Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year  —  The close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.

Progressive Challenger Upsets Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic Senate Primary  —  Alex Vindman, a former national security official who played a key role in the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, lost a stunning upset to a progressive challenger in Florida's U.S. Senate race Tuesday.

U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America's Borrowing Binge Continues  —  President Trump's promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America's debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.  —  America's gross national debt topped $40 trillion …

100+ specials since Trump's return show Democrats in good position to reclaim the House  —  The final legislative special election before November brought the cycle to a close in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, with Democrat Brandon Dukes flipping Pennsylvania's 12th House District …

Trump's Human Printer Is Cray-Cray  —  It would be much better if they *were* sleeping together.  —  1,147 … Join  —  1. Nataly.  Natali.  Nathalie.  —  We have to talk about the Trump-Natalie Harp thing.  I'm sorry.  I had a big piece about economics teed up for today.

Trump Nominates Aide Heidi Overton for FDA Commissioner  —  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is nominating Heidi Overton, a White House aide, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  —  “Dr. Heidi has been a ROCKSTAR in my Administration, where she has worked directly …

Trump to be interviewed by Michael Cohen  —  President Donald Trump is set to record an interview on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer and fixer who later became a persistent public critic and the star witness in the hush money trial that led to Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts.

Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies  —  The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.  — In the memo, obtained by Axios …

Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA  —  Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines  —  An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study …

'It's Bonkers': Jennifer Hegseth's Hands-On Role in Her Husband's Pentagon  —  After an 18-year career at Fox News, she is now her husband's most influential adviser and de facto producer, shaping the job like no Pentagon spouse has before.  —  There has never been a Pentagon spouse quite like Jennifer Hegseth.

Trump administration was warned about peeling Reflecting Pool nearly a month before it brought vandalism case  —  A National Park Service engineer warned that the pool's floor was peeling due to the renovation process and the materials used for the reinstallation.

California senators call for ‘maximum oversight’ over conspiracist Tina Peters' new election job  —  Both of California's senators are deeply worried about convicted election denier Tina Peters' possible new job assisting with elections in the conservative bastion of Shasta County …

Trump's Secret Police Spying on Americans?  It's Darker than We Knew.  —  It's time to familiarize yourselves with the names “Operation Puppet Master” and “Operation Keyhole.”  If those nefarious phrases evoke to you the U.S. government's domestic spying on leftist groups in the 1960s and 1970s, it's for good reason.

Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership  —  The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon moves …

Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police.  We Got Its Code  —  Flock's surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage.  WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.

Trump put thousands of soldiers on Washington's streets.  They seldom stop crime  —  Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk.  —  The officers stopped the attack and arrested him, according to a police report.

Mike Lindell says he will fund statewide hand recount after losing Minnesota GOP primary by double digits  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who finished a distant second to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth in the Aug. 11 Republican primary for governor …

An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again  —  Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders.  After the bond market's alarm bells rose …

‘Very special stone’: Trump unveils another White House construction project  —  President Donald Trump unveiled a new White House construction project Wednesday, issuing an impromptu invitation to reporters to join him on the South Lawn and tour the replacement of the White House driveway as well as progress made on his new helipad.

Why Adam Schiff wants to tax AI companies  —  With help from Tyler Katzenberger, Joseph Bambridge, Hassan Ali Kanu and Nate Robson  —  California Sen. Adam Schiff wants to tax AI companies for their “disruptive” effects on the economy and the workforce, he told our colleagues at California Decoded …

Trump's Lust for Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce  —  The principal aim of President Trump's second term is revenge.  —  Trump is consumed by this lust for revenge.  It defined the first moments of his second term.  “Within hours of taking the presidential oath,” my news-side colleagues Maggie Haberman …

Alleged Great Falls, Virginia, killer is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, DHS says  —  The 19-year-old suspect accused of killing a 42-year-old mother in Great Falls, Virginia, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

'I'm Not That Informed on National Security,' Graham Says in South Carolina Debate  —  Senator Darline Graham made the remark in a debate against Representative Ralph Norman, her opponent in the runoff election to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham.  Here are five takeaways.

Ex-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema reveals stunning moment bodyguard's wife confronted her about their tryst: ‘Are you having an affair with my husband?’  —  WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema claimed in court Wednesday that she had no romantic feelings for the bodyguard with whom she was having …

Trump Says US Starting ‘Economic Warfare’ Operation Against Iran  —  The US will begin what President Donald Trump said would be an unprecedented economic warfare operation against Iran, after faulting the country for failing to take its chance to make a deal with him.

Prosecutor Reduces Charges Against L.A.P.D. Whistle-Blower After Uproar  —  A Los Angeles officer faced prison for secretly recording colleagues making offensive remarks.  The county prosecutor is reducing those charges after critics said they would discourage whistle-blowers.

Trump Set to Cut Canada Auto Tariffs to 15% in Trade Deal  —  The Trump administration is poised to reduce tariffs on automobiles imported from Canada to 15% from 25% as part of a broader deal that would see the US neighbor drop retaliatory trade measures, according to people familiar with the matter.

Judge halts Trump's abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program  —  A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration's recent changes to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, which hit groups around the country that teach classes on healthy relationships, abstinence and contraception.