Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat  —  The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit.  Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.  —  Summary

Trump's Vaccine Order Puts Parents In a Bind  —  President Donald Trump's proposed sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, whether ever actually implemented or not, are yet another affront to public health in the US.  —  No new evidence is being offered to justify the proposed overhaul …

He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children.  Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him.  —  Because this is a family newspaper, I cannot quote the piquant term that Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas, used to refer to children in a 2023 video.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Gulf States Accept a New Normal in Hormuz: Iran Is in Control  —  Oil-and-gas exporters dislike the emerging deal to reopen the waterway but see it as the least-bad option  —  DUBAI—Persian Gulf energy producers are concluding that Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz will become permanent …

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 …

Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids  —  An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody.

Trump refuses to back down as Supreme Court blocks major policies  —  The president is seeking ways around rulings on tariffs, birthright citizenship and the Fed.  Experts say the moves don't signal outright defiance, but they push the court's limits.  —  Summary

What to Watch in Tuesday's Primary Elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina  —  The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota.  In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.

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.

As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it's doubling down on Truth Social and the president  —  The president's media company has tried its hand at a half-dozen new lines of business to lift its stock, but nothing has worked.  Now it's getting back to its roots.

The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized  —  And there's nothing radical about wanting to end insurance company parasitism  —  Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan's open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things …

Move Over, Thanksgiving: Francesca Hong Hosted ‘Feast of the Feminine,’ a ‘6 Course Dinner Inspired By Menstruation’  —  Hong, the socialist state representative leading the Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, called to ‘Cancel Thanksgiving’ one year after hosting the ‘celebration of menstruation’

Ex-Biden Officials Are Planning How to Rebuild the Government Post-DOGE  —  Former Biden administration officials are contending with a new reality: Future administrations won't have a choice but to confront the way the Trump administration has disrupted how the government works.

“Not helpful”: White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing  —  When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a video Saturday giving herself a shot in preparation to freeze her eggs, she instantly injected issues of fertility, family and feminism into political discourse.

New midterm battleground takes shape as parties build election armies  —  RNC hails record-setting grassroots recruitment on Tuesday's National Poll Worker Recruitment Day  —  President Donald Trump has long argued that who is counting the votes can matter nearly as much as who is on the ballot …

Dr. Phil and a Texas Oil Firm Go to Greenland With a Suspicious Agenda.  Signs Point to Trump's Imperialist Visions.  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  Of Course Dr. Phil Is Involved  —  There hasn't been a ton of new reporting on a suspiciously-timed and blatantly Trump-linked project unfolding …

Separating AI's Technological Problems From its Capitalism Problems  —  AI represents the first time we humans can do cognitive work outside of our bodies at scale.  The only comparable moment is the early years of the industrial revolution, when new technologies like the steam engine provided …

Former US Marine held in Russia for over 4 years has been released, group says  —  Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday.

White House Lifts Ban on TikTok From US Government Devices  —  The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, after finding that the popular social media app no longer poses a national security threat following the shift of its US operations to American investors.

University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to ‘Curb Mental Health Crisis’  —  A pilot program aims to ease pressure on freshmen and help them adjust to demands of college  —  The University of Michigan will drop grades for first-semester freshmen next year in an effort to …

New Evidence Shows Agents Using Slurs, Bolstering Profiling Claims  —  Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles  —  Since immigration agents began carrying …