Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun.  They got a gaffe instead.  —  It started with a pledge to expose a Biden-era conspiracy to take down President Donald Trump.  It ended with a botched attack over basketball tickets.  —  Armed with subpoena power in Congress …

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 …

NYC Pied-a-Terre Tax Rollout Blocked Again by State Judge  —  New York's pied-a-terre tax rollout was blocked for a second time by a Staten Island judge who said the city improperly published property information and wrongly required homeowners to apply for exemptions.

G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump's Convention Hurt Him  —  Ken Paxton, one of the party's top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody's numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.  —  Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas …

Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now  —  The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.  —  The Trump administration can resume rapidly deporting immigrants …

A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit  —  The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.

US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank  —  Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022  —  The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution …

Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  America stands at the forefront of a new technological revolution in intelligence.

California poll: Voters back a billionaire tax, but the proposal falls short of majority support  —  A new NBCUniversal Local/Telemundo Station Group poll shows “yes” supporters leading 48% to 38% on the California ballot measure.  —  A plurality of likely California voters support a proposal …

Math needs a phonics-style reckoning  —  Teachers should teach students how to do stuff correctly.  —  ∙ Paid  —  At this point, everyone who cares about education policy at all has probably listened to Emily Hanford's “Sold a Story” podcast series, or pretends to have …

Kristi Noem files for divorce from Bryon Noem  —  Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband of over three decades, Bryon Noem, six months after a tabloid published photos that appeared to show him wearing women's clothing and fake breasts and reported …

Some candidates are scrubbing their websites.  Here is why that matters.  —  Loading...  In today's edition ... Democrats rebut trans attacks with ads ... We ask you about the death penalty ... but first ...  Why campaign website scrubbing matters  —  Political candidates often scrub certain topics …

Why Aaron Sorkin left Trump out of ‘The Social Reckoning’  —  LOS ANGELES — Aaron Sorkin says “The Social Reckoning” “shouldn't” be a political film.  —  But he acknowledges that it is one, probing Facebook's role in the rise of extremism and division ahead of the 2020 presidential election …

How Hakeem Jeffries Is Courting the Left  —  Democrats appear closer than ever to winning the House majority, and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' is already working to corral — and connect with — a growing chorus of progressive dissenters, The Washington Sun has learned.

House members' expenses surge in program that doesn't require receipts  —  Taxpayers spent $6.7 million last year on the program, which reimburses lawmakers for food and lodging expenses in Washington.  —  SummaryLoading...  House lawmakers spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money on meals …

The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II  —  A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). … The swirl of scandal around Patel seemed like it would imminently end his career, but the Trump administration's depth and breadth …

OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn't Doing Enough About Security  —  Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading  —  A top federal financial regulator is investigating former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger — an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump — for prediction market trades he made tied to his pardon by former President Joe Biden …

The View co-host's electioneering is a ‘blatant violation’: Joe Concha  —  Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said ABC is “begging to have their license pulled” after The View co-host Ana Navarro encouraged Floridians to vote against Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL).

Trump Loses Bid to Pause Judge's Sanctions in IRS Case Fight  —  A US appeals court has refused to halt a Florida federal judge's decision to penalize President Donald Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service while he appeals.

The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray  —  This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.  —  1. Things Fall Apart  —  The last 72 hours have seen a remarkable series of fractures within the Republican party.  Taken together they are signs that Donald Trump, his movement …

Air Force Major Recommended for General Court-Martial After Protesting Trump  —  The recommendations are not binding, but it is rare for them to be ignored in the military justice system.  —  An Air Force major who was arrested after protesting President Trump has been recommended …

Trump Launches Government Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims  —  Democrats amplified statements from America.gov that frequently contradict the president on tariffs, election fraud and other topics.  —  A new A.I.-powered search tool that President Trump unveiled Tuesday to help Americans …

MAGA Speaker Johnson Calls Trump Family Investigations a ‘Nightmare’ Ahead of Midterms  —  With control of Congress at stake in November, Johnson warned that Democratic committees would investigate Trump, his family, cabinet officials and major donors—and claimed that accountability would threaten the markets.

Trump's shadow docket blitz hits a new milestone … - “Keep in mind that the shadow docket, the emergency docket, is used and should be used for actual emergencies,” he says.  — “The administration continues to claim that they're going to face irreparable harm, and that this is an appropriate emergency …

Americans Want Populist Policies That Defy Traditional Political Labels  —  A new Wall Street Journal survey finds broad support for caps on prescription drug prices and strong border security  —  Americans in both parties back government-imposed price caps and other market interventions …

Huckabee Sanders slammed for ad featuring white man on welfare  —  Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders's (R-AR) new campaign advertisement has been the subject of backlash on the Right after she released a new ad portraying an unemployed white man as a welfare recipient.

An Evangelical Kingmaker Is Lost in the Age of Trump  —  Eat Pray Love Vote Stand  —  One of the major subplots in American politics over the past half-decade is evangelical Christians—the political constituency without which Trump would have never been elected president—becoming the dog that caught the car.