CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey  —  CIA had doubts about Israeli intelligence on a threat to Trump in Turkey that prompted an extraordinary secret flight.  —  Summary  —  U.S. intelligence officials were skeptical of an Iranian assassination threat …

Pollsters missed again in Wisconsin.  Here's why.  —  Pollsters appeared to blow another high-stakes Midwest election Tuesday, as center-left Democrat David Crowley stunned socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin's primary for governor.  — But on Wednesday, the reasons for the miss seemed clear …

Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies  —  The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.  —  The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to scale …

Republicans fear Hegseth's Democrat brushoff could backfire  —  The Pentagon is shutting congressional Democrats out of classified briefings — and even Republicans are shocked by the brazen partisanship.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth trekked to Capitol Hill at least twice in recent weeks …

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment - reports  —  Aircraft carrier's crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land  —  Military families and Congress members are sounding the alarm about an intensifying …

Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission  —  Introduction  —  On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new attorneys and staff members in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division …

ICE Agent Who Pushed Activist to the Ground Pleads Guilty  —  The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration's crackdown there.  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pleaded guilty …

Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment  —  Randall Lane, the magazine's chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.  —  The top editor of Forbes was fired …

Leavitt to depart the White House  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role at the end of August, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.  —  The president, in a post on Truth Social, said Leavitt is departing to spend more time with her family, but will remain one of his …

I Was Dick Cheney's Cardiologist.  Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why.  —  Dick Cheney's heart problems were never a national secret.  —  I was Mr. Cheney's cardiologist for 27 years, including his two terms as vice president.  During his time in the White House …

Youth poll: Thumbs down on everything  —  More than a quarter of younger Americans (27%) believe they or someone they know has lost a job because their employer replaced them with AI, according to a new Axios-Generation Lab poll of 18- to 34-year-olds.

Exclusive: Former employee at Southern Poverty Law Center arrested on fraud charges  —  A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of White supremacist groups, one of whom she was allegedly living …

Older Democrats walloped by midterms anti-establishment revolt  —  House Democrats who have comfortably held their seats for decades are suddenly finding the ground shifting beneath their feet as primary voters revolt against the party's old guard. … - Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) …

Rep. John Larson, a Longtime Lawmaker, Loses a Primary in Connecticut  —  In an upset, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, won the Democratic nomination, capitalizing on calls for generational change.  —  Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, defeated Representative John Larson …

Trump Says Hormuz Is Under U.S. Control.  Few Ships Are Listening.  —  With limited bursts of firepower, Iran is able to make the waterway too risky to cross  —  President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has total control of the Strait of Hormuz.  The reality on the water tells a different story.

Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife sues after sensitive image of child was publicly shared  —  The Ohio Republican had released documents through a publicly accessible Dropbox account this month, seeking to fend off allegations of domestic abuse.  —  Summary  —  Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife filed …

Buttigieg wants Dems to win more state legislative seats, starting with Indiana  —  Pete Buttigieg's efforts to help Democrats regain power are taking on a new focus: state legislatures.  —  The former Transportation secretary and South Bend, Indiana, mayor is starting by backing a crop of mostly long-shot …

Chatbots are doing the work of Congress with little oversight … The amendment was one of hundreds filed this summer to an annual defense bill making its way through Congress.  Along with her proposed change, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's office had sent a summary of what it would do.

Trump Is Personally Invested in His Push to Boost the Nuclear Industry  —  President Donald Trump could stand to profit from his administration's unprecedented investments into the nuclear energy industry.  —  Trump has invested between $6.4 million and $19.45 million in U.S. nuclear technology companies …

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes.  Then It Parked Them.  —  The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights.  But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.  —  Starting last fall, the Department …

It Was a Great Scam While It Lasted  —  The recliner really is made in Vietnam.  The plant, just north of Ho Chi Minh City, is legit — it's got thousands of workers making real furniture.  The motor inside the recliner is another story.  —  The motor arrives from China finished …

Why House Dems may go easy on one of GOP's most vulnerable members  —  Rep. Mike Lawler's (R-N.Y.) fight to hold on to a key battleground seat is getting a behind-the-scenes assist — for now, at least — from an unlikely group: House Democrats. … - “If you're going to have a Republican …

Trump's Claims About Combating Crime Are Based on Skewed Data  —  The White House misrepresented and exaggerated a recent crime report to overstate the impact of last summer's federal intervention in four cities, according to a NOTUS review.  —  On July 23, the Council on Criminal Justice …

Cory Mills hopes Trump boost will overcome Ethics headlines in Florida primary  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Cory Mills, under investigation by the House and shunned by some of his GOP colleagues in Congress, heads into a primary next week hoping a months-old endorsement from President Donald Trump …

A Third Immigrant Detained at Delaney Hall Dies After Medical Emergency  —  A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.  —  A Guatemalan immigrant who had been taken to a troubled detention center in Newark …

Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN's Independence  —  Talks about an oversight committee began before a lawsuit to block the Warner deal was filed  —  Paramount in recent months has discussed creating an editorial board for CNN and other safeguards to ease concerns …

Robinson's Defense Team: Shooter ‘Hit the Intended Target’  —  It has been clear for quite a while now that Tyler Robinson's defense team is really only trying to do one thing: Get the death penalty off the table.  They have delayed the trial, tried to have the prosecutors removed from the case …

For Trump, Secret Flight Was a Stunning Ruse.  For Putin, ‘a Regular Tuesday.’  —  President Trump's Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia's president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years.