Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump's Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms  —  A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Dan Driscoll's Parting Shot  —  The Army secretary told Trump about problems in the Army and his friction with Hegseth, then resigned.  —  During a white house meeting last week, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll brought his concerns about the future of the Army under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directly …

College student steps into highway traffic, is killed after losing TPS  —  Pierre Damas Bel's family said he took his own life after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle monitor.  —  Summary

U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hard-liner resistance … The U.S. House on Tuesday is expected to vote on a stopgap spending measure that would avert a government shutdown this fall ahead of the 2026 midterm election, though GOP hard-liners are vowing to complicate things.

California lawmakers take their big swing on data centers  —  SACRAMENTO, California — California lawmakers are rushing to rein in data centers, passing seven bills in the final week of the state's legislative session to put stricter rules on an industry whose rapid buildout has sparked backlash across the country.

The Plot to Steal Venezuela's Oil  —  A scam that is both vile and deeply stupid  —  The United States has an ugly reputation in Latin America — a reputation that, I'm sorry to say, is mostly well deserved.  Our government has a long track record of supporting dictators …

CBS' El-Sayed Scandal … At 8:18 a.m. on Monday morning, CBS News published a post on X that immediately drew an avalanche of criticism: “As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001,” the post said, “Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan …

Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa  —  Yasmany Moreno thought he was being transferred.  Again.The 32-year-old Cuban who traveled between Tampa and Miami for work had already spent more than a year in immigration detention centers across the United States.

House Democrats fume about GOP's anti-socialism bill  —  House Democrats are grumbling that Republicans are setting one last political trap for them before November by attaching language touting their marquee voter ID legislation to a resolution denouncing socialism.

Russian finance minister, invited by Trump, draws objections at G-20 meeting  —  As Moscow pounds Ukraine, the appearance by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was “quite troubling,” said one attendee.  U.S. officials cited a need for “dialogue.”  —  Summary

The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump  —  I attended a military retirement ceremony last month at which Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the presiding officer and featured speaker.  It was eerily, even alarmingly normal.

Max Miller's Democratic challenger highlights (his own) family in TV ad  —  Democrat Brian Poindexter's first general-election ad in his campaign to unseat Rep. Max Miller doesn't directly mention the Republican's well-publicized family drama — but it makes the subtext impossible to ignore.

Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America's Agrarian Past, Dies at 92  —  A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.  —  Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer who plowed his fields behind Belgian draft horses …

Saudi and South Korean oil tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz  —  The increase in shipping attacks comes after a period of relative calm in the war  —  Two oil tankers shuttling oil out of the Gulf were hit on Monday night amid a rise in attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz …

Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report  —  The reliability of Census Bureau information during the Trump administration is coming under question again.  —  This month, the bureau's parent agency, the Commerce Department, quietly cut language banning …

Ex-Rules chair to oppose rule  —  How much trouble is the GOP leadership floor plan in?  Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, a former Rules Committee chair who is not in the habit of defying party leaders, said he plans to vote against the procedural measure advanced by the panel last night.

How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History  —  After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers.  We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades.  —  In early 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly of a heart attack …

Institute for Public Policy and Social Research  —  MSU Poll Shows Democrats Lead, Republicans Coalesce Behind Rogers  —  The Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University (IPPSR) released the latest iteration of the long-running State of the State Survey.

Mike Johnson tells House GOP leaders he met with Elon Musk  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told a closed-door meeting of senior House Republicans on Monday night that he met with GOP megadonor Elon Musk in Austin last week, according to two people who were in the room, as House GOP leaders hope he'll bolster …

C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania's Report of Two Measles Deaths  —  Questioning a state's investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.  —  The new director of the Centers …

Nessel urges Jewish Dems to place world's needs above self interest  —  LANSING — Attorney General Dana Nessel suggested in a private speech to Jewish Democrats on Aug. 30 that they should sacrifice their own safety and comfort in exchange for what she described as “the opportunity to save the rest of humanity.”

We Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in America  —  It was a close call, but it sure looks like Donald Trump is going to get his East Wing ballroom, at least for now.  Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that construction could continue.

Bessent Says Hormuz Will Be ‘Worthless’ as Oil Bypasses It  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the importance of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, saying the crucial waterway for Persian Gulf energy that's been controlled by Iran during the recent conflict will get bypassed by oil pipelines.

ICE is leaving hospitals with millions in unpaid bills  —  Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abruptly stopping paying third parties for medical care provided to detainees.  Third-party providers are used to provide …

Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again  —  As of Tuesday, the 30-year-old navigation tool was Apple's No. 1 free app after the company rebuffed an executive order renaming the Great Lake.  —  Summary  —  MapQuest has seen a surge in app downloads after the company …

Nepal's glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster  —  The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires.  We must take action now  —  For millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement …

You're Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing  —  For Americans, it's been a real tough summer for figuring out what foods are safe to eat.  —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced 26 notices for food products this August alone (not including pet food).

Trump claims Chicago ‘will die’ without his help to tackle ‘out of control’ crime  —  President Trump insists federal government is a ‘fine tuned crime fighting machine’ and urges Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to request support, despite widespread local opposition to last year's incursion by immigration agents