Iran-backed Houthis seize Red Sea port, putting another key trade route at risk  —  Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the Red Sea port of Mokha and captured the nearby Perim island on Friday, tightening their grip around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait while the U.S.-Iran war chokes another …

Out of Gas.  Out of Ideas.  Out of Time.  —  Today marks twenty-five years since the September 11th attacks.  In many ways, it feels like another age—and the pre-9/11 era even more so.  But the pain lingers, especially for those who lost someone that day.  They're in our thoughts today.

Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump's Convention  —  The vice president, widely seen as a potential White House candidate, sought to use his speech in Dallas to show a more personal side to the MAGA faithful.  —  Republicans descended on Dallas this week with the ostensible aim …

Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Reflecting Pool Failure  —  The contractor said the pool's new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.  —  The contractor that renovated …

C.I.A. Releases Intelligence Sent to White House Before Sept. 11  —  The spy agency released dozens of intelligence documents it had sent to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, outlining what was known about Al Qaeda.  —  Tucked at the end of a Sept. 10, 1998, intelligence report sent …

Facing Islamophobia, Mamdani Keeps Focus on 9/11 Victims  —  In recent weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has visited firehouses around New York City as part of an effort to direct the public's attention toward the victims, and away from himself.  —  Three days before the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 …

Fed Rate Hikes Won't Be Enough to Get Inflation to 2%  —  The latest inflation report points to a hard truth: The US is not going back to a 2% inflation rate anytime soon.  At least not easily.  —  It's clear, as inflation picks up and real wages continue to fall, that the period of smooth disinflation is over.

USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County's Ballot Over Spacing Issue … A Florida county's mail-in ballot envelope design was almost rejected by the U.S. Postal Service for less than two-hundredths of an inch.  —  Leon County, Florida's mail ballot envelope design placed the words …

Despite Pledges From Musk, Child Sexual Abuse Material Persists on X  —  Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.  —  Elon Musk has long vowed to remove child sexual abuse material …

How Trump's $5,000 check promise is supposed to work  —  The White House is doubling down on President Trump's promise to deliver $5,000 checks to American adults, arguing his record shows he can pull it off.  —  Why it matters: The Trump administration is teasing these massive checks …

9/11 widow blasts Saudi Arabia during annual ceremony  —  A widow of a 9/11 victim used the annual reading of the names of those killed to plead with the Trump administration about Saudi Arabian officials' alleged ties to the terror attack, which the kingdom has dismissed.

Congress gripped by AI panic after doomsday warnings  —  Anthropic insiders' warnings this week that AI could end humanity in the next decade have members of Congress frantically seeking answers and trying to cobble together some kind of response. … - Some rank-and-file members in both parties …

Joe diGenova resigns abruptly from DOJ job investigating Trump foes, calling out ‘ethical’ problems on way out  —  Counselor to the Attorney General Joe diGenova abruptly resigned Thursday from a sprawling probe into former officials in the Obama administration, The Post has learned.

The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  When it comes to 9/11, Donald Trump has always had a problem with the truth.  Now that he's increasingly detached …

McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years  —  At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters  —  McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs …

Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say  —  Ahmed Soliman's attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea's notorious torture prisons.  —  Ahmed Soliman, a 30-year-old gay immigrant from Egypt who had lived in Arizona since …

Afghan woman deported in first-ever “Alien Terrorist” court case, DOJ says  —  An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday. … - The DOJ said “the government used classified information …

New Info Just Revealed About Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Shocks Liberal Media Host  —  We've been hearing from some of the 11 jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case who wanted to acquit her by reason of insanity.  We've heard from three women on camera, one man, and the youngest female juror.