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 …

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 …

Americans to mark 25 years since September 11 attacks amid enduring grief, reflection  —  Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans will pause on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center …

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.

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 …

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.

Democrats put new emphasis on early and in-person voting amid mail ballot concerns  —  While they don't want to discourage casting ballots by mail, progressives are prioritizing other voting methods ahead of the midterms.  —  Democrats and progressive groups are urging voters to cast …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

'I don't have any': Trump brushes aside concerns over AI's existential risks  —  President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the catastrophic risks of artificial intelligence raised this week by some AI researchers, saying late Thursday he was focused instead on the U.S. losing its edge in the tech arms race.

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.

Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint  —  Six staffers for one of Capitol Hill's most outspoken deficit hawks traveled by private jet as part of a bipartisan congressional investigation into the attempted assassination …

This Is Really Bad  —  The biggest vibe shift in artificial intelligence since the release of ChatGPT is currently underway.  Researchers in Silicon Valley — and around the world — are beginning to recognize that A.I. may no longer be entirely within human control.

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 …

Kimmel says Talarico interview won't air on TV under regulatory pressure from FCC  —  Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television “threatened” the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas …

JD Vance echoed one of Tucker Carlson's most notorious comments at the GOP midterm convention  —  Vice President JD Vance used his keynote address to the GOP's midterm convention to echo one of Tucker Carlson's most infamous statements, just one week after publicly refusing to distance himself from the right-wing podcaster.