What's Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All  —  On Feb. 25, Siobhan Kirchstein received an official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles instructing her to surrender her driver's license.  She was one of hundreds of Kansans who received such letters when Senate Bill 244 …

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 …

Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard  —  A district court judge dismissed the Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard on Thursday, concluding that the incidents pointed to by the government were “too isolated and episodic” …

Why Isn't the Price of Oil Even Higher?  —  Donald Trump is not a well man.  He is, unfortunately, also President, which means that we all pay a price for his inability to accept reality.  Notably, while he insists that he has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz,” …

Leavitt ran the podium ‘like a Navy SEAL’: Joe Concha  —  Washington Examiner columnist , Joe Concha praised White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for her performance behind the podium, arguing that Leavitt distinguished herself through preparation, confidence, and a willingness …

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 …

Fox News has spent over 13 1/2 hours waging a WNBA culture war this summer  —  Since June 25, Fox has dedicated at least 206 segments to the WNBA … Since June 25, Fox News has devoted at least 13 hours and 34 minutes of programming to the WNBA, much of which criticized the league …

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 …

Haberman: 70% of Trump's brain on monuments  —  The New York Times' Maggie Haberman tells me 70% of President Trump's mindshare ("maybe plus or minus 5%") goes to his gilding, construction, renovation, renaming and tribute projects.  — “He is spending a huge amount of energy …

CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues  —  Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues' cell phones.

Trump Secret Plane Swap Suddenly Looks Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit  —  By now you've heard that when Donald Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey last month, he was clandestinely transferred from Air Force One to an alternative plane to avert a credible Iranian threat.

Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, is making his dreams come true: accelerating the arrest and removal of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant kids.

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown  —  The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.  —  Four days after Alex Pretti was fatally shot …

No One Wants to Talk About the Debt  —  Plus, Iran's ability to make the Strait of Hormuz too risky to cross with limited firepower, and a progressive reckoning in the Midwest  —  Good morning.  Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrats' nominee for the Senate in Michigan, campaigned on Medicare for All.

Texas 2026 Poll: Paxton and Talarico Deadlocked in U.S. Senate Race; Abbott Leads Hinojosa by Four Points  —  Economy, immigration top issues among Texas voters  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of Texas likely voters finds the U.S. Senate race in a dead heat …

Lawmakers demand answers about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions as reports emerge of sailors attempting to jump overboard  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide.  Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.

Trump Pocketed $2.2 Billion in 2025 While American Families Lost $219 Billion to Rising Costs, New Report Finds  —  New calculations from the Joint Economic Committee, Minority, show a staggering gap between how President Trump fared financially in 2025 and how ordinary American families fared.

Scoop: House GOP group launches $22 million campaign in 41 districts  —  American Action Network, a top outside group aligned with House GOP leaders, is launching a $22 million ad campaign on Thursday across 41 congressional districts, Axios has learned.

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 …

About 110,000 fewer foreign students expected after visa crackdown, report says  —  A report released this week forecasts a decline of about 111,000 international students at U.S. colleges and universities.  —  There will probably be far fewer foreign students on campuses nationwide …

Democrats demand Trump reveal stock managers, explain suspicious trades … Two top Democratic lawmakers are pushing President Donald Trump for answers on the mountain of stock trades made in his name since he returned to the White House.  —  In a 17-page letter sent Wednesday and seen by CNBC …

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 …

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.

In Minnesota yesterday, close Trump ally Mike Lindell, the former chief executive officer of MyPillow, lost the Republican primary for governor to Republican state house speaker Lisa Demuth.  This loss comes after Trump ally Representative Andy Ogles lost his primary in Tennessee.

Trump Administration Lets Key Gun Law Lapse Following Court Ruling  —  The retreat by the Justice Department effectively allowed a pillar of the Prohibition-era National Firearms Act to lapse.  —  The Justice Department declined to appeal a court ruling that effectively dismantled longstanding restrictions …

Elon Musk's DOGE Promised Savings, But It's Cost Us a Fortune  —  A new report from the Government Accountability Office misses the point entirely.  —  The US government doesn't have many watchdogs left.  Donald Trump fired a whole bunch of them shortly after returning to power, and many others have been pushed out since.

Irony: Watch the SPLC CFO Decry Increase in Racist Groups She Funded  —  As Glenn Reynolds loves to joke, the demand for racism is so high that liberals are forced to manufacture it.  —  It is no laughing matter.  Almost every racist incident in America aimed at the preferred and exalted “victim” groups is, in fact, manufactured.

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.) …

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 …

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.

Buttigieg's plan to help Dems win again starts with the Indiana state legislature  —  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 …