Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board votes to close venue for renovations  —  The board made the move after finding the center is “unsafe” and “hazardous”  —  President Donald Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to immediately shutter the performing arts center …

Let's Unpack Sam Alito's Unhinged Dissent In the Supreme Court Mail In Voting Case  —  For Alito and Thomas, there is no greater injustice than Donald Trump not getting what he wants, when he wants it.  —  For months, President Donald Trump has been coping with his myriad failures …

Democrats Gain Edge as Trump Drags Down G.O.P., New Poll Finds  —  Even some Republicans are losing faith in Trump's economy, a New York Times/Siena poll found, and Democrats were favored on the top issues as the sprint to the midterms gets underway.  —  With fewer than 50 days until the midterms …

Massie launches effort to impeach Hegseth  —  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday launched an effort to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, citing the Pentagon's military actions against Iran.  —  Massie, a frequent critic of President Trump, accused Hegseth of launching an illegal war that was not approved by Congress.

Chilling new details about Trump shooter Thomas Crooks revealed in bombshell FBI docs: emotionless since birth  —  President Trump's would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was born without making a sound on Sept. 20, 2003, a trait that would follow him right up to the end of his short life …

Trump Goes Postal On Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett  —  Last night, I wrote a post titled, “Chief Justice Roberts Goes Postal on Trump's USPS Rule.”  In candor, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for Trump to go postal on SCOTUS.  It came this morning.  The Truth Social entry is long:

The Real Reason Obama's Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving  —  Barack Obama has a private warning for Democrats: They badly need to grab hold of the debate over artificial intelligence, and quick.  “I would strongly urge that the Democrats put together a framework for a very public conversation …

GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: ‘Why would you get into bestiality?’  —  It's not a topic often discussed in the halls of Congress, but Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled FBI Director Kash Patel as he said he was just “trying to understand” a recent change in policy regarding bestiality.

How the Postal Service Became Central to U.S. Elections  —  The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar.  On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump's effort to give it a new role in elections.

Exclusive: FBI Builds Out National NSPM-7 Center to Track Dissent, Docs Show  —  IRS sent 10 agents and three analysts to national effort to police “anti-capitalism” and “extremism on migration, race, and gender”  —  The FBI has tapped employees from across federal law enforcement to crack down on dissent …

Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump's Arctic Adviser  —  For more than 40 years, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has advised Congress and the president on what to study in the frigid and dynamic far north, from the environment to military security.

Bo French's Tweet and the Tempest in Texas  —  Plus, Trump says there's no need for AI guardrails as long as he is in the White House, and why Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline is roiling oil markets  —  Good morning.  Bo French, a candidate for Texas' railroad commissioner …

Baal out: Top diplomat's worry about pagan god elicits eye rolls  —  The second-most powerful man at the State Department put the brakes on a U.S. international exhibit featuring a bull statue because he worried it might look like Baal, a pagan god some associate with Satanic child sacrifice.

McConnell returns to Capitol after 3-month absence  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell voted at the U.S. Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months after being hospitalized in June. … - McConnell arrived in a wheelchair and spoke briefly to reporters, joking that after years of avoiding their questions …

Independent Budget Office Estimates Iran War Has Cost $38 Billion  —  The Congressional Budget Office said its analysis had been limited by the fact that the Defense Department did not respond to requests for information on the costs of the conflict.  —  The war in Iran cost …

Mike Rogers to Skip Michigan Senate Debate Over Beef With Local News Anchor  —  Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers will not attend a debate held by a local television station Tuesday over suspicions that the event's moderator has “bias and favoritism” toward his Democratic opponent …

U.S. Strips Millions in Military Aid From Europe and Mideast  —  The Trump administration is stripping tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from countries in Europe and the Middle East to support conservative-leaning governments in Central and South America.

After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting  —  Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.  —  Mike Pese visited the grave of his mother, Miliama Suli …

Johnson plays down AI warnings: 'You're not all going to be dead in 10 years'  —  Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed fears of civilizational wipeout from artificial intelligence, comparing the recent alarms from inside AI labs to what he characterized as overblown warnings on the political left over climate change.

Latest approval poll shows Trump underwater in Tennessee for first time … President Donald Trump's approval rating in Tennessee has officially dipped into the negatives, according to recent Civiqs polling.  —  According to Civiqs, an organization that surveys thousands of Americans daily …

Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World  —  From Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are leading to protests and blackouts.  —  The world is furious — again — over rising energy prices caused by the American-Israeli war against Iran.

US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space  —  Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth's orbit  —  The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn …

DOJ seeks to revive cases against Comey, James a year after dismissals  —  Charges in Virginia against the prominent Trump critics were thrown out last year after a court ruled the U.S. attorney overseeing them had been appointed illegally.  —  Summary  —  A federal appellate panel expressed …