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 …

No Iran deal, no problem for Vance, allies say  —  Vice President JD Vance last month said that he didn't trust the Iranians to hold up their end of the deal.  He was heading to Switzerland to try anyway.  —  The vice president has closely linked himself to the fragile peace talks.

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

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Pentagon to keep National Guard activated in D.C. through Inauguration Day 2029  —  WASHINGTON (7News) — The National Guard will remain activated in Washington, D.C. through Inauguration Day 2029 as part of President Donald Trump's anti-crime mission, unless the president deems otherwise, according to the Pentagon.

Maine's vetting reckoning  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Ali Bianco  —  Good Saturday morning!  This is Irie Sentner, looking forward to a weekend full of good friends, good food and good dogs.  How are you spending your Saturday?  Get in touch.  —  DRIVING THE DAY

Trump Justifies Money Made as President With Inaccurate Claims  —  President Trump has wrongly attributed the $2 billion windfall he gained during his second term to a hot stock market and claimed that he was the only president to donate his salary.  —  The $2.2 billion windfall President …

'Not where they hoped it'd be': Launch of Trump AI promotion program underwhelms  —  A Trump administration program aimed at making American AI the world's default technology is off to a rocky start.  —  The Commerce Department received 78 applications in the first round of its American AI Exports Program …

An American Politician is Blocked by Israeli Settlers in the West Bank  —  Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes.  Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today's Democratic presidential aspirants are going to bolster their credentials as critics.

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 …

How The Times Reported the Graham Platner Story  —  Two senior editors discuss the difficult effort to track down allegations against the leading Democrat for Senate in Maine and the questions that soon followed.  —  Last month, The New York Times revealed new allegations involving Graham Platner …

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 …

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 …