LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens  —  Today is the court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center.  Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board filed a last-mi...

Justice Department approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. … The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  Paramount did not respond to a request for comment.  —  The public scrutiny intensified after Netflix dropped its own bid for Warner Bros. following …

Algae resurfaces in reflecting pool after multimillion-dollar fixes … An Interior Department spokesperson said that the current algae is “residual” from supply lines that sat dormant for eight weeks during construction.  The residue is part of the normal startup process, the spokesperson said.

Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire  —  With SpaceX shares soaring on their first day of trading, the world's richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.  —  Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday.  —  The tech mogul reached that milestone …

Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme  —  With Wall Street's help, you're about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX  —  Yesterday I took a short trip.  I began with a ride on the local Hyperloop, which ran through a tunnel dug by Boring Company.  Then I used my neural implant to summon a fully self-driving Tesla robotaxi.

Opera Company Sues to Collect $17 Million From the Kennedy Center  —  The Washington National Opera, which left the center amid the Trump administration's takeover, says its efforts to retrieve its endowment and other assets have been blocked.  —  The Washington National Opera …

Judge orders Trump officials to re-install signs and exhibits at national parks on topics like slavery and climate change  —  President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.”

Middle East crisis live: final text of peace deal between US and Iran agreed, says Pakistan's prime minister  —  Islamabad working with both sides to finalise next steps, says Shehbaz Sharif  —  Switzerland offers to host peace deal signing, AFP reports  —  Senior US official tells Reuters ‘we are very close’ to deal with Iran

Just 3% of recent ICE detainees had a violent felony conviction, government data shows  —  Trump had pledged to target the “worst of the worst” criminal offenders.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, June 17, 2025, in New York.

Exclusive: UAE to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say  —  The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the U.S.-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.

Suspect dead after Texas shooting kills 1 and leaves 9 others in the hospital, police say  —  A shooter who opened fire in the West Texas city of Midland died Friday after a standoff with police following an attack that left one person dead and at least nine others injured, city officials said.

Ohio progressive group searched by FBI accuses Trump's DOJ of intimidation  —  The Justice Department investigation is focused on the group's voter registration efforts, and is part of the administration's ongoing effort to pursue allegations of voter fraud.

A Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial.  I'm Its First Target  —  The billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved.  —  For many journalists, blowback is just part of the business.

The Supreme Court invented a special legal rule solely to screw Planned Parenthood  —  About a year ago, the Supreme Court handed down a baffling decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood (2025).  In Medina, South Carolina committed an obvious violation of federal Medicaid law …

White House UFC Event Lighting Nearly Blinded Flight Crew on Approach to Reagan National  —  A commercial airline pilot that spoke to MeidasTouch this evening has filed aviation safety reports after powerful lighting used during the construction and testing of the UFC octagon …

A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots  —  After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.  —  Within an hour after a horrific …

Trump's inexperienced federal prosecutors are running into trouble in court … People with traditional resumes, he added, may be reluctant to take the job.  “I suspect that those with prosecutorial experience value the professional capital they gained by getting it, and will think twice …

The Art of the Cave  —  Can Trump sell his loss to Iran as a win?  —  In this week's PN Pod, co-host Paul Waldman and I discussed the outlines of the emerging Iran deal, which looks like something close to a complete Trump cave, and unpacked whether the president can sell his humiliating loss as a win to the American people.

The Black Mold Of Republican Lies  —  Even when their smears aren't helpful to them in the short run, they harm Democrats in the long run.  Here's a prescription for deterrence.  —  Let's assess how Republicans are running against Democrats, to the extent that they're trying to influence voter decisions and win more votes.

Republican senators block effort to bar federal troops from election interference  —  A Democratic senator said he was “fearful” that GOP resistance was a sign the administration is planning “illegal domestic deployment of our military.”  —  Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee blocked …

At 80, Trump Is Everywhere and Showing Signs of Age  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump closed his eyes and appeared to nod off while seated in a suite this week at an NBA Finals game in New York City as cameras caught him snacking on french fries and pizza.  He returned to the White House after 2 a.m.

The world's first trillionaire is a killer  —  Elon Musk's empire of wealth is built on suffering. … Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet.  And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books …

Cornyn tells Mike Lee to lay off John Thune  —  Sen. John Cornyn isn't a card-carrying member of the Senate GOP's growing YOLO caucus.  But with less than seven months left in office after losing his primary, the Texas Republican appears to be feeling newly free to speak his mind.

Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund  —  A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government.

DeSantis zings Florida GOP over lack of governor primary debates … “There should be a debate, they said there would be a debate,” DeSantis told reporters at a press conference on battling Medicaid fraud in West Palm Beach.  “Having an open process and having people be able …

Trump says U.S. military carried out a strike on leader of Tren de Aragua  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. had carried out a lethal strike on Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Nino Guerrero, the leader of Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.

Exclusive: US military rushed to prepare ground mission to capture Iran's uranium, but Trump paused it, sources say  —  The US' top general made a secret, rushed visit to US Central Command headquarters in Florida late last month to be briefed in person on plans for the US military …

The Trump DOJ's Disparate Impact Changes Are About Putting Black People In Their Place  —  Finally, this administration has identified a form of “disparate impact” it finds objectionable.  —  For decades, the Supreme Court, Congress, and the White House all recognized that seemingly neutral policies …

Exclusive: US forces shoot down Iranian attack drones, source says  —  U.S. forces shot down multiple Iranian one-way attack drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, in the latest military flare-up even as Washington and Tehran cite progress in peace talks.

Trump Concedes a Battle in His War Against Wind Energy  —  Trump's Department of Justice is giving up on defending the president's wind permitting moratorium.  —  The DOJ filed a motion on Wednesday to dismiss its appeal of a federal court's December decision vacating the order to halt wind energy approvals.