Big, Big Scandal Brewing at DC US Attys Office … There's a big, big scandal brewing beneath the already big scandal of the alleged assault by Florida congressman Corey Mills (R).  But as yet no one seems inclined to pull on the dangling thread.  As you've probably already seen …

It's crunch time for Mike Johnson and the GOP's ‘big, beautiful bill’  —  The House speaker is set to put a budget resolution up for a floor vote on Tuesday but is facing a potential revolt from swing-district Republicans.  —  Republicans' push to enact President Donald Trump's tax …

Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’  —  The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.  —  A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince …

This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign  —  Teresa Borrenpohl later told the Coeur d'Alene Press that, as it happened, she didn't know if it was an arrest or a kidnapping.  She was seated in a nearly-full town hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee on Saturday.

Trump Administration Highlights: Personnel Officials Say Musk's Directive Is ‘Voluntary’  —  Where Things Stand  — Musk's ultimatum: Federal personnel officials walked back Elon Musk's demand that government workers justify their jobs in an email or face termination, saying that his request had been “voluntary.”

21 federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE slash size of government  —  More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate  —  Richard Glossip's case has attracted broad support after the state's top law enforcement official revealed prosecutorial misconduct.  —  A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip …

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings  —  Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren't expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.

White House official pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group  —  Peter Navarro wants to increase pressure on country that Donald Trump has threatened to annex  —  A top White House official has proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network …

Trump's New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’  —  When a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts last year, the conservative podcaster Dan Bongino made a veiled threat on social media.  “The irony about this for the scumbag commie libs …

America's Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.'s Hunting Buddy  —  As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president's son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation's food supply, infant formula, and more.

“Slavery produced a genuine affection between the races”: Hegseth's church foretold “DEI” firings  —  Defense secretary's contempt for Black military leaders has roots in his religion's defense of white supremacy  —  Donald Trump's administration is barely bothering to pretend that the firings …

How to Make the GOP Pay a Price for DOGE  —  Trump made a huge mistake by putting Musk in charge of implementing deeply unpopular policy  —  I have seen this movie before, beat for beat.  —  In August of 2010, in the middle of the effort to pass the Affordable Care Act, Congress went home for a month-long recess.

‘Furious and looking for action’: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool  —  More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week.  —  Democrats say sweeping government cuts led by Elon Musk have started to awaken …

EU offers its own ‘win-win’ minerals deal to Ukraine  —  “The added value Europe offers is that we will never demand a deal that's not mutually beneficial,” top official Stéphane Séjourné says.  —  The European Union offered its own agreement on “critical materials” …

DOGE's Latest Cut: Glenn Youngkin's Balls  —  However bad you think DOGE's decapitation of USAID was, this report from the Washington Post's Matt Bai suggests it was even worse: … Happy Tuesday.  —  Glenn Youngkin to Fired Federal Workers: Time to Be Productive For a Change  —  by Andrew Egger

Top Committee Dem goes after Trump's interim US attorney  —  Rep. Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, plans to investigate Washington's top prosecutor for making threats against the Trump administration's political adversaries — including one of his own members.

Goya Foods CEO, Bob Unanue, Announces Next Chapter  —  50-Year Food Industry Veteran Releases Statement After Being Left in “Limbo” by the Company's Board  —  Today, Robert “Bob” Unanue, with over 20 years as President & CEO of Goya Foods, is releasing a statement about his status …

The idiot wind now howling through the US offers Ireland a transformative windfall  —  Fintan O'Toole: Trump is complaining that we pick America's pocket.  Fair enough - we should instead pick America's brains  —  America's difficulty is Ireland's opportunity.

Consumer Confidence Drops as Americans Brace for Inflation  —  Fresh off the worst inflation shock in decades, Americans are once again bracing for higher prices.  —  Expectations about future inflation have started to move up, according to metrics closely watched by officials at the Federal Reserve.

The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment  —  The Republican Party is all too often effective at campaigning and winning elections, but there's another fact about it that a lot of Americans forget: The Republican Party flat out sucks at governing.  Even Tucker Carlson agrees with this.

Hackers play AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet on cafeteria screens at HUD headquarters: ‘LONG LIVE THE REAL KING’  —  Cyberpunks breached a television at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday morning, broadcasting a stomach-turning AI video of President Trump caressing …

Musk Seeks to Use Starlink Terminals in US Airspace System  — FAA says testing Starlink terminals in Atlantic City, Alaska  — Starlink is SpaceX's rapidly growing internet-from-space unit  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate …

State Election Officials Seek to Avert Deeper Cuts  —  The National Association of Secretaries of State, normally reluctant to wade into partisan politics, has asked the homeland security secretary to preserve election security programs.  —  Alarmed by cuts already made to federal agencies …

DOGE was Ramaswamy's first big government gig.  You wouldn't know it as he kicks off his Ohio bid.  —  Ramaswamy has sought three political posts in just more than a year, including the presidency, a Senate appointment and now, governor.  —  CINCINNATI — When Vivek Ramaswamy announced …