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.”

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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

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 …

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 …

'We're getting into an ugly phase': Trump's new tariffs are angering voters and U.S. allies alike … Tariffs are back — and they couldn't come at a worse time for the GOP.  —  Some Republicans fear the eye-popping new levies President Donald Trump threatened to slap on Canada …

MAGA Rallies Around Andrew Tate  —  Can MAGA Fight the Charges Against Andrew Tate?  —  PROMINENT MANOSPHERE INFLUENCERS and accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by U.S. marshals in Miami last weekend, as they were set to host—what else?—a bare-knuckle boxing match.

Judge says Trump's attack on mail voting is ‘unconstitutional,’ legal challenge can continue  —  A federal judge in Massachusetts has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) targeting mail voting, setting the stage for the challenge to proceed.

Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn  —  New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction  —  Space datacenters proposed by SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and others would release staggering levels …

July 2026 National Poll: Democrats with 11-Point Generic Ballot Advantage  —  Opposition to data centers growing; majority think US spending too much on Israel aid  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey of likely 2026 voters finds the Democrats with an 11-point advantage over the Republicans …

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.

Scoop: Democrat Senate Super PAC targets 4 Republican seats  —  The Democrats' main Senate super PAC is booking another $54 million in TV ads for the midterm campaign's final stretch, targeting four Republican-held seats. … - Republicans' last major advertising reservation was aimed largely …

Issue 107 - An unserious offer  —  Check back soon for the audio version, or subscribe to the audio feed in your podcast app.  —  The Clarity Act, a sweeping cryptocurrency market structure bill aimed at enshrining the crypto industry's deregulatory wins into law, may be dead.

Noncitizens voting in New Jersey could face criminal prosecution, DOJ official says  —  It"s up to Gov. Mikie Sherrill's administration to decide if the state will hand that list over  —  President Donald Trump's Department of Justice wants to know the identities of the approximately 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls.

Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador  —  As a reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments, advertisers, and corporate backers.  This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most, beholden only to the truth.

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.

Elon Musk, the New Hero of Populism  —  The useful narcissism of the new class of oligarchs  —  Republicans have settled on their midterm argument: Democrats are all Communists.  As an election strategy, this is as lame as it is ludicrous.  But there is a small kernel of political reality underlying …

Obama Center subcontractor shuts down amid $4M fight, lays off 25  —  Adamson Plumbing owner Mike Owen said the company had to abandon half a dozen other construction jobs due to the fallout  —  FIRST ON FOX: Weeks after the Obama Presidential Center's star-studded opening in Chicago …