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 …

Trump Used Air Force One Passengers As Decoys, Saved Himself  —  At first glance, reports that President Trump secretly slipped off Air Force One in a catering truck to thwart an Iranian assassination threat sound like a blockbuster political thriller come to life.

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 …

Judge Widens Block on Trump 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.  —  ICE plans to spend up to $20 million …

‘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 …

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

FACT FOCUS: Trump makes false claims as he signs order urging revisions around childhood vaccines  —  While issuing an executive order on Monday aimed at getting states to revise childhood vaccine recommendations, President Donald Trump and others in his administration repeated several false claims …

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) …

A Group of Centrist Senators Sees a Window to Overhaul Social Security  —  A group of eight centrist senators is attempting to compel Congress to revamp Social Security, in what many in Washington see as the first real effort at overhauling the government's biggest program in more than a decade.

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 …

Progressive vs. moderate showdown for Senate seat tops Minnesota primaries  —  Senate, governor and House races are on the ballot.  —  Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Angie Craig speaks with supporters during a canvass launch while campaigning on August 9, 2026 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

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 …

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 …

Trump Has His Own Communist Manifesto  —  Seldom before has the U.S. government intervened so actively in the economy.  —  At a time when U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are warning about the threat of “communism,” the Trump administration itself has taken over much of the means of production.

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 …

Center for American Progress defends National Guard research against Trump's lawsuit threat  —  The Center for American Progress stood behind a recent report that the Trump administration's National Guard deployments failed to reduce violent crime, after the president threatened to sue the liberal think tank.

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 …

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.

Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump  —  Weeks after Belgium's diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff.  —  Last month, the head of Belgium's diamond industry presented …

Cliché Alert: Return of the “Beer Test”  —  The New York Times reverts to old form, thanks to a blue-party schism.  —  Had a chuckle reading the New York Times story this morning about Nebraska Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn, whose interesting take on the two traditional parties is, “I think they both kind of suck.”