U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists  —  A federal judge raised questions about the government's handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press.  —  The Justice Department said on Thursday that it would withdraw …

Trump's patience with Thune ‘is running out’  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing Thursday that President Donald Trump's patience with Senate Minority Leader John Thune is wearing thin, as Republicans struggle to advance his voting overhaul legislation …

US to Impose New Global Tariffs of Around 10% After Previous Duties Lapse  —  The administration announced new duties tied to countries' imports of goods made with forced labor, replacing a global 10 percent tariff set to expire at midnight.  —  The Trump administration will impose tariffs …

Trump Administration Live Updates: President's Demand for Saudis to Recognize Israel Puts Nuclear Deal in Doubt  —  Trump Adds New Condition to Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia  —  What we're covering:  — Middle East: President Trump said on Thursday that a nuclear agreement already signed …

Exclusive: Trump says he's “close” to decision on “massive attack” against Iran  —  President Trump told Axios on Thursday that he is seriously considering restarting major combat operations in Iran — including strikes that would be bigger than the ones carried out during “Operation Epic Fury.”

States sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demands  —  A group of 25 states and Washington, D.C. is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt …

Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump - but still holds on to contentious political views  —  In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should've ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions  —  Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during …

Man Who Killed Dem Lawmaker and Her Husband Sentenced to Two Life Terms Plus 40 Years  —  A federal judge said it was the longest sentence he's ever handed down, for a man who posed as a police officer to gun down elected officials in their own homes.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch  —  Add us on

Secret Service agent on Vance's detail suspected of leaking information is put on leave amid internal review  —  JD Vance Federal agencies Media US elections  —  A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance's security detail is under internal review and has been put on administrative leave …

Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn  —  Not long after a federal agent killed a Colombian immigrant in Maine last week, Senator Susan Collins rushed to declare that she'd privately talked to Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

Paris Hilton and the politics of DEFIANCE  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Thursday morning, we're celebrating the new team's first big celebrity headline and it's only week one.  Read on to find out why we pinged Paris, stay tuned for more and get in touch.

Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left  —  Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times - and he's only 32.  The writer and academic explains why we're living in an age of hyperpolitics  —  Prefer the Guardian on Google

Why Jim Jordan's latest move against Jack Smith will inevitably fail  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan apparently thought he could get the better of former special counsel Jack Smith in a closed-door deposition late last year.  The Ohio Republican thought wrong …

Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive  —  She paces the side of the darkened highway in central Nepal, just enough light from the trucks roaring past to illuminate her painted face to the men rolling in on rickshaws and motorbikes.

A nuclear deal for the Saudis.  A media blackout for Kushner's corruption.  —  On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.  The Saudi government has been aggressively seeking such a deal for years …

Louisiana House candidate accused of rape says he hopes to again ‘earn’ Trump endorsement  —  Republican Blake Miguez is weighing what district to run in after state redrew map following supreme court decision  —  A congressional candidate from Louisiana who was the subject of a police report accusing …

How Much Money Has Trump Made as President?  —  In his first term, President Trump presided over the largest business empire of any president in modern U.S. history.  —  Mr. Trump's financial disclosures do not pinpoint his net worth, but they paint a clear picture of how much money he takes in each year.

Issue 107 - An unserious offer  —  Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  The Clarity Act, a sweeping cryptocurrency market structure bill aimed at enshrining the crypto industry's deregulatory wins into law, may be dead.

Over half of Americans negatively view Trump's DC makeover, new poll finds  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans feel “dissatisfied” or “upset” with President Donald Trump's projects remaking the look of Washington, according to a new poll from The Washington Post released on Thursday.

Supreme Court no ‘rubber stamp’ for Trump, Kagan says  —  BELLEVUE, Wash.—Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is rejecting claims that the high court's conservative majority is in President Donald Trump's corner.  —  “I don't see this as a court that is just like, 'We're just going to rubber stamp …