Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed  —  The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

ICE shooting in NYC prompts Mamdani outreach to Trump  —  NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded President Donald Trump end “all ICE enforcement actions in our city” late Thursday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in Manhattan, according to the NYPD.

How Warren could link arms with Trump's GOP  —  Programming note: We'll be off this Monday but will be back in your inboxes on Tuesday.  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — GOP frets about Trump-country races  — Lawmakers clamor for GAO v. Trump  — Kamlager-Dove eyes AI chip, Musk oversight

The First Debate in Michigan's Heated Senate Race Was ... Intense  —  The Michigan Senate debate on Thursday was as heated and personal as the rest of the race has been.  —  Republican nominee Mike Rogers repeatedly called Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed a “glitchy AI chatbot” …

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to International Jurist Navi Pillay  —  The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.  —  “The system of international law is under tremendous pressure, and its institutions are under attack …

Trump's triumphal arch faces new pushback from Arlington County  —  The lawsuit comes ahead of a National Capital Planning Commission final vote on the project scheduled two days after the midterm elections.  —  The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday …

How Trump's Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil  —  The president's allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry.  It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

Even Trump voters think Republicans should split from the president to win … One in four Trump voters say GOP candidates should break with the president to win in November, according to the latest POLITICO Poll, conducted by independent firm PF Global.  —  The findings underscore the degree …

Ken Paxton's Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions.  Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.  —  Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.  We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.

Tech industry warns Trump's visa crackdown risks driving talent abroad  —  The Trump administration's push to suspend eight technology companies from a key green-card program that allows skilled workers to obtain permanent residency could undermine its own push to make the U.S. a global leader in innovation …

Vance, Rubio brush off questions about claim that Guilfoyle asked donor to pay $100K Amex bill  —  Allegations by former congressional candidate Eric Deters are the latest controversy to swirl around the U.S. ambassador to Greece.  —  SummaryLoading...  Vice President JD Vance and Secretary …

“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California … Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly launched a 45-day immigration crackdown in California ahead of the midterm elections, instructing its officers to “go after anybody.”  —  The so-called “Operation Safe California” …

Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy  —  The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration's actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.  —  SummaryLoading...

Hitler Mussolini wins local election  —  Peruvian voters pick their new mayor, despite his unusual name.  —  Voters in the Peruvian town of Queropalca have chosen their new mayor: Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores.  —  The unusually named candidate for the center-left Ahora Nación party won 34% of the vote.

Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan  —  Thomas Barrack, a top US diplomat in the Middle East, advocated for a firm run by his business partner to take part in the development of an oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria, three people said …

Trump's meme coin grift hits a new low  —  To commemorate PN's 5th anniversary, this week we're offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition).  This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of paid subscribers.

Uber disrupted New York's taxi business.  Now it faces its own disrupter.  —  ALBANY, New York — Uber spent years fighting to expand in New York.  Now it is helping bankroll the governor's reelection as lawmakers weigh rules for a new generation of competitors.

Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson  —  The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee.  The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking …

Voters have ‘had enough’ of Mideast turmoil.  But the Houthi conflict is just getting started.  —  Saudi Arabia has no plans to consider a ceasefire with the Houthis until it regains recently lost territory in Yemen — making it likely the fight will escalate ahead of midterm elections …

“Not a fetish, not a taboo”: Democrats weigh another Trump impeachment  —  Democrats believe President Trump has committed impeachable offenses.  But they're divided over whether they should try to impeach him if they win control of the House. … - Many top Democrats note that Trump survived …

Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers  —  President Donald Trump touted a tranche of corporate funding for Freedom 250's private-public partnership to celebrate the semiquincentennial of the nation's founding.