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.

Live Updates: Inflation Jumps as Iran War Intensifies Price Squeeze  —  Consumer prices rose at a faster rate for a third-straight month in May, to 4.2 percent annually, as the energy shock put more pressure on the U.S. economy.  —  What to know about the report.

Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack  —  The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions.  —  The tech billionaire continued overnight …

Iran says 20,000 people left without water after US hits reservoir tanks  —  Washington says its jets targeted air defence and radar sites after Iranian forces downed American helicopter  —  Iran said US air strikes had left 20,000 residents in its southern Hormozgan province without water …

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) …

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 …

MAGA's kayfabe meltdown over California primary  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤯 Subscribe to PN 🤯  —  Reality show influencer Spencer Pratt won't be getting clobbered in November by Karen Bass, and MAGA is psyched.

Nancy Mace's thrashing in South Carolina governor's race caps a rough downfall  —  The congresswoman finished fifth in the state's GOP gubernatorial primary, according to unofficial returns, solidly losing even her own home county and district.  —  June 10, 2026

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 …

Capital agenda: Cue shutdown watch after Republicans go it alone on ICE funding  —  Republicans solved an immediate crisis Tuesday, clearing for President Donald Trump's signature a party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies into 2029.  But that hardly improves the chances …

The Supreme Court Doesn't Own the Constitution  —  It is the job of the judiciary, as Chief Justice John Marshall famously wrote, to say what the law is.  —  Often, this is taken to mean a duty to interpret the Constitution and fix its meaning in place.  But to say what the law …

Trump invokes ‘The West Wing’ in apparent justification of latest Iran strikes  —  Trump shared a clip from an episode in which the fictional president, played by actor Martin Sheen, dismisses the idea of a “proportional response” following the downing of a U.S. aircraft.

Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking  —  If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?  —  NINE MONTHS INTO the Trump administration's deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes.

ActBlue C.E.O. Invokes Fifth Amendment Repeatedly in Testimony to Congress  —  The head of the Democratic fund-raising behemoth declined to answer questions from House Republicans about reports that she may have misled Congress over how her group vetted foreign donations.

Top DOJ official planned to make a claim with Trump's ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ … His plan to make a claim from the fund stems from his time as a congressional staffer.  He had his phone and email records subpoenaed when he was investigating “Russiagate,” the yearslong probe into Russia's efforts …

Pete Hegseth's Mormon diss explodes a MAGA myth  —  Christian nationalism isn't just immoral — it's incoherent  —  Pete Hegseth is not a coherent thinker.  This was demonstrated yet again on the D-Day anniversary event in France, where the defense secretary gave a speech that was supposed …

Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests  —  Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack  —  European confidence in an American “security guarantee” has hit a historic low, a survey suggests …

Guthrie doubles down on data center energy legislation  —  House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie said Wednesday he is interested in moving forward with legislation to address the impact of data centers.  Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been divided on whether a new federal law is needed on the issue.

Trump says “I love the inflation” because U.S. is “taking out” Iranian oil  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — President Trump on Wednesday applauded the latest inflation spike, saying the numbers are “great” and “I love the inflation” because the U.S. “taking out” what he called …

Hopes Dim for Renewing Spy Law as Trump Digs In on Bill Pulte  —  Republicans are struggling to extend a powerful surveillance authority set to lapse this weekend after President Trump alienated lawmakers with his choice of acting spy chief.  —  Hopes were fading on Wednesday for a breakthrough …

Supreme Court's final cases loom over Trump's immigration, election hopes  —  The last Supreme Court decisions of the term include major tests of presidential power and election law that could have lasting implications on voting and governance. … - The Supreme Court's final slate …

Trump setbacks fuel lame-duck talk as he turns 80  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to project political strength as he turns 80, but setbacks at home and abroad are exposing the limits of his power and pushing him toward the kind of lame-duck status he has told aides he is determined to avoid.

Skid Row homeless claim they've been paid to vote for Karen Bass and Nithya Raman  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The California Post on Google  —  A series of shocking videos show homeless residents on Los Angeles' Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote …