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 …

Missouri asks US Supreme Court to allow use of new Trump-backed congressional districts in midterms  —  Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the fast-approaching midterm election.

In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members  —  About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military's diminished stocks of munitions.  —  U.S. government investigators have taken …

“We're stuck:” GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms  —  President Trump is hitting the campaign trail and doing the last thing many Republicans want: making the 59 days to the Nov. 3 midterms a referendum on him.  — At the same time, they know it's inevitable.

Maria Bartiromo's Downfall at an Increasingly Cautious Fox News  —  The network this week took Maria Bartiromo off the air, pulling one of the last hosts whose coverage of Dominion Voting Systems drew an expensive defamation lawsuit.  —  In July, as President Trump was preparing a prime …

Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet's need …

Tetris Owner Denounces Trump White House Clone of Game  —  Responding to Build the Wall, an apparent copy of the retro video game, the Tetris Company said “we take copyright infringement very seriously.”  —  The Tetris Company, the company that owns the rights to the classic video game …

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.”

Veterans make emergency request to block construction of Trump's arch  —  The administration is seeking to render the project a “fait accompli” by moving quickly, the veterans' lawyers argued Friday.  —  Three Vietnam War veterans on Friday asked a federal judge to prevent work …

Gallup Polls Show Democrats Outnumber Republicans Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections  —  Data from Gallup shows that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have their largest advantage over Republicans since 2008.  —  The share of Americans who associate themselves with the Democratic Party …

Putin's envoy Dmitriev to meet Witkoff, Kushner upon their arrival in Moscow, sources say  —  Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev will meet U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner upon their arrival in Moscow on Saturday, two people familiar with the upcoming visit told Reuters.

ChatGPT bans campaigns from using AI to make ads.  They're doing it anyway.  —  A Post review found 39 campaigns that disclosed payments to AI companies, but consultants say many more do it and don't disclose it.  —  Summary  —  Artificial intelligence has subtly entered the machinery …

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 …

The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026  —  So far.  —  ... This is a list of the 75 most corrupt things Trump did in 2026.  These are not all of the corrupt things.  There were many more, all of which I chronicled throughout the year in my daily column ‘Today in Politics.’ I was planning to list 100.

Gen Z's politics aren't what people think  —  After 12 years of dominating American politics — either as president, as a candidate, or from the sidelines — Donald Trump will finally exit the stage in 2028, and it's anybody's guess what will come next.  But one thing we do know is that Gen Z …

HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED  —  The Health Department's office to improve the health of minorities has abruptly terminated more than half its existing grants, saying they didn't focus on the Trump administration's new priorities of addressing infertility and encouraging exercise.

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.

Trump reveals Brazil, Argentina involved in controversial beef deal  —  President Trump said Friday that tariff-free imported beef will be coming from Brazil and Argentina, among other places, as his administration works to alleviate stubbornly high prices.  —  “It's coming from Argentina.

Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms  —  The 6-week-old died Aug. 18 at home, after being in palliative care at home soon after birth, Lancaster County coroner Stephen Diamantoni said.  —  Summary  —  A local coroner has said that an infant from the Amish community in Lancaster County …

How to survive a national debt scare  —  The national debt hasn't been a major issue in the 2026 midterms.  But perhaps it should be.  As of last month, the United States is in debt to the tune of $40 trillion.  That's 12 zeros, which averages out to about $116,000 per American.

September 4, 2026  —  On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.  The parade almost didn't happen: there was no band, and no one wanted to start marching without music.  Once the Jewelers Union of Newark Two showed up with musicians …

Flock cameras draw opposition from across the political spectrum  —  There are plenty of issues Republicans and Democrats disagree on, but increasingly, they're aligned on this: they want Flock surveillance cameras gone.  —  The widespread backlash against AI-powered license plate readers …

Looking Back on the Summer of High MAGA in Trump's Washington … When the history of this time is written, it may be observed that the United States of America celebrated its 250th anniversary with one, big Donald Trump-themed party in the nation's capital that lasted for one whole summer.

The mystery behind an audio clip that helped upend a Senate race  —  Artificial intelligence tools increasingly allow political actors to fool voters — and help candidates cast doubt on reality.  —  Summary  —  Late last month, left-wing firebrand Hasan Piker showed his Twitch viewers …

U.S. Used Promise of Nvidia Chips to Broker Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal  —  Negotiators offered access to advanced AI hardware to help secure a preliminary agreement ending decades of conflict  —  U.S. negotiators used the promise of access to Nvidia's artificial-intelligence chips …