The Source Behind The Ban … On Tuesday, after Donald Trump banned POLITICO from the White House alongside CNN and MS NOW, the White House press office dispatched a letter to the Rosslyn-based news organization attempting to justify the president's actions.

‘Dammit, something has to happen’: White House preparing plan for 90-day diesel exports ban  —  The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices weighing …

MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'  —  A Republican running for the Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat expressed outrage that a member of his family is facing deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Trump greets Xi on tarmac in rare gesture  —  President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews for the Chinese leader's state visit to Washington D.C. Wednesday evening. … - In February 2025, Trump welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky at the West Wing entrance to kick off the Ukrainian leader's tense visit.

Iowa judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster  — 4 min Click here to listen to this article  — Trump accused the Register of fraudulently publishing inaccurate poll results to damage him and help Democrats.  — The pollster and the newspaper described …

Trump aides explore attaching president's name to Ford's Theatre  —  The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president's name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.  —  As President Donald Trump fights …

NRSC Chair Tim Scott leaves Georgia, North Carolina off his list of top Senate targets  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee is shifting its focus away from the North Carolina and Georgia Senate races as it works to shore up red states like Texas and flip other Democratic-held seats.

Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment  —  The Scoop  —  Paramount, looking to firm up its financial picture as it digests Warner Bros. Discovery, is looking for fresh sources of cash.  Executives at the company have discussed asking Elon Musk to become part of a syndicate …

Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News.  Some of Her Claims Aren't True.  —  As the scandal over Susan Collins' relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her hotly contested senate campaign, she and her top aides mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.

Brett Kavanaugh's Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day  —  On the morning of Sunday, September 20, police officers in the Chicago suburb of Evanston responded to a 911 call about a confrontation in the street.  When the officers arrived, they found a man …

Trump Aides Seek to Jump Start Diplomacy With Iran as Crisis Widens  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. negotiators had restarted conversations about Iran's nuclear program, but that there were no breakthroughs.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that U.S. negotiators …

Stephen Miller's MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks  —  Did you know that the U.S. government has an agency called the “Office of Remigration”?  In case you're unfamiliar with the term “remigration,” it's typically used by white nationalists to describe the mass expulsion …

‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues … In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes …

Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide.  Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.

Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity  —  The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — in the form of somehow regulating the burgeoning technology that they have been designing.

Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines  —  Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory  —  The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states …

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting  —  Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city's Flock contract.  The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’

MAGA Podcasters Are Tuning Out Trump.  We Tracked What They Are Talking About Now.  —  A Democrat threatening to flip red Texas and a murder trial that divided a jury are hot topics  —  Conservative podcasters appear to be losing interest in President Trump.

Kennedy Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA  —  A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary's wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.

Texas counties are receiving tens of thousands of unprocessed voter registration applications due to state error  —  Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas' free newsletter here.

Portrait of an Anti-Anti-Trumper in Despair  —  The fire rises.  —  Gerard Baker—once upon a time the editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal—had a remarkable essay in the paper yesterday.  —  Remarkable in its prissiness, foolishness, and cowardice.  —  Let's do two things today.

China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong  —  The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed on the incident said.

Two Democratic Senators Will Try to Force a Vote on AI Safety  —  Two Democratic senators are attempting to force a vote Thursday on a bill requiring artificial intelligence firms to submit their new models for government approval.  —  Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Brian Schatz of Hawaii …