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 …

Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5  —  The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States …

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.”

The Former GOP Operative Running a News Site for the ‘Politically Homeless’  —  Sarah Longwell's profitable startup, the Bulwark, approaches the news with a raw candor subscribers crave  —  Sarah Longwell recently screened a tape of a focus group of Catholic participants discussing President …

Trump lawyers: No collusion with Trump administration to create ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund … Trump's lawyers invoked a federal court rule that allows plaintiffs in a case to drop it early in the litigation without explanation or substantive involvement by the judge.

Trump Is Losing Ground With White Working-Class Voters on the Economy … Among blue-collar white voters, President Trump's approval rating on the cost of living stood at just 36 percent in a New York Times survey.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times  —  The last time President Trump faced a midterm election …

Trump's systemic attack on whistleblowers, explained by an expert  —  “The cost to democracy is a loss of accountability and oversight.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️

Exclusive: ICE obtains local voter files  —  ICE investigators are going straight to local election officials for individual voter files, and they obtained them in two counties, according to emails shared with Axios. … - Trump said he believes millions of people, including non-citizens …

White students drop below 50% nationwide … - How schools, colleges and policymakers respond to this demographic shift will define opportunity for a generation. … - White students account for 48.8% of all Americans enrolled in public, private and homeschool systems as of October 2024 …

Progressive Champions PAC is a GOP front  —  Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.”  On Friday, according to FCC records, it booked nearly $400,000 worth …

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 Spectacle of Trump at 80  —  An octogenarian president for a 250-year-old republic.  —  What does it say about President Trump — and America — that the soon-to-be octogenarian plans to celebrate his 80th birthday with a series of U.F.C. matches on the White House lawn?

Wages Are Falling.  Wealth Is Surging.  No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.  —  As Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, workers are facing higher prices and fears of A.I.-driven job losses.  —  Two events from the past week help crystallize this strange, contradictory moment for the U.S. economy.

Even With U.S. Help, Little Oil Has Gone Through Strait of Hormuz  —  President Trump said more than 200 commercial vessels had safely traveled through the strait.  That's still far fewer than before the start of the war.  —  Even as the United States tries to negotiate an end to the war …

Saturday (6/13) News: “The world's first trillionaire is a killer”; “Iran Can Hold America Hostage in Either War or Peace”  —  “How America's Birthday Got Hijacked”; “Trump as Don Corleone”; “The Kennedy Center, Minus Trump”  —  Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines …

With a Deal Seemingly Close, the U.S. Faces an Iran More Willing to Withstand Pressure  —  The war has produced regime change, but Iran's new leaders are more willing to take risks and believe they have already absorbed the worst that America and Israel can deliver.

Independent Cascadia?  Greater Idaho?  Disunited States Look Toward Divorce  —  At a moment when even the prospects of dialogue seem far-fetched, movements to redraw state lines to link like-minded regions, or even to secede from the union, are gaining strength.  —  The revolution begins with a poetry reading.

Trump Administration Says It Will Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing  —  The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.  —  The Trump administration said on Friday that it would comply with a court order …

Screwworm spread tests US readiness after Trump staffing cuts  —  The U.S. spent decades driving the New World screwworm far into South America.  But now the parasite has reemerged, and officials are working to beat it back yet again using many of the same tried-and-true methods as the government did in the 1950s.

Vivek Ramaswamy Preaches the American Dream.  Will White Christians Accept It? … This tiny Appalachian town, population 2,000, turned out several hundred for the county GOP's Lincoln Day dinner.  The guest of honor, Vivek Ramaswamy, liked what he saw.  —  “We call it the American dream …

Defense decoupling is no longer just a European fear — it's Trump's policy  —  Ending Europe's dependence on U.S. capabilities is one thing, denying allies the ability to defend themselves is an entirely different matter. … When news broke that the Pentagon wouldn't sell long-range Tomahawk missiles …

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 …

Two Dan Sullivans?  Alaska G.O.P. Suggests Kicking One Off the Ballot in Senate Race  —  The lieutenant governor and the top elections official, both Republicans, are investigating whether the challenger coordinated with a Democrat to confuse voters.  —  A political battle in Alaska …

“It rips my heart apart”: U.S. military veteran calls on ICE to release wife  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  An American citizen who served in the U.S. Army and the Texas National Guard for roughly 20 years is desperately urging federal immigration officials to release his wife, who is facing deportation to her native Honduras.

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.