White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution  —  Officials asked the department whether it is possible to bring new charge against Olympic canoeist after U.S. attorney dropped case  —  WASHINGTON—White House officials have asked the Justice Department …

One Woman's Message From the Hell of ICE Detention  —  My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record.  It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.  —  Pocket  —  My name is Maryam Tahmasebi, and I am a professor of psychology …

Trump's Airplane Switch Follows a Familiar Presidential Playbook  —  Behind the recent operation in Turkey lies a legacy of presidents duping the public and press  —  Following last month's NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump boarded Air Force One in front of news cameras …

Robot book club  —  AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.  — Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed …

How Iran Adapted Its Attacks as U.S. War Munitions Dwindled  —  The Iranian strikes that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan show how quickly Iran's war-fighting skills have evolved, as the Pentagon runs low on interceptors.  —  During five intense days last month, Iran launched waves …

WHO defends childhood immunization schedules after Trump reduction order  —  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday defended its immunization guidelines amid the Trump administration's decision to decrease the number of recommended childhood vaccines in the U.S.

‘Fireworks suck’: Removed El-Sayed videos urged getting rid of the 4th of July tradition, raised replacing 2nd Amendment  —  Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed once asked his YouTube viewers whether Americans could “PLEASE” find another way to celebrate the Fourth of July …

There's No Vaccine for Stupid  —  If there were any hopes left for a prompt deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, they're on life support now.  Donald Trump and Iran spent Monday making a series of escalatory tit-for-tat demands about war reparations …

FLIPR 2026 midterm election forecast  —  Silver Bulletin's prediction for every Senate, House, and gubernatorial election in 2026.  —  ∙ Paid … This is the landing page for FLIPR 1, Silver Bulletin's 2026 election forecast.  We'll regularly update the charts below as new election polls …

US citizen detained by ICE at Atlanta Airport as he boarded flight  —  CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Cartersville man said ICE agents wrongly detained him at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.  —  The American citizen told Channel 2's Ashlyn Webb that he's still shaken by what happened.

Mamdani's Taking On Amazon.  His Opponent?  Chuck Schumer's Daughter.  —  Amazon's chief lobbyist fighting a delivery worker protection bill in New York City recently endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani is Jessica Schumer, the daughter of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) …

Judge Expands Block on Trump's Mail-in Voting Plan for Midterms  —  A federal judge in Boston entered a nationwide order blocking the US Postal Service from carrying out President Donald Trump's directives to overhaul mail-in voting policies before the November midterm elections …

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows  —  Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms' climate accountability case  —  Democracy, climate and justice is supported by

Max Miller's Endless Wars  —  The wordless show of dissent that cost Dr. Feras Hamdan his job, a $50,000 cash surety bond, hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, and the better part of his sanity lasted all of 24 seconds.  —  It was June 19, 2025, the seventh day of the so-called …

Ex-ICE agent's group awarded $158 million to represent migrant children  —  The Trump administration gave the contract to Our Rescue, which former agent Tim Ballard left in 2023 before being accused of sex trafficking.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration has awarded a $158 million contract …

Republicans roll the dice on anti-Muslim bigotry one more time  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Six days after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush visited the Islamic Center of Washington DC …

SpaceX's Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds Of Twitter's Ad Business  —  When SpaceX filed for its IPO, we went through the S-1 to point out just how far off the mark Elon Musk's predictions about his Twitter takeover turned out to be.  Indeed, the failure of Twitter as a business was so catastrophic …

Trump administration employees can use TikTok again  —  The federal government has officially ended a ban preventing executive branch employees from downloading TikTok to government devices.  —  The Office of Management and Budget rescinded the ban in a memo dated Monday and released Tuesday …

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated  —  TPM is publishing the Trump administration's plan for changes to political apportionment and Census data collection.  —  The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data …

U.S. Fires on Ship Breaking Its Blockade of Iran  —  American forces shot at the Panama-flagged vessel from a helicopter  —  U.S. forces fired on a Panama-flagged ship that attempted to run the American blockade of Iranian ports early Tuesday, a U.S. official said, stepping up enforcement …

Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities  —  Violent crime kept falling across many of the nation's largest cities through June, with homicides down 17.2% from the first half of 2025, according to preliminary data reviewed by Axios. … - Trump came into office casting America …

Colombia earthquake tests new president, Taiwan learns from Ukraine on the battlefield, India-Bangladesh rivalry spills into cricket  —  Earthquake rocks Colombia days into new president's term  —  A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Colombia yesterday - at least 160 people have died …

Voters say the political system needs big changes — and that's driving Democratic gains for 2026  —  Among moderates and conservatives who say they want “major, disruptive change” in politics, Democrats lead the generic ballot by 50 points  —  Last week, after Abdul El-Sayed won an upset victory …

In a partisan age, a Democratic governor goes outside her brand for a running mate  —  Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), facing a tough reelection fight, chose former mayor John Giles, a lifelong Republican who recently became an independent.  —  Summary  —  Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs …

Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections  —  President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday he's willing to declare a national security emergency in an attempt to take over American elections.  —  “Let me just say stranger things have happened,” Trump said …

DOJ seeks to shield Trump advisers from Dem probes … The new opinion could create a new hurdle for Democrats should they retake Congress.  — “It really could be a pretty significant weapon” for the administration “to deflect a lot of that congressional investigation of private parties …

David Ellison Says He'll Pull Paramount Out of California Starting Oct. 1 if States Refuse to Negotiate Settlement in Antitrust Suit … And, in a move seemingly aimed at gaining leverage in the showdown, he's prepared to start moving Paramount out of California as soon as October unless …

Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes  —  A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.

Judge finds Kennedy Center owes musician $250,000 in legal fees  —  A federal judge in D.C. dismissed the center's suit against Chuck Redd for canceling a concert after the president's name was added to the facade.  —  A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the Kennedy Center to pay $250,000 …