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.

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

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 …

House votes to pass short-term funding bill and prevent a shutdown before the election  —  The legislation, which already passed the Senate, now goes to President Donald Trump to become law, checking off the main item on Congress' to-do list ahead of the midterms.

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 …

U.S. Strikes Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Mines, Trump Says  —  U.S. Central Command did not say precisely what it was trying to destroy in Iran, but it said the attacks were aimed at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.  —  The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it was striking military targets …

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.

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 …

Tucker Carlson helped make JD Vance.  The VP refuses to condemn his antisemitism.  —  Vice President JD Vance put his relationship with Tucker Carlson back in the spotlight this week when he was asked about the right-wing podcaster's history of promoting antisemites at a meeting of Jewish Republicans …

‘Stop doing memes’: Carney urges US to drop theatrics  —  Canada's prime minister said talks can resume once the Trump administration ‘starts being serious.’  —  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney still sees a path to a mutually beneficial trade deal with the U.S. — once Washington stops playing games.

MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump's Lake Ontario order  —  Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting 'we're not changing it'  —  A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by refusing to rename Lake Ontario …

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.

A Familiar Media Failure  —  There are only two parties, and only one election; legacy media is once again creating false impressions about the stakes; Democrats once again aren't helping their own cause.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Wherever you fall on the question of whether Abdul El-Sayed …

Trump approval stuck at lowest level of political career: Survey  —  President Trump's approval rating has remained stagnant at the lowest point between his two presidencies, according to a new poll.  —  The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that Trump's approval rating has remained at 33 percent …

An $88,600 Photo With Trump: GOP Hopes to Raise Millions During Convention  —  Republican National Committee plans pair of high-dollar fundraisers during this month's midterm convention in Dallas  —  WASHINGTON—Republicans are planning to raise millions of dollars during the coming GOP midterm convention …

Mullin says DHS could deploy to polling sites for ‘specific’ threats, arrests  —  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin provided more details Tuesday about the kinds of operations which would see immigration agents enter polling places, as Democrats have worried the Department …

Bending the Knee at Yale … This spring, I stood in a tent on Yale University's Old Campus, surrounded by classmates marking the occasion of our 25th college reunion.  The tent was full of spouses and bored children and the half-eaten remnants of lunch, and thankfully everyone was wearing name tags …

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.

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 …

A New World Order Is Coming.  We Aren't Ready.  —  When a storm is coming, there will always be signs.  The wind might suddenly drop.  The tide goes out farther than usual.  Streamers of clouds sail across the sky.  —  It's possible to misread or even ignore these signs …

Midterm candidates jump on one of Trump's most effective, and controversial, tactics  —  Your favorite influencer could be quietly taking paychecks from politicians in exchange for supportive messages and campaign endorsements on social media.  —  Recent revelations about the working …

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.

DHS posts ‘Citizenship Lists Portal’ to advance Trump's anti-voting order  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a new webpage that will help carry out President Donald Trump's plans to create a national voter registry and shape who can vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

Billionaire CEO says charity is a ‘negative’ for the world: 'I'm not going to do that'  —  Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has a net worth of several billion dollars, but don't expect him to donate to charity or do any kind of philanthropy anytime soon.  —  During a recent interview …