Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump's Name on Building  —  The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge's order to remove his name.  —  The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday …

U.S. Sending Fresh Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Iran War Strain  —  USS George Washington is set to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 250 days  —  The U.S. is preparing to send the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace …

I re-analyzed the raw data from Wisconsin's primary polls.  Here's what actually went wrong.  —  What raw data from Wisconsin's Democratic primary reveals about demographic weighting, late movement, and who answers polls  —  This is a follow-up post to yesterday's article about the polls in Wisconsin.

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” …

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 …

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,” …

WNBA denounces ‘bad-faith’ transgender debate and says league has no eligibility issues  —  The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.  —  “There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Karoline Leavitt will tell her last lie from the White House podium this month.  Trump says she's leaving  —  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post at the end of August, closing a tenure …

Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats … The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program, The Washington Post has learned.

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.

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.

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.

Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect  —  McKenna West initially agreed to an abortion after diagnosis, but then fled to state where abortion is illegal and broke contact with biological parents, attorney alleges  —  A surrogate mother who traveled to Texas …

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 …

‘I was not briefed’: Andy Beshear says Trump sidelined him on Kentucky data center plan … Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the Trump administration kept him out of the loop last month as it rolled out plans for a $100 billion data center campus on federal land in his state …

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 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.

The Gaping Hole in El-Sayed's Progressive Agenda  —  The Senate nominee has woefully undercooked ideas on Supreme Court reform—and that's a problem.  —  Pocket  —  Progressive Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic primary for Senate last week over a wet-blanket establishment Democrat, and the left has been on a high.

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.

U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal  —  The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.  —  Summary

Senators Sound Alarm on Voter Intimidation in Nursing Homes  —  “The changes to CMS's guidance will result in the disenfranchisement of nursing home residents.”  —  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under Trump appointee Mehmet Oz, changed their guidance on voting in nursing homes last month.

Congress Needs a Select Committee That Focuses on Trump Family Corruption  —  With midterm elections only months away, Democrats have come together at conferences and in conversation to sketch out what their agenda should look like should they retake control of the House or Senate.

Republicans Panic as Trump's Mess Turns Into Midterm Nightmare  —  GRAND OLD PANIC  —  Senators say voters are exhausted as the president's “few week” war stretches into its sixth month.  —  Senate Republicans are getting swamped with voter complaints about Donald Trump's interminable war …

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 …

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 …