Todd Blanche says he can't meet directly with Epstein victims  —  Todd Blanche fended off questions about his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files at his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning, telling members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that “when it comes to victims of his horrible man …

They Don't Care If ICE Kills People  —  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has his first day of hearings for his nomination to the top Justice Department job today.  He'll spend most of the day answering questions—or, more precisely, not answering questions, because the rules the Republicans …

Hegseth Announces New Required Pentagon Testosterone Tests: Who It Impacts  —  Prefer Newsweek on Google  —  to see more of our trusted coverage when you search.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the Pentagon will begin requiring annual testosterone deficiency screenings …

U.S. Mint to produce $1 coin with Trump's face on it, treasury secretary says  —  The U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Donald Trump's face on it.  —  Summary  —  The U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Donald Trump's face …

Trump intel pick Jay Clayton questioned about election security, journalist subpoenas  —  His appearance comes weeks after the president scrapped his originally scheduled confirmation hearing.  He is nominated to replace acting DNI Bill Pulte.  —  Summary

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 …

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.

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:

Trump held Situation Room meeting on massive new Iran strikes  —  President Trump held a Situation Room meeting Tuesday to discuss a massive offensive in Iran that will be wider in scope than the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, three sources with knowledge said.

Tehran threatens to halt all Middle East energy exports after US reimposes its blockade on Iran  —  The U.S. military reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign early Wednesday, hitting an Iranian army barracks and killing at least seven troops …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Fed chair Warsh sidesteps Senate questions on inflation, AI, contact with Trump  —  Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday sought to evade a range of questions from senators on issues such as the impact of AI on inflation, what contacts he has had with President Donald Trump …

America's Death Squads Are Real  —  Sometimes you can't see the world clearly from the inside.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Roving Death  —  Over the last week, agents of the federal government have killed two people on the streets of America.  We should say their names: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo; Johan Sebastián Guerrero.

New York offers Democrats a roadmap for data center fight  —  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's first-in-the-nation data center moratorium could provide a playbook for other Democrats confronting one of the midterms' most heated issues. … - Until now, no governor had imposed a statewide data center moratorium.

The Forever War Gets Scary  —  But I'm not talking about bombs and drones  —  For all my interviews and more, subscribe on YouTube.  —  Transcript  —  The war with Iran has just reached a very scary phase, and I'm not talking about the bombs and the drones.

DRL NOFO Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in Europe  —  Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in Europe  —  A. Basic Information  —  1. Overview  —  Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in Europe

Most of Trump DOJ's voter roll losses have come from GOP-appointed judges  —  In an era of extraordinary partisan polarization, federal judges appointed by presidents of both parties have found common ground on at least one issue: President Donald Trump's Department of Justice does not have a right to seize state voter rolls.

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.

Exclusive / Baltimore Sun owner threatens to sue Moore over Epstein comments  —  THE SCOOP  —  The owner of The Baltimore Sun is threatening to sue Maryland Gov. Wes Moore over comments the governor made linking him to Jeffrey Epstein.  —  During an appearance on MS NOW on June 16 …

Stevens gains edge in Dems' Senate race that remains ‘wide open,’ poll finds  —  U.S. Senate Democratic hopeful Haley Stevens holds a nearly 7-percentage-point lead over rival Abdul El-Sayed in a new statewide poll of Democratic primary voters, with about 10% of respondents saying …