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 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 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 …

President Trump Takes Historic Action to Eliminate Wasteful and Harmful Spending  —  President Trump is committed to utilizing all possible tools to cut wasteful and harmful government spending that does not benefit American citizens.  Last year, President Trump took the historic step …

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 …

Supreme Court for the third time rejects Republican redistricting push in Missouri  —  A Republican effort to use a new congressional map that would eliminate one of the two Democratic-held districts in the state has again failed in court.  —  WASHINGTON — For the third time …

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 …

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.”

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 …

Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play … Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and chief of staff to President Barack Obama, has been recruiting Democratic House candidates and helping to guide their campaigns.Lexi Parra/The New York Times  —  At a private dinner of branzino and salad at Centrolina …

‘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 …

Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7  —  The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel's security establishment, Israeli officials said.

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.