Trump administration says Kennedy Center closure is ‘temporary’ after Trump alludes to broader shutdown  —  The Trump administration told a federal court on Thursday that the current closure of the Kennedy Center was a “temporary” one, despite the fact it came a day after the president …

Who Will Win the Midterms?  Republicans Are Reeling. … The political environment has worsened for Republicans as they try to defend control of Congress, though the party has a big cash advantage over Democrats.  Alex Kent/The New York Times  —  In Georgia, Republican strategists …

Trump's Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns … Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in his courtroom.  A former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, he does not have the profile of a jurist likely to engage in a high-stakes standoff with the executive branch.Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

Why I'm Voting for a Texas Democrat  —  Bo French's bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern.  —  It was a moment every student in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will remember for life.  Forty-one seconds into the final quarter on Saturday …

Hasan Piker on “The Axios Show”: America worse than al-Qaeda “pound for pound”  —  OPEN EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM CDN.JWPLAYER.COM … - “Pound for pound as far as the number of deaths, yes,” Piker said in an exclusive interview for a new episode of “The Axios Show.”

UN report: U.S. may have committed war crimes in Iran  —  The U.S. may have committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran, including a mass-casualty strike on a school for which Washington has yet to claim responsibility, a UN fact-finding mission said Thursday.

Trump ‘I did that’ stickers pop up on gas pumps, four years after Biden got the same treatment  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is on the receiving end of some sticker shock.  —  Detractors of the president have slapped decals faulting Trump for high gasoline prices on pumps across the country as the war with Iran grinds on.

Carney to Trump: No one tells Canadians what to do  —  “Nobody is going to tell us about what language to speak, no one is going to dictate our culture, or with whom we can strike agreements,” Canadian PM says.  —  STRASBOURG — Canada's warming relationship with the EU “is a positive” …

Michigan 2026 Poll: El-Sayed and Rogers Locked in Close Election  —  Jocelyn Benson Takes Significant Lead Over John James in Governor Race  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media Michigan poll finds 48% of Michigan voters support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, and 46% support Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate.

OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior  —  The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.  —  OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes …

Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed's Senate Bid  —  The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state's Democratic Senate nominee.  —  A group of Jewish voters in Michigan is urging support for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed …

Shapiro slams RFK Jr. as not ‘connected or grounded in reality’ on measles outbreak  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) accused Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday of not taking adequate steps to address a growing measles outbreak in the U.S.

Longtime Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl dies following dementia diagnosis  —  PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A longtime Arizona Republican congressman has died, months after he announced his dementia diagnosis, according to reports.  —  Jon Kyl, who served in the U.S. House from 1987 to 1995 and the Senate from 1995 to 2013, died Thursday.

Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials  —  This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera.  404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it.

Alligator Alcatraz's Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier  —  This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security released a scathing report last Friday about the shuttered Florida …

The Fed, After Raising Rates, Grapples With What Comes Next  —  Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Wednesday left open-ended how much more interest rates may have to rise to tame inflation.  —  After four months of talking tough about inflation, Kevin M. Warsh finally followed through.

China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say  —  China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.

Retire in peace  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏛️ Subscribe to PN 🏛️  —  Mitch McConnell is unfit to serve in the US Senate and should resign immediately — that is, presuming he's lucid enough to wittingly make that decision.

Democratic senators request Pentagon provide ‘bare minimum’ on cost of Iran war  —  Sen. John Fetterman was the only Senate Democrat who declined to sign a letter sent Thursday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly the entire Democratic caucus in the Senate is demanding …

Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)  —  The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.

Trump Fantasizes About Dipping Iwo Jima Memorial in Gold  —  The president remains laser-focused on desecrating Washington, D.C.'s most venerated structures  —  ADD US AS A GOOGLE PREFERRED SOURCE  —  The war against Iran is continuing, the affordability crisis is worsening …

Judge gives Blanche deadline, warns of possible contempt charges over Epstein files  —  A federal judge gave Attorney General Todd Blanche a deadline to comply with court orders Wednesday regarding the release of certain information in the Epstein files, threatening contempt charges for failure to comply.

Kim introduces bill to eliminate long waiting periods for disability benefits  —  Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Thursday introduced legislation to phase out waiting periods for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Medicare benefits.  —  Kim's bill, the Stop the Wait Act …

Trump Aides Are Prepping an AI Takeover of Government Services  —  Trump administration officials are preparing to launch an AI-driven website as a clearinghouse for Americans to get services from the federal government.  The functions being discussed for the new website include allowing Americans …

Problem Solvers Caucus launches AI working group  —  The bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus launched a working group to address artificial intelligence and other evolving technologies, the group announced Thursday.  The working group comes as Congress grapples with public alarm …

JD Vance faces test in White House meeting with Israel-backing radio host  —  NEW YORK — Vice President JD Vance will hit a key hurdle in his fence-mending effort with Jewish Republicans on Thursday when he hosts a popular conservative radio host at the White House.

Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come  —  The forecast of economic impacts beyond November's midterms contrast with the Trump administration's optimistic messaging.  —  Summary  —  The effects of the U.S.-led war on Iran are about to intensify …

Irish PM worried over hostility to politicians after lawmaker assaulted  —  Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on Thursday condemned an assault on an independent politician as “an attack on democracy” and said the country needed to take very seriously a rise in hostility to those in office.

You'll Never Guess Who's Saving the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal  —  Nearly two years after an unnoticed amendment to a water resources bill mandated the sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building—a government structure facing the National Mall that contains precious murals by Ben Shahn …

Exclusive / Trump's Saudi ambassador pick faces early hurdles  —  President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, is staring down a potentially difficult confirmation fight due to hurdles from a tight Senate calendar and skepticism among Republicans.

Claims for Unemployment Benefits Drop  —  The American job market has remained sturdy despite higher gasoline prices that have squeezed businesses and consumers since the fighting with Iran began in February.  — Copy  —  The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week …

Industry titans' warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums are going up  —  Some of America's largest companies are warning Congress that a law shielding patients from surprise medical bills is about to spike their health insurance premiums.