the University of Michigan …

11 Democratic senators demand answers on Trump's use of national park fees  —  Independent Sen. Angus King joined them in alleging that “much, if not all” of the revenue from online sales of park passes is going toward D.C. “vanity projects.”  —  Summary  —  Eleven senators are demanding answers …

Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking  —  NIne months into the Trump administration's deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes.  And a glaring anomaly.  —  The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 attacks …

EPA won't set nationwide standards for data centers … Just 37 percent of Americans would support a data center being built in their area, according to a POLITICO poll earlier this year.  There are myriad reasons cited by opponents, but water usage and air pollution are common complaints.