Belgian federation to challenge FIFA's decision to let Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match  —  The Belgian soccer federation wants explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U.S forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup despite getting a red card in his previous game.

Trump's Deranged ‘Lewinsky Room’ Offer to World Leader Revealed  —  GOODIE BAGS  —  He also tried to offload a few pairs of his favorite dress shoes.  —  Donald Trump tried to foist tacky MAGA freebies onto an official delegation from Europe and told his visitors that their wives could sell …

In Trump's Second Midterm, Democrats Are Looking for Fighters  —  Attitudes in the party have shifted, Democrats say, with a growing appetite for outsider candidates vowing to overhaul the system.  Some worry that the trend could be costly in November.  —  With President Trump's second term …

ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics  —  The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.  —  Voting was already underway when the ICE agents arrived …

How Kalshi infects the news  —  This is a special collaboration between Public Notice and Judd Legum of Popular Information.  For more news and analysis from Judd and his team, subscribe to Popular Information HERE.  —  In December 2025, CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi, a leading prediction market.

There Are Many Things That Could Increase the Birth Rate.  This Major One Is Usually Ignored.  —  Conservatives often lay the blame for declining fertility at women's feet.  They're wrong.  —  The summer I turned 39, my husband and I moved from Brooklyn to a darling little village in upstate New York.

What Rahm Emanuel's Upcoming Israel Speech Reveals About Democrats … Rahm Emanuel is in Israel this week to deliver a speech designed to be a thunderclap.  The combination of message and messenger should produce a loud echo.  —  The message is that the war in Gaza and shifts in American …

Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario  —  As public opinion of AI shifts into negative, warnings of mass employment reductions diminish  —  A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs.  For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone.

White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’  —  A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice.  —  In a broadside posted to its website …

What's inside the one bill Trump most desperately wants to become law  —  President Donald Trump has been on a single-minded, months-long quest to try and get one particular bill — the SAVE America Act — through Congress.  —  It's a bill that would transform voting registration …

NASA Leader Flew His Vintage Jet at DC Air Show Over FAA Objections  —  The regulator initially denied Jared Isaacman's request to fly in the Freedom 250 celebration, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas  —  NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage jet fighter …

Trump's MAGA Inc. is sitting on $350M.  Republicans want to see it.  —  President Donald Trump is trying to boost Republicans' midterm prospects by branding Democrats as communists, implementing a fragile truce with Iran, and touting plummeting gasoline prices.

‘The View’ throttles back political candidate bookings following FCC inquiry  —  The Scoop  —  The Federal Communications Commission has already changed the programming of one of television's last remaining relevant daytime talk shows — before even making any formal demands.

Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 12  —  Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 12 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine's air defenses, authorities said.  All of the ballistic missiles launched …

Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science  —  Some of the nation's top research universities are shrinking doctoral programs because of uncertain federal funding.  —  The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year …

Pump and Dump and Trump  —  For all my interviews and more, subscribe on YouTube.  —  Transcript  —  Donald Trump has distinguished himself in many ways.  One of them is that he is our first pump and dump president.  —  Hi, Paul Krugman here.  A podcast today rather than a full-on piece …

The Project Crypto Scheme  —  Forget deregulatory legislation; the SEC and CFTC are already working diligently to eliminate regulatory oversight of crypto at the behest of their president.  —  In a bombshell financial disclosure report released last week, Donald Trump revealed he brought …

Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Reflecting Pool  —  The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved.