White House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee  —  The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet's duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.

Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening  —  Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.  —  The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can deploy …

Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects Renewed Bombing After Midterms  —  The president is skeptical that Tehran will meet his demands  —  President Trump has rejected Iran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms, U.S. officials said.

Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress  —  President Donald Trump informed congressional leaders Friday that he has unilaterally canceled almost $1 billion in federal funding without Congress' consent — employing a budget maneuver many lawmakers consider illegal.

‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission  —  The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.  —  For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)  —  Its U.S. distributor has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer.  The studio is appealing.  —  So much for free speech. … YouTube, TikTok along with Instagram …

OpenAI's Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue  —  The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education Department, Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission.  —  OpenAI's artificial intelligence went rogue …

Supreme Court Blocks GOP Missouri Map Again in Blistering Appeals Court Rebuke  —  The justices said the Eighth Circuit should have seen this coming after it tried to revive Missouri's 2025 congressional map in the middle of an election.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch

Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war  —  With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, database shows.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Pentagon's public tally …

Some lawmakers doubt a Congress that's ‘barely capable of email’ can regulate AI  —  Congress' slow pace and inexperience with AI are colliding with a fast-moving technology.  Though one Democrat countered: “We don't have to be biologists or chemists to set up the FDA.”

Pro-Trump TV ad paid for by US government continues airing with higher spend  —  The Trump administration on Friday appeared to ramp up its use of U.S. government-funded political advertisements promoting President Donald Trump, airing its second TV ad in three days while expanding its spending on the first to at least $443,000.

Democrats running for office turn sharply against their own party  —  Democrats are adopting a drastically more negative tone toward their own party in the 2026 midterm elections, swapping promises of bipartisan collaboration with vows to “take on corruption in both parties.”

Trump heads to Texas-Tennessee football game as midterm rallies slide  —  He will also attend the President's Cup golf tournament this weekend.  Officials say Trump's GOP campaign push will ramp up in October.  —  SummaryLoading...  President Donald Trump has vowed to go all-out campaigning …

The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe  —  Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle was a long way from Mar-a-Lago.  —  The U.S. ambassador to Greece …

Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs.  These Scientists Are Waiting. … Loeb's meeting at the headquarters of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, an unremarkable building that could easily pass for a suburban insurance company office, was the kind where a mysterious person introduces themself …

Bipartisan Russia hawks urge Trump to pull Putin invite to G20 summit  —  A bipartisan group of 14 senators urged President Donald Trump to rescind his invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December.  The letter, whose bipartisan signers …

James Comey seashells case delayed until early 2027  —  The former FBI director's team has moved to dismiss the case for a variety of reasons, including their claim that it is driven by Donald Trump's animus. … U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan declined to set a trial date in the case against Comey …

What Trump's super PAC spending says about the GOP's Senate map  —  The president's super PAC and its allies are playing defense in some red states and easing off in battlegrounds Republicans need to win the Senate.  —  After sitting out much of the summer, President Donald Trump's political operation has started spending big.