Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions  —  The Navy spent years fighting the president's push to go back to steam catapults  —  President Trump has directed the Navy to tear out a complex system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers …

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 …

US warns Iran it will step up economic pressure; two more ships attacked in Hormuz  —  Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely.

The presumption of irregularity  —  There has been lots of talk in recent months, including from federal judges, about the ways in which the Department of Justice has lost the “presumption of regularity” that is generally afforded to government lawyers.  —  This week has raised …

Can Polls Measure the True Strength of the Left?  —  Recent polling issues could continue in Democratic primaries in part because progressives are more likely to enjoy taking surveys.  —  Progressives had high hopes of dominant victories in marquee primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin …

Fox News Poll: A Senate battle looms in Michigan  —  The GOP nominee has an edge in the Senate race, while the Democrat is favored for governor  —  In Michigan, while more Democrats than Republicans are concerned about their candidates' ideological views, Democrats are also more engaged …

TV Star Is Shock Frontrunner to Replace Karoline Leavitt  —  SPIN CYCLE  —  The president is turning to an unlikely source for his new press secretary.  —  A shock name is considered the favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt as the next White House press secretary.

White House border czar defends ICE electric shock gloves as tools to avoid deadly force  —  White House border czar Tom Homan defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, calling them a tool to help officers end confrontations without using deadly force.

Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network  —  Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates and citizens across the U.S., announced Thursday that it is making changes …

Top Trump official asked for more resources to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch  —  Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked for more aircraft to contain a 7-acre blaze last month, officials said.  —  Summary  —  Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources …

Little Thefts, Big Charges: Trump's Justice Dept. Targets Lesser Fraud  —  As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.

Scoop: Trump team tells GOP to lean in on health care  —  President Trump's top political hands had some surprising advice for Senate Republicans last week: Talk more about health care. … But Republican message testing from Trump's own pollster suggests candidates are better off focusing elsewhere.

ICE keeps racking up losses at the appeals courts on mandatory detention  —  A Boston-based appeals court is the latest to reject ICE's bid to subject millions of people — most of whom have lived in the U.S. for years and have no criminal records — to the prospect of detention without bond.

U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a ‘horrific act of terror’  —  JERUSALEM — The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Judge shows signs of frustration with DOJ attorneys over handling of Epstein files  —  The judge said he had “absolutely no desire” to go down the road of holding government attorneys in contempt, but he gave a history lesson on when he has done so.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge overseeing …

How Trump's Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart  —  Reporting Highlights  — Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false positives.

World War Two memorial in Washington vandalized with bubbles and graffiti  —  The World War Two memorial in Washington was vandalized with bubbly soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the U.S. government to find the perpetrator.  —  The fountain bubbled over with suds and someone painted …

Trump stops short of endorsing Bibi as his campaign falters  —  When Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump met in the Oval Office two weeks ago, the president asked the Israeli prime minister how he was doing in the polls ahead of an Oct. 27 election.  — Netanyahu paused.

Trump's Gift to the Money Launderers  —  DONALD TRUMP PROMISED Americans a new golden age.  Unfortunately, it turns out to be a golden age for diarrhea and white-collar crime.  —  Biological, social, and financial parasites are all flourishing, because the Trump administration has destroyed …

GOP finds its next progressive target in Minnesota  —  Republicans have a new name on their growing list of progressive midterm targets: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, fresh off a landslide Senate primary win. … - That means portraying some progressive Democrats who've won statewide primaries as national foils.

US Presses Allies on Ideological Loyalty Ahead of Troop Cuts  —  The US wants to know how loyal each NATO ally is to Donald Trump's policies before cutting military assets defending the alliance.  —  In a document recently sent to North Atlantic Treaty Organization members and seen by Bloomberg News …

DNC set to finalize controversial 2028 primary calendar, elevating South Carolina and Nevada  —  Some within the party have praised the elevation of South Carolina.  —  Delegates attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago.  —  The Democratic National Committee …

Trump signs proclamations imposing new drone tariffs, orders Navy to allow shipbuilding abroad  —  The tariff is set to take effect 21 days after signing.  —  The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington sails in the South China Sea, Aug. 11, 2026.  —  US Navy