“Brace for losing everything”: Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa  —  Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state and hurt the fortunes of Republicans at the top of the midterm ticket, GOP strategists acknowledge.

Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads  —  White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration used federal funds from the Department …

The Beclowning of Scott Bessent  —  One iron law of current politics is that nobody who associates themselves with Donald Trump emerges with a shred of credibility.  For some, that's not a big loss — it's not as if anyone respected Pete Hegseth even before he decided that the key …

Sen. Eric Schmitt pins down Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan  —  Sen. Eric Schmitt thought he caught Jack Smith in a lie.  Instead, he outed him as a fan of former Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark.  In a quest to frame former special counsel Jack Smith as a liar during his testimony …

Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, a Pentagon official confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.

It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News.  Now It's a Joke.  What Happened?  —  Earlier this month, SCOTUSblog hosted its annual Supreme Court “summit” in Washington.  For nearly a quarter century, SCOTUSblog has been the go-to outlet for information about the court and its docket …

How Paxton vs. Talarico compares to Cruz vs. O'Rourke … The similarities … Talarico, a state legislator from Austin, was relatively unknown outside of Central Texas before he launched his Senate bid.  —  Cruz first won election to the Senate as a tea party insurgent who defeated a better-funded …

A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization  —  Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military's war colleges.  He has called to bar childless adults from voting.

New AI-powered government website uses Gemini, Grok, Trump official Gebbia says … The Trump administration's new chatbot aimed at helping Americans navigate official government websites is powered by artificial intelligence from Google's Gemini and Elon Musk's Grok, U.S. Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia said Tuesday.

Sen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028  —  First-term Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) — who was a tough-on-crime state attorney general, and now is vice chair of the Joint Economic Committee — has grown close to Vice President Vance and is seen as a top prospect to become a potential 2028 running mate.

“A Massive Power Grab”: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote  —  Without Amy Miller, some elderly and disabled people wouldn't be able to vote.  —  The attorney for Disability Rights Nebraska travels the state, investigating the quality of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in over 200 years  —  Christa Pike was convicted in a brutal 1995 killing committed when she was 18.  Advocates pushing for her life to be spared point to abuse she suffered as a child.  —  SummaryLoading...  A Tennessee woman scheduled …

GOP senator blocks bill to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center  —  The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).  —  Loading...  A bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials …

How Trump's sweeping changes are remaking Washington  —  June 3, 2025. Sept. 1, 2026.  —  President Donald Trump has focused on remaking Washington in his second term, from blades of grass on the White House lawn to new monuments around the city.  —  He regularly directs the presidential helicopter …

What's Gone Wrong For the GOP  —  And some speculation about why.  —  A two-part item today: I'm looking again at the state of the election, focused this time mainly on the Senate, and then shifting to some first thoughts about why things have gone so badly so far for Republicans.

Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements  —  The Trump administration has lauded its revamped website America.gov as a way to simplify Americans' access to information and services scattered across a plethora of agency sites …

Unsurprisingly, Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions  —  In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.

Abolish ICE Before Its Abusive Tactics Spread to Other Law Enforcement: A Conversation With Radley Balko  —  Listen to Zooming In at The UnPopulist in your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts |  Shikha Dalmia: Welcome to Zooming In, .  You and I go back a long way.

Trump administration ban on $1B in Canadian imports goes into effect  —  President Trump's ban on nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect Tuesday, marking the latest salvo in a trade war between the U.S. and its longtime ally to the north.

Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns  —  Andrew Bailey, FBI co-deputy director who was once widely viewed as a potential successor to FBI Director Kash Patel, is resigning, he announced Monday.  —  His resignation takes effect Oct. 2, multiple sources said.

Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs  —  Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.  —  But the cost to get there will be staggering.

Trump Administration Prepares to Ask Tax Filers if They Are U.S. Citizens  —  The new question, included on a draft version of the primary tax form, comes as part of an anti-immigrant turn at an agency that long prioritized tax administration.  —  The Trump administration is preparing to add …

Here's What Could Happen if Democrats Win in November  —  Plus, RFK Jr.'s plan to get Americans to eat healthily hits White House resistance, and Iran is losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz  —  Good morning.  This is the second in a two-part series where we explore what could happen …

Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE's quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge  —  These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties - until they became casualties in the latest phase of Trump's anti-immigration campaign  —  It was 7am on 13 July this year.

Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”  —  Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, who is surprisingly close in polls against Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, attributes that strong standing to her campaign strategy.  She says her secret sauce is avoiding the “culture wars.”

Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot  —  US secretary of state, who offered no evidence for claims, also says many people ‘disturbed’ that five suspects released on bail  —  A counter-terrorism operation near RAF Fairford in the UK was mired in confusion …