60 days after signing Iran deal, Trump stuck in quagmire as peace talks stall  —  President Donald Trump's interim deal with Iran in June set aside two months for negotiations, but the window has now closed and broader talks are at a standstill.  —  Summary

Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide  —  The U.K. leader believed he was communicating with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.  —  LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham engaged with messages from somebody impersonating one of Donald Trump's closest advisers, four officials have told POLITICO.

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books.  It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility … Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.  —  A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon's book buying operation …

Trump Will Make South Korea Pay for His Iran Humiliation  —  His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.  —  Last winter, Donald Trump plunged recklessly into war with Iran.  The United States is now losing that conflict.  Iran remains defiant, much of the world economy …

Supreme Court denies Trump's rehearing petition, cementing Carroll's $5 million win  —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's long-shot request to reconsider taking up his appeal in one of the two civil cases he lost to E. Jean Carroll.

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit  —  ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.  —  An expert witness testifying …

From Natalie, With LOVE ...  With the growing attention being given to Trump handler/confidante Natalie Harp, I looked up this November 2024 Times article which captures some of the relationship ...  Given that Natalie Harp is not only a conventionally attractive women but also Trump's type …

FBI had evidence Swalwell got illegal donations from suspected Chinese spy, bombshell memos show  —  The newly declassified investigation files also show that the FBI had initially tried to recruit the infamous Fang Fang as a source that could share information on Chinese influence operations …

“Suckers and losers” as policy  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🚢 Subscribe to PN 🚢  —  The Navy Times reported last week, based on interviews with family members, that multiple sailors have recently tried to jump overboard …

With Fear and Favor  —  Institutions don't have courage.  They have incentives.  —  Institutions don't have courage.  They have incentive structures.  When incentives line up just right, it is not uncommon for an institution to make a collective decision that almost no one inside it would have made alone.

Trump blames vandals for dead grass on lawn where he held Fourth of July event  —  Similarly damaged grass was seen at the White House Ellipse and South Lawn after the UFC Freedom 250 events this summer.  —  President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to accuse vandals of damaging …

Supreme Court asked to hear case on Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools  —  The case could set up a landmark clash over the separation of church and state.  —  Summary  —  Civil liberties groups on Monday asked the Supreme Court to hear their challenge of a Texas law requiring …

The Wrong Kind of American  —  The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.  —  At the cia, they'd started an office pool on when I'd be fired.  —  President Trump would be sworn in for his second term at noon; the smart money had me gone by 12:15.

Trump roasted over ‘flying palace’ trips with aide: ‘He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie’  —  Democratic senator Jon Ossoff claimed that the president is ‘treating citizens as fools and those who serve as pawns’  —  Donald Trump would rather build the White House ballroom …

Trump Consults AI George Washington on Ballroom Design  —  Since Donald Trump flattened the East Wing last October, his justification for building a White House ballroom has evolved considerably.  Originally, the president suggested he needed a place to throw killer parties.

New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case  —  Exactly one year ago this week, Donald Trump threatened to impose “harsh measures” on the state of Colorado unless it agreed to release election denier Tina Peters from prison several years before her sentence runs its course.

Is the DSA a Republican Psy-Op?  —  If I told you the DSA was secretly run by Roger Stone to hurt Democrats it would make more sense than . . . this.  —  1. Sides  —  Over the weekend Hakeem Jeffries was asked if he endorsed the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America.  He said no.

The Democratic establishment's ideas deficit  —  The centrist Democratic group Third Way recently declared “war” on democratic socialists to head off what they fear could be a far-left hijacking of the party ahead of 2028.  — But establishment Democrats have made clear what they're …

Trump votes by mail again in his home state of Florida  —  PLANT CITY, Florida — President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary, according to local voting records, even as he continues to rail against mail-in voting with wide-ranging allegations of fraud.

House Ethics Chair Violates the STOCK Act  —  House Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest, whose committee enforces compliance of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, violated the insider trading and transparency law, a NOTUS review of congressional financial records indicates.

Cassidy on Trump's vaccine overhaul: ‘Crazy, stupid thing’  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy blasted President Donald Trump's recent executive order that calls for unbundling the childhood MMR vaccine into three individual shots.  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) blasted President Donald Trump's …

Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park  —  The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building …

Why prescription drug prices are plunging  —  America is experiencing its biggest prescription drug price deflation in generations. … - Prices haven't risen in any month this year, an unusually persistent stretch of flat or falling drug prices.  — The downward trend comes as costs …

Hegseth to go to Iowa today to campaign for GOP candidates, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was scheduled to head to Iowa on Monday to give remarks, speak to veterans and campaign, sources told CBS News, as Republicans try to protect multiple GOP-held seats in Congress.

Trump Has Opened the Door for Putin to Make a Move on NATO  —  The alliance that has kept Russia at bay for nearly 75 years is starting to crack, and the U.S. may be hastening its dissolution  —  President Donald Trump is providing Russian President Vladimir Putin a window of opportunity …