A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family  —  Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.  —  Someone decided to hurt our family this week.  I'm furious, and I want to share what happened.

How the Reflecting Pool Turned Green: Missing ‘Bubblers’ and a Rush Job  —  Bulky “nanobubbler” machines were carted off ahead of a promotional event for President Trump's Ultimate Fighting Championship birthday party.  —  The nanobubblers had to go.  —  It was early June …

Live Updates: U.S. Military Strikes Missile and Drone Sites in Iran  —  U.S. Central Command said the attacks were in retaliation for an Iranian drone strike on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.  They concluded after about 90 minutes, according to a U.S. official.

Trump's Religious Liberty Commission takes aim at church-state separation  —  The report recommends the Justice Department issue guidance to promote “an originalist understanding” of how the Constitution sees religion and government.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration took aim …

This MAGA Ohio Town Could Soon Face the Mother of All ICE Raids  —  Stephen Miller is very, very excited about the Supreme Court's big ruling Thursday allowing Donald Trump to summarily end protections from deportation for hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the United States.

South Dakota Republicans reject censuring John Thune over stalled SAVE America Act  —  South Dakota Republican delegates rejected a push to censure Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) over the stalled SAVE America Act, exposing a fight within the GOP over how far the party …

Democrats Are in a Civil War—and the Far Left Is Gaining Ground  —  Centrists who have been ‘wringing our hands’ are scrambling to beat back insurgents  —  In Colorado, allies of longtime Rep. Diana DeGette are pouring money into a late round of ads to help defeat a Democratic socialist in next week's primary election.

Watergate Today as a Blip of a Story?  Vance Might Not Be Entirely Wrong.  —  Nixon's offenses were not a deep-state invention.  But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.  —  Vice President JD Vance …

Donald Trump's Freedom 250 faces fresh humiliation as Vanilla Ice concert canceled  —  Vanilla Ice was supposed to perform during Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Friday, June 26, before the concert was canceled due to heavy rainfall in Washington, D.C.  —  View 3 Images

Panic at CBS as Bari Weiss eyes ‘blockbuster sit-down’  —  Reports that embattled CBS News head Bari Weiss is searching for a sympathetic ear among journalists for an interview to clear her name have some in the executive suites in a bit of a panic.  —  According to media watchdog Status …

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket  —  Far more people than previously known have dropped Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026, according to data released Friday.  —  Five million people who had signed up for health coverage …

I Went to Trump's Great American State Fair.  It Was Bleaker Than I Expected.  —  Thursday was opening day for the Great American State Fair, the latest round of summer patriotism planned by President Trump's Freedom 250 semiquincentennial task force.  In preparation, the National Mall …

Bill Pulte Picks G.O.P. Election Operative for Spy Agency Job  —  Christina Norton is the new chief of staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, former officials said.  —  Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, has installed as his chief of staff a woman …

U.S. Begins Investigating Polymarket, a Test of a Key Regulator  —  Last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission overruled its enforcement attorneys and killed a separate inquiry into whether the Trump-tied company was illegally serving U.S. customers.

‘Rush Project at Request of POTUS’  —  The pathway that connects the White House residence to the Oval Office has long been paved in Tennessee flagstone.  Every president since Harry Truman made the 45-second commute, and made it without complaint, until Donald Trump.  The dun rock would not do.

US judiciary to hike PACER fees to fund accelerated system upgrade  —  The U.S. federal judiciary on Friday said it will temporarily hike fees to download documents from its online court records system known as PACER in order to accelerate the development of a new, more secure case management and public access system.

House panel subpoenas Wall Street mogul over Epstein ties, escalating probe  —  The Oversight Committee issued the subpoenas after Leon Black refused to answer questions about NDAs, the panel's chairman said.  —  Summary  —  The congressional committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein's crimes issued …

UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody  —  High commissioner for human rights calls for ‘those responsible for violations of the law’ to be held to account  —  The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Friday raised …

Supreme Court says Alito's verbal reaction to Sotomayor was based on a ‘misunderstanding’  —  The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court said Friday.

Commerce Department greenlights limited return of Anthropic's Mythos  —  Anthropic's most powerful models are back online on a limited basis after the company addressed risks that led the government to effectively shut them down, according to a letter from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to Anthropic, seen by Axios.

Meta asks California lawmakers for shield from child harm penalties … Meta's plea comes as it faces hundreds of lawsuits accusing the company of failing to protect kids' safety on its platforms.  The proposal is the latest example of how the company is maneuvering politically amid pending …