“Travel with Natalie”  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  👱‍♀️ Subscribe to PN 👱‍♀️  —  Donald Trump is easily triggered.  That's hardly news.  —  He's temperamental and emotional …

First Draft: ⬇️ Trump Advisers Worry He Could ‘Sink to the High 20s’  —  The president's favorability has somehow stayed above 30% in the polls but economic pain and policy paralysis mean allies fear worse.  Still, Trump would rather focus on setting the DOJ on his enemies.

Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies US military  —  The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during …

Trump Administration Attacks Bar Association's Power to Accredit Law Schools  —  The move escalates a feud with the nation's premier legal organization  —  The Trump administration is opening a new front in its campaign to remake higher education: threatening the American Bar Association's power to accredit law schools.

Democrats Need Third-Party Help to Win Senate Majority  —  Call them the 49 percent majority makers, a path blazed 20 years ago that Democrats probably need to replicate this fall.  —  Back in 2006, when they gained six seats and the Senate majority, Democrats relied on a trio of victories …

The Message Behind Trump's Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran  —  President Trump's threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to reassure investors worried about the pressure campaign …

Trump Threatens Suit Over Report He Doesn't Like, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic  —  It was the latest example of President Trump's bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting.  Now It Can't Prove It.  —  The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state's voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.

Scott Bessent Fails to Gaslight the Market  —  What doth it profit a man if he sell his soul and can't even manipulate the 30-year?  —  Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, isn't the worst member of Trump's cabinet.  I mean, he has to compete with the likes of Pete Hegseth.

Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says  —  A statement from the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center did not provide details on the specific work the individuals were doing.  —  A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site …

Trump is finally hitting the campaign trail.  It's not for a battleground member.  —  President Donald Trump is going the extra mile for Sen. Darline Graham in deep-red South Carolina.  —  That's left battleground Republicans wondering when it'll be their turn, even while they acknowledge …

Natalie Harp's Intimate Letters to Trump Revealed in Full  —  WITH ALL MY HEART  —  Trump's biographer Michael Wolff is revealing two bombshell letters Harp wrote to Trump, calling him her “Guardian and Protector.”  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Natalie Harp's intimate letters to Donald Trump …

EXCLUSIVE: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump Allies  —  President Trump's “get out of jail free” cards for convicted crooks are actually costing crime victims a fortune.  —  A scathing new investigation by Democrats …

I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years.  This is why I resigned  —  I really wanted the column to run.  I didn't think it would, but I felt obligated to try to get it in.  —  Toward the end of last month, before the Seattle Storm hosted the Indiana Fever …

Vance says Bessent has ‘discreet’ plan to address $40 trillion national debt  —  Vice President JD Vance said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a plan to address the nation's roughly $40 trillion debt, arguing the administration can grow the economy faster than the debt accumulates.

How Harvard's Epic Fight With Trump Is Costing the University  —  The federal government has slowed Harvard's funding, despite the university's legal victories.  The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus.  —  One of Harvard University's biggest federal funding streams is down sharply …

This Is How Democrats Talk Themselves Out Of Wielding Power  —  Every party wants to win as many elections as possible.  But a supermajority can not be a prerequisite for democratic renewal in America.  —  Let's peer into a future where Democrats come to power in 2029 with a governing trifecta.

Republicans bristle at Trump's latest tactics to undermine Congress' funding power  —  Republican lawmakers are still locked in a power struggle with the White House over control of federal cash, long since President Donald Trump swept back into office with unprecedented orders undermining Congress' power of the purse.

CIA staff exodus leaves new retirees waiting months for benefits  —  The spy agency is swamped by what it calls an “unprecedented number” of retirements as the Trump administration aims to shrink its workforce.  —  Summary  —  A historic wave of departures at the CIA and deep cutbacks …

Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment  —  Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion.

Germany Says Hidden Weapons Cache Points to Hybrid Attack Plans  —  Germany's top security official confirmed the discovery of a cache of weapons on the outskirts of Berlin and said authorities are investigating the possible involvement of foreign security agents in a range of planned attacks.

Why Treasury Secretary Bessent's moves to calm the bond market haven't worked so far  —  Interest rates rebounded Thursday despite efforts by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs, a sign Wall Street investors remain worried about burgeoning government debt …

Ro Khanna, Race Hustler  —  The attention-seeking lawmaker's latest stunt touches on the most sensitive spot in our politics, and puts virality ahead of the truth.  —  Upgrade to Listen  —  These days, Representative Ro Khanna seems to swing from one political stunt to the next without stopping to catch his breath.

New York Times Loses Defamation Lawsuit in Alabama  —  A 2023 article incorrectly reported that a University of Alabama basketball player was at the scene of a deadly shooting.  A jury awarded $9.25 million in damages.  —  An Alabama jury determined on Thursday that The New York Times defamed …

Your New Senator Is a Total Lightweight.  She's Perfect.  —  Darline Graham is the very model of a modern MAGA senator.  —  There's been lots of reporting lately about the breathlessly fawning personal letters Natalie Harp habitually writes to her boss.  Last night, the Daily Beast released …

Trump pauses quota tariff on 300,000 tons of beef ahead of midterms  —  President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he would exempt from tariffs 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef, the administration's latest bid to lower prices ahead of midterm elections in which voters appear set …

Natalie Harp Should Concern Everyone—I Should Know, I Once Had Her Job  —  Handling a U.S. president's social media voice is a magisterial job.  The work involved ranges far and wide—from figuring out how to handle the president's receipt of a Nobel Peace Prize to huddling with colleagues to pull just the right clip from a speech.

Republican Mike Rogers backs Michigan data center moratorium  —  Republican Mike Rogers expressed support Thursday for a “pause” on data center construction as he runs against a progressive Democrat for Michigan's open Senate seat.  —  Michigan is one of the top Senate battlegrounds this cycle …

Hormuz ship crossings hover in single digits, data shows  —  Ship crossings at the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint were down on Thursday from the previous day, initial shipping data showed, amid growing concern over risks to shipping in the Middle East, with US-Iran peace talks remaining in limbo.

Two Americas: Anti-ICE Fighters vs. Bootlickers  —  MANHATTAN - Standing with Attorney General Letitia James, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and a phalanx of local elected and community leaders last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put the Trump administration and their collaborators …