Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media  —  The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One.  The Times called the move a “brazen act.”  —  The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists …

How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar … Eric Lee for The New York Times

Here are the races to watch as Democrats grow more bullish on retaking the Senate  —  The map still favors Republicans, but political headwinds are shifting to boost Democratic chances of flipping seats - despite the scandal in Maine.  —  Summary  —  Democrats are growing increasingly bullish …

Trump Administration Increasingly Pessimistic of Clinching Iran Nuclear Deal  —  One senior U.S. official said Iran should vow to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Saturday or will face consequences  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration believes that a nuclear deal with Iran …

Bipartisan housing bill automatically becomes law after Trump refuses to sign it  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — A landmark housing bill automatically became law at 12 a.m. on Saturday after President Trump declined to sign it in protest of the Senate's inaction on an elections bill known as the SAVE America Act.

Iran's supreme leader pledges revenge for his father's assassination amid Trump death threats  —  Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei announced on Saturday that revenge for his father's assassination “will most certainly be carried out.” … Throughout the weeklong funeral procession …

At Trump DOJ's demand, judge reluctantly drops Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys  —  It's over.  —  The Justice Department's most significant case stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol — the seditious conspiracy convictions of high-ranking members of the far right Proud Boys — has officially been erased.

Kash Patel called to White House on heels of continued questions over his behavior  —  FBI Director Kash Patel abruptly cancelled a planned flight Friday to see his girlfriend in Chicago this weekend, after top administration officials frustrated with Patel summoned him to the White House …

Samuel Alito, a MAGA-Friendly Justice With a New Conservative Legal Vision  —  Samuel Alito is fusing establishment conservatism and the Trump movement into a new legal doctrine.  His approach to the law may outlast them both.  —  During a little-noticed Supreme Court argument in March, one lawyer confessed to an unusual tactic.

ICE deserves skepticism of its account of Houston shooting  —  Last Thursday, during a traffic stop in Houston, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who lived in the United States for 35 years.

CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country  —  MAHA.  —  The country is in the midst of a nationwide outbreak of explosive diarrhea caused by a parasite the CDC stopped surveilling at the federal level in July 2025.  —  That's around the same …

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool drained again as Trump administration resumes repairs  —  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed crews will clean, repair and refill the pool after July Fourth celebrations  —  Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Friday …

Mitch McConnell's D.C. Home Getting New Flooring As He Remains Hospitalized  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  NEW FLOORS FOR MITCH  —  While the health status of Senator Mitch McConnell remains up in the air ... life goes on at his Washington, D.C. residence ... at least when it comes to flooring.

Why both left and right have rejected free markets  —  American political leaders on the left and right are rebelling against the market-first consensus that dominated Washington for four decades.  —  Why it matters: The result is one of the biggest shifts in U.S. economic policy since …

Shaheen, Blumenthal, Graham, Wicker Announce Agreement on Legislation to Hold Purchasers of Russian Oil Accountable  —  WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) …

U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrant Workers  —  Shifting deadlines are confusing businesses as the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others looms, making them ineligible to live and work in the United States.  —  The Homeland Security Department told employers …

Trump officials sought ways to sidestep election agency before firings, sources say  —  The White House spent months looking for ways to bypass a federal election agency and use emergency powers to force changes to voting machines, before President Donald Trump ousted its leaders on Thursday, four people familiar with the matter said.

Conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death are still raging, infuriating friends  —  Right-wing influencers sparred over the case this week as a court hearing laid out detailed evidence in Kirk's shooting.  —  Summary  —  Prosecutors had just laid out their evidence …

The Red Menace Is Here!  —  When socialism came to America, we got the worst of all worlds.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Commie Gas  —  By now you have heard about the new red peril that is taking over American politics.  Socialism is ascendant and taking over one of our political parties!