Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him  —  You'd be forgiven for thinking the saga involving Donald Trump's vile prosecutions of innocent people over his Reflecting Pool fiasco has finally come to an ignominious end.  On Thursday, a judge officially threw …

Too Fun to Check: El-Sayed Refuses to Renounce Hasan ‘America Deserved 9/11’ Piker  —  Give Abdul El-Sayed at least some credit for consistency.  After tossing red meat during primaries to drive base turnout, most politicians will shift to the center afterward to compete in the general election.

Ocasio-Cortez on Hong positions: ‘Woke 1 was crazy’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday quoted a New York City Council member in describing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong's (D) past positions, saying “Woke 1 was crazy.”  —  ABC News's “This Week” …

The Moronic Bullshit of the “Third Way”  —  The statements seem as belligerent as Pete Hegseth on a bad hair day.  —  “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” says Jonathan Cowan.  —  Cowan is president of Third Way, described by The New York Times as a “leading centrist Democratic group.”

Florida attorney general threatens charges after Cunningham is fouled in WNBA game  —  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) threatened to charge WNBA players with assault after a hard foul against star Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham over the weekend.

Taylor Farms Voluntarily Recalls Fresh Jalapeños Over Salmonella Concerns  —  The company said it was unaware of any reported illnesses linked to its products containing jalapeños, which were distributed to major retailers across 26 states.  —  Taylor Farms, which has been linked …

Precision Has a Price  —  FOR GENERATIONS, SENIOR MILITARY officers attending professional military education have been taught a simple but enduring truth: Logistics establishes the art of the possible.  No commander can conduct operations without the fuel, ammunition, and other resources needed to sustain the fighting force.

The Campaign Tactics Helping Progressives Win Primaries Ahead of the 2026 Midterms  —  Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party.  Their tactics show a different way to succeed.  —  In late March, several thousand angry demonstrators gathered …

Nancy Mace Hit With Humiliating On-Air Lesson on First Amendment  —  Representative Nancy Mace went on an Islamphobic tirade on CNN Sunday and had to be given a lesson on the Constitution.  —  CNN's Omar Jimenez was interviewing the South Carolina congresswoman, who finished fifth …

243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.  I'm grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you'll consider sharing some of what we're doing with your networks.

Why Is Iran Acting Like It Is Holding All the Cards in Hormuz Talks?  —  Plus, voters' impressions on the economy pose a midterm challenge for the GOP, and Netanyahu breaks with Trump over the peace plan for Gaza  —  Good morning.  On Tuesday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went …

Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank  —  There are enormous canyons.  —  Geysers.  —  Majestic cliffs.  —  Waterfalls and wildlife.  —  Rainforests and reindeer.  —  But in America's national parks under President Trump, the most dramatic sight might be the rapid shifting of taxpayer and donor money.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes western Colombia, leaving 2 dead  —  At least two people were killed and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation, trapping residents under debris …

The Great Delegalization  —  More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away.  —  In early 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti—but, even as Haitians in the U.S. had far less to return to, they received a new opportunity to stay.

Tucker's third way  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Monday morning, we're feeling as strong as a Bull Moose, and hope you are too.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — What's next for Tucker Carlson's post-MAGA movement.

Democratic extremism?  GOP spent a decade riding extremism to power.  —  Republicans have spent the past decade worshiping the most extreme president in our nation's history, a man with an almost impossibly long history of loathsome behavior and malicious dishonesty.

The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned  —  Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term.  —  Marc Rosenblum, the top statistician at the Department of Homeland Security for more than a decade, resigned in frustration in late July.

'We've never seen anything like this': ICE's detention crackdown swamps the courts … Months later, ICE agents whisked away Yair Vargas Torres, shuttling him across three states — and attempting to move him to a fourth — before a federal judge ruled that his detention without bond was illegal.

Pelosi unleashes her political machine in fight to replace her  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi is unleashing her political machine to block one of California's most prominent state lawmakers from replacing her in Congress, bringing an increasingly bitter feud to a head inside San Francisco's Democratic establishment.

Trump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges - with conditions  —  DoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing  —  The Trump administration is offering grants of tens of millions of dollars …

Looks Like the WNBA's Absurdity Is About to Sink the Entire Transgender Movement  —  Rush Limbaugh had a saying to explain how he would drive a point home about the left that perfectly applies to what we're seeing in the WNBA today.  He said that sometimes you have to illustrate the absurd through absurdity.

As Voters Grow Anxious Over A.I., Trump Shrugs Off the Concern  —  The president and his top aides have been especially bullish about data centers, despite national blowback against the facilities.  —  The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has started to rattle voters around the country …

Hegseth can't persuade Republicans to back his big budget  —  In the year and a half since Pete Hegseth squeaked through his Senate confirmation, congressional Republicans have handed the Pentagon chief big wins — and defended some of his most controversial moves.

New in SpyWeek: Kremlin Hints FSB May Tempt Kash with Dem Dirt in Moscow, as Berlin Expels Russian Spies, CIA Targets Cuba  —  Moscow Mule?  FBI Director Kash Patel's scheduled Moscow sojourn only weeks before the U.S. midterm elections has generated lots of questions, but none so provocative …

Trump administration takes aim at website listing diversity scholarships  —  CareerOneStop, which is funded and overseen by the Labor Department, lists hundreds of scholarships for women, men and students of color.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration plans to revamp …

A twist in the race for Lindsey Graham's seat: No clear Trump-aligned candidate  —  The president backs Graham's sister, but each contender in South Carolina's Senate primary has found themselves out of step with him in some way, and a runoff is likely.  —  Summary

FDA Orders Food-Ingredient Disclosure, Delays RFK Jr.'s Ultraprocessed Crackdown  —  Companies will have to notify regulators before adding new ingredients to food  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration took a partial step Monday toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised food-system overhaul …

Memo to Those Who Fear Socialism: Why Don't You Try Fix Capitalism?  —  Everywhere I look, I see people expressing alarm about the popularity of socialism.  It polls in the mid-to-high 30s, and considerably higher among younger people.  Older people, who have a living memory …

Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’  —  Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas  —  A Kurdish man who was force fed over the course of eight months while on hunger strike …

Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pause  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is urging leading AI CEOs to pause AI development, warning that lawmakers will step in if no action is taken. … Pause AI development.  It is not too late to avoid disaster.