‘Scared s-tless’: Republicans brace for Trump's primetime speech  —  President Donald Trump is promising to reveal “really big news” on election security.  Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.  —  The president's speech, expected to be delivered in prime time Thursday from the White House …

Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say  —  President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.  —  Just now  —  The lining of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting …

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.

Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say  —  Iran has asked Yemen's Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat to global energy supplies.

Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle  —  President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between …

White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources  —  Gabriel Perez is in settlement talks with federal regulators, the sources said.  —  Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Nicholas Kerr  —  President Donald Trump read …

ICE Is Out of Control.  Here's What to Do About It.  —  In the span of a week, federal immigration enforcement agents took the lives of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian man shot in Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man gunned down in Houston.

How a fuming Trump reversed ICE's pause on vehicle stops  —  Late Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security's decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks.

GOP Senate candidate has close ties to White nationalist influencer, his son-in-law  —  Race & ethnicity Social media Senate election US elections  —  Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins has built a national profile as a combative, Trump-aligned online provocateur …

Maine Mourns After ICE Killing: ‘A Man Was Lynched Here’  —  The state's residents are taking to the streets after federal agents killed a 25-year-old father on Monday … It is not roped off by crime scene tape.  It has a red tint, but it could be mistaken for some kind of spill.

How Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century  —  A big problem for trust in government is that high-quality governance is usually invisible.  When the various agencies designed to protect the American people from all manner of threats are working perfectly …

Cornyn challenges Blanche on fate of ‘anti-weaponization fund’  —  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Sen. John Cornyn of Texas that while the anti-weaponization fund is “dead,” the underlying settlement agreement remains an “enforceable document.”  A critical Republican vote needed …

Trump approval stuck in the 30s amid pessimism on Iran and economy, poll finds  —  Americans give President Trump broadly negative assessments, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.  —  Summary  —  Americans give President Donald Trump broadly negative reviews for his handling of key issues …

Johnson preps to punt government funding through midterms  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he plans to hold a House vote next on a stopgap spending measure, one that would likely fund the government through the November midterm elections.  The move is an opening bid in what could become …

Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel  —  The measure failed, but the level of support among Democrats exposed a stark shift in the party away from backing the Jewish state.  —  The House on Wednesday rejected a measure to eliminate U.S. aid to Israel …

Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone  —  Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday a new mandatory screening program to test …

‘Utterly baffling’: Ukrainians outraged, call for protest after Zelensky ousts Fedorov  —  This is a developing story and is being updated  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky's dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister has drawn a wave of criticism from soldiers, veterans …

New $1 coin featuring Trump in production at US Mint, treasury says  —  Coin commemorating 250th anniversary will be released this fall and marks first time a living president appears on currency  —  The treasury department announced on Wednesday that the US Mint has started producing …

New bill would prohibit ICE from separating parents from children  —  The proposal is named for a 3-year-old Florida boy who was killed after ICE deported his mother.  —  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) filed a bill called Orlin's Law on Thursday to prohibit U.S. Immigration …

Trump, 80, Unravels in Weird ‘Magnets’ Rant  —  MAGANET MANIA  —  The president is urging more defense contractors to “do magnets” after Donald Trump Jr. invested in a company that makes them.  —  Donald Trump suffered a senior moment at a security conference where defense contractors …

Trump Administration Argues for Fencing Off Park Next to White House  —  The Commission of Fine Arts is set to consider the administration's proposal regarding Lafayette Square Park, which has been the site of numerous protests.  —  A federal design panel on Thursday will consider …

‘A Million Men With Kalashnikovs Are Dangerous’  —  The war in Ukraine has transformed.  —  In February, when I spoke to Michael Kofman, a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the course of the war, he said something counterintuitive: “Time is not on Russia's side.”

Scoop: DNC officers asked to sign NDAs amid financial woes  —  The Democratic National Committee asked its leadership team to sign non-disclosure agreements before a recent meeting about the party's finances, two people familiar with the conversations told Axios.

DA says he doesn't believe that drugs were found in van involved in Houston ICE shooting, countering FBI suspicion  —  Crime Gun violence Federal agencies Immigration  —  Prosecutors in Texas' Harris County believe the substances collected in the van in which Lorenzo Salgado Araujo …

Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner  — Spokesperson says islands belong to the UK - ‘PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain’  —  Keir Starmer supports the idea of Fifa investigating Argentina players who displayed …

US to change visa regulations for foreign students, journalists  —  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security moved to amend visa regulations for foreign students and journalists on Thursday, replacing the more open-ended stays that are currently stipulated, according to a government notice.