‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis' lightning advance down Red Sea coast  —  The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday.  An advance by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Yemen's strategic port city …

Trump doubles down on $5K check idea despite GOP doubts, inflation concerns  —  Despite doubts from GOP members of Congress, President Donald Trump again promised to send every adult in the U.S. a $5,000 check if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterm elections on Friday.

Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent  —  The United States is officially neutral on an issue that had been a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal.  —  Shortly after setting foot in Dublin, President Trump on Saturday said it would be …

Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists  —  Communism, in the president's hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were.  Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech  —  President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS  —  President Trump has harnessed agencies across …

DeSantis: ‘Florida will provide asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy case  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, after a report revealed that the juror had a history …

U.S. Links Chinese Satellite Imagery to Iranian Strike That Killed Three Troops  —  Finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships  —  Before Iran carried out its attack that killed three U.S. troops in July …

These are the Trump investigations Democrats plan if they win in November  —  Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that power to probe Trump's business ventures, legal maneuvers and policies.  —  Summary  —  House Democrats are eagerly preparing to wield a power they do not yet have.

Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo  —  Jon Husted's campaign, after being contacted by The Post, said it would part ways with the political director.  —  Summary  —  A top campaign staffer for Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) once used a photo of SS soldiers …

Mike Johnson runs out the clock on his own speakership  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥  —  Mike Johnson, the theoretical speaker of the House, announced last Thursday he's canceling votes …

Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention  —  Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats ‘should be shot’ during Ted Cruz's speech, without senator responding  —  On the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie Kirk and warn against the dangers …

What we know about when Mitch McConnell will return to the Senate  —  The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues.  —  McConnell was hospitalized in June …

Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect.  It turns you into a supremacist’  —  She's tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires.  She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power

Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree  —  Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocide  —  Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune …

Record diesel prices squeeze food, transport  —  The record price of diesel threatens to stoke inflation at a time when consumers are already price-sensitive and businesses are reeling from higher costs due to trade tensions. … - That's up 60% from a year earlier.

Trump Partied in Texas as Iran and Its Allies Began a ‘Tet Offensive’ on the World Economy  —  ‘It looks bad, I am willing to admit it,’ a Trump adviser told Zeteo late Thursday.  —  ∙ Paid  —  DALLAS — The Republican Party's “Trump-a-palooza” midterm convention in Texas concluded …

As MAGA Inc. begins to spend on Senate races, super PAC chief says he's ‘cautiously optimistic’ about midterms  —  Top Trump political adviser James Blair spoke with NBC News' new podcast, “Here's the Scoop: Election Edition,” about the midterms and the super PAC's spending.

Trump wants Smithsonian to build George Washington statue, exhibit  —  President Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution in late Friday social media posts to install a 30-foot-tall statue of George Washington outside of its National Museum of American History (NMAH) and open an exhibit to honor the founding father.

Abdul El-Sayed touts ‘whole a—’ medical credentials while defending sex changes for children  —  Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said the government should not restrict sex changes, arguing that “whole a—” doctors like himself should be allowed to make their own determinations for patients' treatment plans.

Palestinian flag-waving idiot runs onto field at Yankee Stadium at cryptic moment — and Subway Series fans respond with ‘USA’ chants  —  A bozo waving a Palestinian flag ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium during Friday night's Subway Series game — at 9:11 p.m. on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Jewish institutions' security spending in U.S. tops $1 billion  —  Antisemitic threats have pushed the nationwide cost of protecting Jewish synagogues, schools and community centers past $1 billion a year, new estimates reveal as congregations prepare for big crowds during the High Holy Days, which began Friday with Rosh Hashanah.