Judge Once Again Blocks Mail-In Ballot Rules  —  The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.  —  A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the Trump administration's plans …

Fox News abruptly parts ways with scandal-tarred star Maria Bartiromo  —  Fox News abruptly announced Thursday that it is parting ways with longtime host Maria Bartiromo, whose close ties to President Trump helped propel her ratings but also ultimately unraveled her Fox career.

Ballroom Blitz  —  Trump's obsessive bid for architectural immortality is barreling toward completion.  —  These are Corinthian columns," President Donald Trump tells me as he sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office in late August, a stack of printed renderings spread before him.

Former Staff Members Threaten to Expose Fetterman's Internal Messages  —  The former aides started a social media account they said would publicize Senator John Fetterman's communications, following a report detailing the Democrat's disdain for doing his job.

Democrats just got one seat closer to retaking the House  —  Yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the state's new congressional map — which likely would have flipped Kansas City's Democratic 5th District red — could not be used in November.  Instead, voters will now get to decide …

I Am Going To Lose My F****** Mind  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and the Republican Party's most prolific donor, took a beat Wednesday to engage with Wilfred Reilly, a black, conservative professor, who idly asked,"Are Jews white?"  You know...just wondering.  —  Musk responded at length:

Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and defends Vance's position that it's not a ‘war’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”

Trump Signs Order to Help Ranchers Bypass USDA-Inspected Processing Facilities  —  He characterized the move as an effort to reduce smaller ranchers' reliance on a handful of large meat-packers.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday intended to make it easier …

Judge weighs how to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charge against Olympian … A Washington judge on Friday said he will rule quickly on whether to dismiss a now-discredited indictment charging former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with prejudice …

Federal ‘Bureal’ of Investigation: Kash Patel Posts Embarrassing Slop Video About How Much the FBI Loves AI  —  Is anybody checking this stuff for accuracy over there?  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is not known as the most competent guy around.  And a video he posted to X on Thursday isn't going to help that reputation.

Trump says he's followed the Lindsay Clancy case in first comments on trial: “She did a horrible, horrible thing”  —  Shortly after the judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy's murder case declared a mistrial Friday due to a hung jury, President Trump called it a “terrible situation” and a …

A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.  —  New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.  —  Iran has grown more confident in its ability to attack targets in the Middle East …

The price of diesel hits a record high  —  The price of diesel has reached an all-time high, according to AAA.  —  The national average for a gallon is now $5.85.  The price of diesel hasn't been this high since June 2022, when the average for a gallon reached $5.81 a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine, according to AAA data.

Fake Version of Republican Midterm Convention Website Redirects to Epstein Files  —  A spoof of the G.O.P. convention site tricked people for weeks, before redirecting them to the Justice Department's library of Epstein files.  —  Someone seems very intent on making sure voters don't forget about the Epstein files.

Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund  —  The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president's allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.  —  A federal magistrate judge ordered …

Ken Paxton's Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings …

Inside Mamdani's Private Army of Public Influencers … On the morning of March 25, a flood of posts began popping up on scattered social media sites that struck a remarkably similar tone.  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani had just decided to cancel a $9 million contract that New York City …

Senate aide's lobbying side gig raises ethics questions  —  FIRST IN PI — A senior staffer for Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has quietly worked as a lobbyist for Meta and other high-profile clients — an unusual agreement that experts say raises questions about ethics and possible conflicts of interest …

The “priorities gap” and the midterms  —  Voters want a president who works on their problems.  They say Trump isn't — and he and Republicans are losing support because of it  —  In the past two weeks, several high-profile events have shown voters that President Donald Trump is not focused …

How Talarico is countering Trump's midterms convention  —  James Talarico is planning to counterprogram President Donald Trump's GOP midterms convention in Dallas with a focus on affordability.  The idea from the Texas Democratic Senate candidate and seminarian: host a statewide “Love Thy Neighbor” …

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy puts hold on four Trump nominees after shocking report on Lori Chavez-DeRemer's behavior  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee placed a hold Friday on four of President Trump's nominees to federal labor …

Trump brushes off accusations of Russian sabotage against NATO allies  —  President Donald Trump dodged a chance Friday to condemn President Vladimir Putin over allegations that Russia has conducted espionage attacks on NATO nations.  —  Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House …

‘F**k you...hurry up and die’: Swing-seat Democratic House candidate's deleted tweets show far-left record  —  William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country's most competitive House races in Michigan, deleted hundreds of old social media posts in which he embraced police and prison abolition …

ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years  —  Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested, booked in Louisville jail  —  The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.  —  Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday in Paris by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office due …