Michael Wolff's latest attack on the Trump family relies on claims even his own publisher retracted

Michael Wolff is back with another round of unsourced psychoanalysis of the Trump White House, this time painting the president as a lonely monarch wandering an empty palace. The problem is that Wolff's own track record on the subject has already been tested in court and in his publisher's editorial standards, and both came up […]

Federal appeals court clears Interior Department to replace Philadelphia slavery exhibit

A unanimous federal appeals panel ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can remove and replace a slavery exhibit at the President's House in Philadelphia, overturning a lower court order that had blocked the changes for months. The decision hands the Interior Department a clear legal victory and strips the City of Philadelphia of any veto […]

Leaked records tie Ted Cruz, top Democrat to secretive Thiel-backed retreat

A trove of leaked internal records from a secretive, invitation-only group co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel has surfaced the names of Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Jim Himes, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and other senior U.S. officials, placing them in a directory alongside Silicon Valley power brokers, surveillance-firm executives, and a foreign intelligence chief. Wired published […]

Italy's Meloni rejects Trump's claim she "begged" for a G7 photo as diplomatic fallout spreads

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, once considered the closest European leader to President Trump, fired back publicly after Trump told an Italian broadcaster that she had "begged" him for a photo at the G7 summit. Italy's foreign minister then canceled a planned trip to the United States, and the country's defense minister issued his own […]

Barrett challenges Thomas in sharp concurrence over plea deal appeal waivers

The Supreme Court ruled 8, 1 in Hunter v. United States that appeal waivers in criminal plea deals are generally enforceable, but not when enforcing them would produce a "miscarriage of justice." Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the majority in full, then wrote a separate concurrence aimed squarely at the lone dissenter: Justice Clarence Thomas. […]

Illegal immigrant charged in machete killing was released into U.S. under Biden border policies, DHS says

A 21-year-old illegal immigrant charged with hacking his roommate to death with a machete in Southaven, Mississippi, had been caught at the southern border as a minor in 2022, and released into the country's interior by the Biden administration, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed. Maberic Javier Reyes now sits in DeSoto County custody […]

Alleged ringleader of foiled UFC White House attack entered U.S. illegally, received DACA protection under Obama

The man the FBI calls the ringleader of a foiled plot to attack a UFC event on White House grounds is a 31-year-old Mexican national who overstayed a tourist visa more than two decades ago, and was later granted deportation relief under the Obama administration's DACA program. The Department of Homeland Security identified him as […]

Hillary Clinton backs Trump's Gaza peace plan, breaking with Democratic critics who reject it

Hillary Clinton stood before a New York audience on Monday and did something that visibly required a windup: she praised Donald Trump. Speaking at 92NY with The New Yorker's David Remnick, the former secretary of state called Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza "the only game in town", and told fellow Democrats who reject it […]

Michelle Obama says she performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking friend at dinner

Michelle Obama told listeners of her podcast this week that she saved a friend's life at dinner by performing the Heimlich maneuver, a procedure she had never attempted before, after the woman began choking and younger guests at the table froze. The former First Lady recounted the incident on an episode of "IMO with Michelle […]

Supreme Court unanimously rejects federal gun ban applied to marijuana user in case tied to Hunter Biden law

All nine justices agreed Thursday that the federal government violated a Texas man's Second Amendment rights by prosecuting him for keeping a handgun in his home while he used marijuana, a ruling that narrows the same federal gun law once used to charge Hunter Biden. The case centered on Ali Hemani, a Texas resident whose […]