Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations  —  A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere.  —  Summary  —  Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …

Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates  —  Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America sign  —  Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government's administrative renaming …

Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting by Mail  —  A judge temporarily blocked the agency from implementing a strict new rule governing mail voting.  The policy could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.  —  Voting by mail would become much more difficult …

Trump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for “rebuke or punishment”, after he said she reported the Republican President had mixed results in his endorsement of candidates.

Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE  —  Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE.  They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.

Minnesota Supreme Court rejects Mike Lindell's bid to recount GOP gubernatorial primary  —  Lindell, a longtime 2020 election denier, previously said he would pay $825,000 to cover a full hand recount of his lost GOP gubernatorial primary in Minnesota.  —  MyPillow founder Mike Lindell …

The Republican Party's Midterm Nightmare Is Taking Shape … As with every modern presidential campaign, it runs through the Midwest.  —  If Democrats flip Republican-held seats in Ohio and Iowa while retaining Michigan, they will almost certainly net the four seats total needed to take control …

Talarico Is Out-Fundraising Paxton and Flooding the Airwaves in Texas Senate Race  —  Democratic candidate is on the offensive, giving his party hope in the deep-red state  —  Senate candidate James Talarico began August in Massachusetts, standing beside a swimming pool on tony Nantucket …

How Trump's Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas  —  For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O'Connor's district.  Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.  —  President Trump's Justice Department had a problem.

Rep. Jim Clyburn says impeaching Trump shouldn't be Democrats' priority if win back the House  —  The South Carolina representative also told “Meet the Press” that he regretted his support of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings in 1991.

USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations  —  The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government's fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer.

One of the Supreme Court's worst ideas could save the midterms from Trump  —  Well, that was quick.  —  On Thursday evening, federal district Judge Indira Talwani issued a new order that temporarily blocks an effort by the Trump administration that appears designed to sabotage voting by mail in the upcoming midterm election.

Oligarchy and the Great Evasion  —  The tax gap: What it is and why it matters  —  There was a time when the mob boss Al Capone effectively ruled Chicago.  He had thoroughly corrupted the local police and politicians, and he murdered rivals with impunity.

Inside Trump's Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Riches  —  The deal caps months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world's largest proven oil reserves  —  President Trump spent months declaring his ouster of Venezuela's leader had secured the country's oil for America.

Breaking news.  Iceland votes ‘No’ to reopening EU accession talks, official count confirms  —  Iceland has voted to reject the resumption of European Union accession talks with a record turnout for a referendum that swung back and forth through the night.  —  Iceland's ‘No’ camp …

Tom Homan defends deportations to Haiti amid travel warnings  —  Border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended the Trump administration's ongoing deportations to Haiti despite the State Department's own advisory warning Americans against traveling to the Caribbean country.

Meet the ex-Republicans running as Democrats in the midterms  —  In races across the country, former GOP politicians are leaning into their pasts.  —  Summary  —  Democrats have struggled to win over Republican voters in recent elections.  This year, some Democratic candidates argue …