Vance's security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests  —  On Thursday last week, Secret Service agents groused among themselves as they prepared to deliver another perk to Vice President JD Vance's family: join a military helicopter crew to fly his young son to his golf lesson.

Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members' testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to keep troops on the “leading edge of lethality.”

Blanche's slip-up on his Trump relationship: 'I'm his lawyer'  —  Todd Blanche likely fueled the most potent criticism against him Wednesday with a gaffe that may haunt him beyond his ongoing confirmation hearing to become the next attorney general.  Asked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) …

In seismic shift, more than 100 House Democrats vote to end Israel aid  —  Nearly half of House Democrats voted to cut off aid to Israel Wednesday, underscoring a seismic shift in political support for the longtime U.S. ally.  —  The amendment to a State Department spending bill …

US Mint to begin producing $1 coins featuring Trump  —  The U.S. Mint will begin striking one-dollar coins featuring a portrait of President Donald Trump on its face in commemoration of the nation's semiquincentennial anniversary, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday morning.

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals  —  The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center's opera house in December were there to enjoy one of the nation's most exclusive celebrations of the performing arts: the center's annual honors gala.

Iran Sent Message to JD Vance Warning that Kushner and Witkoff Were “Abusing” Their Inside Access to Negotiations  —  Drop Site's journalism is free to read because thousands of readers choose to fund it.  If our work matters to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.

Exclusive: Officials asked to turn over phones at the White House as Wiles, Patel lead intensifying leak probe  —  Chief of staff Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's closest aide, and FBI Director Kash Patel helped personally orchestrate a sprawling investigation last week at the White House aimed …

House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill  —  Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirements  —  House Republicans on Wednesday made another attempt to answer Donald Trump's demand …

Inside Trump's Reversal on ICE  —  Attacks from immigration hard-liners had the president worried about looking weak.  —  President Trump woke up this morning with an urgent message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed on U.S. streets: They were to pay no mind to the internal memo …

Why we still don't know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak  —  Government cuts have contributed to an information vacuum on foodborne illness  —  As of Tuesday, a parasite called cyclospora has  —  so far this summer.  On Monday, Michigan health officials announced their first potential source:

Senior defense officials looking at Cuba military options  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — As the U.S.-Iran war restarts following the collapse of the weeks-long ceasefire, senior Pentagon officials are also quietly eyeing another flashpoint much closer to home: Cuba.

Trump Leans Toward Expanding U.S. Military Operations in Iran  —  While preferring diplomacy, Trump was briefed this week on options, including use of ground troops and bombing Pickaxe Mountain  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is leaning toward expanding U.S. military operations in Iran …

Trump's Attorney General Nominee Just Opened the Door to a National Abortion Ban  —  Under questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche committed to reviewing Biden-era guidance on the Comstock Act. … At the very end of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's Wednesday …

Amy Coney Barrett reveals insane threats against SCOTUS  —  Enough is enough — it is wrong that public officials are receiving an unprecedented level of threats on their lives and now require significant security measures to guarantee their safety.  —  Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett …

In Arizona, the McCain name is now raising money for a Democrat  —  Cindy and Jimmy McCain's support for Gov. Katie Hobbs underscores the state's drift away from the party their family long defined.  —  Cindy and her son Jimmy McCain will host a fundraiser on behalf of Gov. Katie Hobbs in September …

Drained Reflecting Pool reveals Trump's ‘American flag blue’ liner is now closer to gray  —  The newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a protective coating in a color President Donald Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Its Journalists  —  The Justice Department is seeking to compel grand jury testimony as part of an investigation into Times reporting on the president's new Air Force One jet.  —  The New York Times filed a motion on Wednesday to quash subpoenas issued …

FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots  —  The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes seized from Fulton County, Georgia, the latest push …

New frontiers in sanewashing  —  One of the keys to understanding the current catastrophe enveloping this country because it chose to make Donald Trump president (twice, so far) is that for no doubt complex sociological and psychological reasons lots of elite actors have to pretend to themselves …

Rep. Fine Vows to Vote Against House Rules Over Feud With Trump Adviser  —  A social media spat between Fine and outsider White House adviser Alex Bruesewitz could cut into Republicans' already thin House majority.  — Copy  —  Rep. Randy Fine has told White House officials he plans …

Judge handling challenge to Trump immigration halt cites exceptions for World Cup visas  —  A federal judge said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's policy facilitating visas for participants in the ongoing World Cup soccer tournament undercuts the administration's claims …

EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ's Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6  —  It was not known publicly that a federal prosecutor marched to the Capitol on Jan. 6.  He was appointed this year to run a national task force targeting alleged left-wing political violence.

F.B.I. Searches for Drugs in Van Involved in Houston ICE Shooting  —  Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.  —  The F.B.I. is investigating whether drugs were inside a van …

Netflix Smears ‘Gone with the Wind’ as Racist, Refers Viewers to Black Lives Matter  —  If you look for the 1939 masterpiece Gone with the Wind on Netflix, you'll be smacked across the face as a racist and scolded into seeking out the far left-wing radicals in Black Lives Matter.  —  Here's the blurb:

Medical school directors tripped up before Congress over whether only women have uteruses  —  The heads of two University of California system medical schools refused to identify biological women as the only people who have uteruses and can get pregnant during a House hearing on diversity, equity, and inclusion in medical schools.

Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year  —  Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia  —  Another person has died in federal immigration custody this week in Georgia, officials announced on Wednesday.

CDC nominee struggles to convince senators she'll stand up to RFK Jr.  —  Donald Trump's nominee to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz, struggled during her Wednesday confirmation hearing to convince senators she'd stand up to her boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., like her predecessor did.

Billionaires who fled California wealth tax risk intrusive residency audit  —  State has a history of aggressively pursuing rich individuals who claim to have relocated to low-tax jurisdictions  —  Tech entrepreneurs and investors who claim to have left California to avoid a proposed …

People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S.  —  More also have confidence in Xi than Trump, according to a survey in three dozen countries  —  This Pew Research Center report looks at how views of the U.S. and China compare around the world, including ratings of their presidents …