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It’s the second time the Trump administration has found a way to criminally charge the former FBI director, whom Trump has targeted for years.... Read more »

The five Democratic candidates for governor in Wisconsin almost entirely refrained from lobbing attacks at one another during their only debate Tuesday night, even as the volatile race enters its final two weeks.... Read more »

The five Democratic candidates for governor in Wisconsin almost entirely refrained from lobbing attacks at one another during their only debate Tuesday night, even as the volatile race enters its final two weeks.... Read more »

Lawyers for President Donald Trump argued that he had immunity for statements made while president.... Read more »

NBC News projects that Rhoden, who replaced Kristi Noem last year, defeated businessman Toby Doeden to win the Republican nomination for governor.... Read more »

Scott’s daughter Marcye Scott and fellow Democrat Everton Blair finished atop a five-candidate field, but no one got majority support, triggering the runoff, NBC News projects.... Read more »

There are promising signs that illnesses linked to contaminated lettuce may be slowing in Michigan, the hot spot of the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S.... Read more »

There are promising signs that illnesses linked to contaminated lettuce may be slowing in Michigan, the hot spot of the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S.... Read more »

Tens of millions in the Northeast are facing torrential downpours from powerful, slow-moving storms. This as the upper Midwest cleans up from multiple tornadoes there. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa reports from Wisconsin.... Read more »

Thousands more are evacuated from historic wildfires in France, Spain, and Italy. Firefighters are in an all-out battle to stop them, and the weather is not helping. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez is near the front lines in France.... Read more »

The Senate approved federal prosecutor Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence.... Read more »

The Senate approved federal prosecutor Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence.... Read more »

More than 1,000 employees at America’s leading AI companies signed a statement asking the U.S. to help support efforts to “pace” cutting-edge AI development.... Read more »

Seattle officials said that the teen suspect may have been using a ghost gun and that they want to hear from one person who was treated for gunshot wounds.... Read more »

Hungarian travelers are heading to airports across the border in ever-increasing numbers. Based on booking data from INVIA, the number of trips departing from regional and foreign airports is rising significantly, driven by price differences, a wider range of options, and an increasingly pragmatic approach to travel planning, Turizmus.com reported. ... Read more »

The Hungarian Central Bank (MNB) is pushing for a sweeping reduction in bureaucracy in the banking sector. Greater digitization and statutory caps on fees are intended to ease the burden on both consumers and small businesses. A key measure in this effort is simplifying the process for early loan repayment.... Read more »

With the 2026 summer travel season just around the corner, many people simply grab their backpacks, book a flight, and head straight to the beach. However, the ease of crossing borders is not a given. While the world is open to citizens of some nations, others must wait for weeks... Read more »

China’s best-selling electric car and last year’s most successful compact vehicle worldwide, the Geely E2, will celebrate its official European premiere on August 13 in the VIP area of the Sziget Festival in Budapest. As Magyar Nemzet reports, Chinese automotive giant Geely is using this international cultural event to kick... Read more »

As the U.S. runs short of interceptor missiles, Iran is carrying out strikes with a mix of attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles. The post Iran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Day in and day out, it is the likes of Germany’s conservative parties, and the Republicans at home, who are assaulting LGBTQ+ rights. The post The Right Seeks to Capitalize on Berlin Pride Attack — Even as It Poses Its Own Existential Threat to Queer Lives appeared first on The... Read more »

Favorable coverage of U.S. adversaries is constitutionally protected speech. The post House Investigation of BreakThrough News Is an Attack on All Journalism appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Why is the senator floating the idea of leaving the Democratic Party? Well, Israel, of course. Though he sure loves the media coverage. The post Fetterman Might Leave Democratic Party Because the Only Thing He Loves More Than Israel Is Attention appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

AIPAC has spent nearly $30 million against the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, fueling ads that paint him as a terrorist sympathizer. The post Abdul El-Sayed Faces Islamophobic Attacks From GOP and Democratic Establishment appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Did Cuba foment Black Lives Matter and anti-ICE protests? The State Department seems to think so. The post Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba,” Says Democratic Rep. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The secretary of war’s obsession with testosterone reveals the anxieties he harbors about himself and the military he leads. The post Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

An agencywide memo reinstated ICE vehicle stops with all-new restrictive policy guidelines. The post Leaked Email Reveals New Requirements for ICE Vehicle Stops appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“Men who take testosterone will have a reduction in their sperm counts,” one medical professor said. There’s no stated plan for continuing care. The post Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

ICE and Border Patrol’s purviews have transformed from immigration enforcement to being a political tool of the White House — all under the pretext of public safety. The post Trump’s National Killer Police Force appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“It was heartbreaking,” said one recipient of a false approval who was told about a USCIS website snafu. The post U.S. Website Gave False Approval to Green Card Applicants — Then Blamed Glitch and Took It Away appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Moderate Democrats want to put a stop to Trump’s meme coin self-dealing. But that might cut off campaign donations from crypto interests. The post Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Israelis celebrated evicting Palestinians on a tour of the West Bank, where government-backed settler violence has spiked. The post On a West Bank Eviction Tour, Israeli Settlers Advertise “No Arabs Here” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Rep. Thomas Massie had tried to strip the provision from the $1.15 trillion Pentagon budget, calling it “lopsided” in Israel’s favor. The post GOP Rep. Called Israeli–U.S. Defense Tech Integration “Dangerous.” The House Passed It Anyway. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

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Dear readers,It’s been a fun five and a half years but as part of the Polish Press Agency’s reorganisation unfortunately today is TFN’s last day.... Read more »

This is the last Debrief from The First News at the Polish Press Agency. As you may or may not know, TFN is set to close its doors to the public, with this podcast along with it.... Read more »

Zbigniew Ziobro, the justice minister in Poland's previous Law and Justice (PiS) government, will likely appear before by a special parliamentary commission investigating the alleged use of Pegasus spyware by the PiS-dominated government, the vice-chair of the commission has said.... Read more »

The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for Poland's GDP growth in 2024 to 2.8 percent from 2.3 percent, and lowered it to 3.2 percent in 2025 from 3.4 percent, according to the latest version of the IMF's cyclical World Economic Outlook report.... Read more »

Poland has a shortage of about 15,000 teachers, the education minister has said.... Read more »

The new Polish government will examine “huge” transfers of money to universities made by the members of the outgoing Law and Justice (PiS) government after the October 15 election, the education minister has announced.... Read more »

The majority of Polish citizens no longer consider two recently pardoned Law and Justice (PiS) politicians as MPs, a new opinion poll has shown.... Read more »

Eighty-one years after he was rescued from the burning streets of the Warsaw Ghetto, DNA technology has connected Shalom Koray to family members he never knew he had.... Read more »

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.... Read more »

An MP from Poland's ex-ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, now in opposition, has appealed to the foreign minister to raise the issue of Poland's claim for reparations from Germany for war crimes during his upcoming visit to Berlin.... Read more »

The speaker of the Sejm, Poland's lower house of parliament, has topped a ranking of the country's most trusted politicians.... Read more »

In this episode of The Debrief we take a look at the like and times of Jerzy Sosnkowski, brother of the illustrious general Kazimierz Sosnkowski.... Read more »

The decision to liquidate the Polish Press Agency was recorded in the National Court Register on Monday.... Read more »

The parliamentary caucus of Poland's ex-ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, now in opposition, has notified the prosecutor's office of a suspected crime committed by the justice minister.... Read more »

SYDNEY, Australia, July 28 (IPS) - As Western Europe endured its worst-ever June heatwave in recorded history, the imperative for climate adaptation is now urgent as the continent accelerates beyond others to become the fastest-warming region in the world. Read the full story, “Extreme Heatwave Escalates Urgency of Climate Adaptation... Read more »

RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, July 28 (IPS) - The Region of the Americas has more tools than ever before to prevent, diagnose, and treat HIV, yet many of them are still not reaching everyone who needs them, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Jarbas Barbosa said during the opening session... Read more »

Regional tensions are mounting as the US-Iran war continues and a rising number of Israeli attacks are threatening Gaza’s fragile October ceasefire that ended two years of war with Hamas. Security Council members are hearing updates on Tuesday. Join our live coverage.Read the full story, “Security Council LIVE: Updates on... Read more »

A job advert can hide a criminal network, and a single click can lead to a nightmare. Hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year on the promise of legitimate work abroad, only to be held captive and forced into online scam operations.Read the full story, “Forced online scams:... Read more »

A woman is stopped for buying groceries alone. The shopkeeper who served her is slapped and hauled in for questioning. A teacher is turned away from her own classroom for the wrong cloak. Read the full story, “A hijab inspection, a slap, a warning letter: Inside three months of Taliban... Read more »

Years of progress in tackling HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are at risk of stalling, leaving millions of people without access to life-saving prevention, testing and treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.Read the full story, “HIV, hepatitis, STI gains at risk as funding falls, WHO... Read more »

Climate-driven disasters are reaching “nightmare proportions” due to humanity’s “addiction” to fossil fuels, a top UN official warned on Tuesday.Read the full story, “Climate alarm ‘blaring from every direction’”, on globalissues.org →... Read more »

UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (IPS) - In the three years since the outbreak of the Sudanese Civil War, the humanitarian crisis has deteriorated significantly, with the United Nations underscoring a blatant disregard for international humanitarian law among warring parties. This includes the deliberate targeting of civilians in residential areas, widespread... Read more »

ROME, July 27 (IPS) - Here is a fact that should interrupt the world’s drumbeat of bad news: Hunger fell again in 2025. Read the full story, “World Hunger Is Falling – We Know How To Keep It That Way”, on globalissues.org →... Read more »

An installation by Lithuanian artist Lina Lapelytė has opened at London’s Tate Modern, created specifically for the gallery’s Turbine Hall. The artist is inviting visitors to become participants and help create the work themselves.... Read more »

A real estate agent was issued a warning after telling a client that an apartment was available only to Lithuanians, the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson said on Tuesday.... Read more »

Two foreign nationals stand accused of trying to smuggle drug-laced paper to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday.... Read more »

Two Polish citizens have been charged with stealing money from car wash payment terminals and damaging property in four Lithuanian cities, prosecutors said on Tuesday.... Read more »

A tax-free shop serving foreign NATO troops at Lithuania's Rukla military base is being supplied by German company Gebr. Heinemann, which has faced criticism over its trade of luxury goods in Russia and Belarus.... Read more »

Lithuania is detecting dozens of attempts to smuggle migrants via tunnels from Belarus, with the border guard chief saying that the Minsk authorities are most likely involved in the operation.... Read more »

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius is facing questions over his doctoral dissertation after a complaint alleging possible plagiarism was submitted to the country’s academic ethics watchdog.... Read more »

Lithuania’s border guards discovered a tunnel leading from Belarus into the country, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said in a statement on Monday, adding that the tunnel was likely intended to be used for irregular migration.... Read more »

German postal and logistics giant DHL, which operates in Lithuania, has agreed to acquire Venipak, a parcel delivery group operating in the Baltic states and Poland, the companies said Monday.... Read more »

The remains of 15 Lithuanian partisans and their relatives killed by Soviet repressive forces were buried Sunday in Jūžintai, in Lithuania’s Rokiškis district.... Read more »

Lithuania plans to open an embassy in Brazil in October, according to a government draft resolution registered on Monday.... Read more »

Lithuanian construction company YIT Lietuva has won a 29-million-euro contract to build a Leopard 2A8 tank assembly and repair facility in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone, the company said Monday.... Read more »

Lithuania’s ruling coalition and opposition remain divided over whether to launch a new parliamentary investigation into an alleged US Central Intelligence Agency detention site after the country suffered another defeat at the European Court of Human Rights.... Read more »

Lithuania’s ruling Democratic Union “For Lithuania” on Saturday elected European Parliament member Virginijus Sinkevičius as its permanent chairman, handing him a four-year mandate to lead the party.... Read more »

Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready Picture the scene: a garish profile crammed with sparkly bubble text, autoplaying music and the agonising politics of ranking your top eight friends. For a generation of millennials, that was Myspace — a digital rite of passage as... Read more »

Zack Polanski Reported to Police by Reform UK Over Guillotine T-Shirt Post Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been reported to the police by Reform UK after he shared an Instagram post that included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name “Nigel” alongside an image of... Read more »

Jennifer Aniston to Play Santa’s Ex in Olivia Wilde’s Christmas Comedy ‘Naughty’ Jennifer Aniston is set to lead Olivia Wilde’s new Universal Christmas comedy “Naughty”, playing a single mum whose ex just happens to be Santa Claus, Variety reported on Tuesday. Peter Dinklage will star opposite her as the king... Read more »

The Zidane era has arrived Zidane has been confirmed as the new head coach of France, with one of the country’s greatest ever players taking charge of the national side. The appointment of Zinedine Zidane was confirmed on Tuesday, 28 July 2026, handing Les Bleus a manager who already ranks... Read more »

Believe, again Apple TV has unveiled a new trailer for Ted Lasso Season 4, and it opens exactly where the fans want it: with Jason Sudeikis’ relentlessly optimistic American coach walking back into the AFC Richmond locker room to a warm welcome from Brett Goldstein’s Roy Kent. Titled “Together”, the... Read more »

Thousands escape as wildfires close in The France wildfires tearing through the country’s south-west have forced more than 260,000 people from their homes, with a fresh heatwave threatening to push temperatures to 41C. A mass evacuation of over 4,000 people was ordered from campsites, holiday villages and leisure parks around... Read more »

A new controversy to add to the World Cup’s growing list The IFAB (International Football Association Board) declares an abuse of VAR throughout the World Cup, stating Breel Embolo’s red card was a refereeing mistake. The Swiss national found himself booked twice, leading to a red card in the Quarter-Finals.... Read more »

Trump eventually called the man a ‘communist.’ Donald Trump was heckled by a protestor calling him a “paedophile protector” as he spoke at a rally in Michigan. The US president delivered a speech on Monday in which he attempted to lay out his economic credentials. From illogical tariffs to an economy-crashing war... Read more »

David Gonzalez who owns a Martial Arts gym for young people try to extinguish a fire outside his house. Image: Getty.... Read more »

Iris Vazquez, 39, was from Schenectady, police said. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.... Read more »

A flood watch remains in effect through Tuesday morning for much of the Hudson Valley.... Read more »

Why are the USMNT players singing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" after World Cup matches? Here's how the postgame tradition began.... Read more »

The college is refusing to disclose Botstein’s employment status after his presidency ends, while hundreds of employees call for a clean break.... Read more »

Were you Seen at the Firecracker 4 Road Race on July 4, 2026, at Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs?... Read more »

The Rev. Francis A. Kelley Military Honor Society of the Capital District is looking for candidates for the award commemorating “The Fighting Chaplain.”... Read more »

Joshua Kulka threw seven touchdown passes and ran for two more scores while filling in for starter Sam Castronova, and the Firebirds won 66-48 in Beaumont, Texas.... Read more »

Investigators said a 39-year-old woman was shot at least once in the chest. Police are investigating the incident as a homicide.... Read more »

These new spins on nostalgic desserts will elevate your summer barbecues, while their prep-ahead nature will keep the day stress freeWhen it comes to barbecued desserts, a few squares of chocolate melted inside a banana will no longer cut it. Get ahead with some easy-to-prep elements, then add a final... Read more »

No other bird speaks to us quite so directly, its serenade conjuring memories of old family talesI wake early on these bright summer mornings. And now that the birds in my garden have mostly fallen silent, only one is still serenading me at this hour: the aptly named song thrush.... Read more »

Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumesThe closure of the strait of Hormuz has created conditions for an extreme global biodiversity threat, with scientists warning that thousands of stranded ships could spread invasive marine species across the world’s... Read more »

The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has becomeAndy Burnham’s recollections of Britain in the 1970s must be pretty hazy. He was nine when the decade ended. Kemi Badenoch, born in 1980, can... Read more »

Helpston, Cambridgeshire: I picture Henry as a young lad, hiding in flowerbeds, chasing butterflies, learning to love natureIf there’s one thing better than a gatekeeper butterfly, it’s wild marjoram playing host to a flurry of gatekeepers. Almost impossible to count for all the rising, fluttering and resettling, their warm orange... Read more »

How did an album that began life in 1984 – fusing disco, folk, synth-pop and Chinese opera – end up as ‘one of 2026’s most thrilling releases’? And why does its creator call himself Nirosta Steel?‘It’s kind of mind-bending,” says 69-year old Steven Hall. For the last three years, the... Read more »

The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in publicIt feels like a well-rehearsed script. First come the flowers, then the pious statements. One after another, mainstream German politicians have lined up to claim that the attack on Berlin Pride... Read more »

Ibrahim al-Dabba continues to care for his colonies despite losing his home and most of his hives and equipmentEach morning, Ibrahim Naji al-Dabba climbs to the roof of a damaged residential tower in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, where rows of beehives sit surrounded by shattered concrete and the scars... Read more »

Handful of ticketholders will be selected at random for up-close visits to ancient site throughout AugustTrips to Stonehenge can be a little hectic. Tens of thousands of people turn up to celebrate summer and winter solstices and most other days the site is a place of bustle, excited conversation and... Read more »

As extreme heat claims the lives of workers in India’s poorest areas, many fear the true mortality rate is being dangerously undercountedThe morning air was already hot and cloying when Palli Mahalaxmi rose at about 5am. It was May, and in the summer heatwave that had engulfed this corner of... Read more »

Nigel Farage’s constituency takes in genteel resorts and one of England’s poorest villages. With a snap byelection approaching, what do the residents want from the Reform UK leader – or the bin who’s challenging him?‘If it’s the Tin Man, then I suppose I’ll vote for Nigel,” says a Clacton resident,... Read more »

‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights NetworkFlawed and racialised models that underpin the AI-powered age-detection systems to be introduced by the British government will endanger children, rights groups and children’s charities have warned.Urging ministers to... Read more »

Oil price spikes after flare-up of fighting and claimed Iranian attacks on three tankers in strait of HormuzThe US military said it knocked down an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi Arabia forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days.In... Read more »

Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scaleEarthquake rocks southern Japanese island of Kyushu – in pictures At least 13 people were killed when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring hundreds and... Read more »

FOUR people have died and at least 20 others are feared missing after hundreds of migrants attempted to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Police said more... Read more »

A MASSIVE majority of Spaniards believe corruption in the country has skyrocketed under the government of Pedro Sanchez.   The findings come from a new report published by the European Commission,... Read more »

THOUSANDS across the globe were captured celebrating Spain’s World Cup win last night, as La Roja became a symbol of solidarity with Palestine for fans worldwide. Social media footage showed... Read more »

IF you are young and adventurous, this summer offers the perfect chance to explore Spain for less, with travel discounts of up to 90%. Through Spain’s ‘Verano Joven’ programme, young... Read more »

SPAIN is set to receive a tourism windfall of more than €4 billion as the Iran conflict sends holidaymakers flocking west, industry experts have said. A survey of 2,000 companies... Read more »

AN 86-year-old British man was taken to hospital after taking part in a world-famous bull run in northern Spain. The pensioner, from the West Midlands, was the oldest person injured... Read more »

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez is facing a fresh political setback after his brother was found guilty of administrative misconduct. Professional musician David Sanchez, 52, was slapped with a nine-year... Read more »

THREE firefighters have been injured while battling a persistent wildfire that scorched 300 hectares of woodland in eastern Spain, authorities have said. Two firefighters were taken to hospital with head... Read more »

HUNDREDS of rail services across Spain are set to be disrupted this week after unions announced a nationwide 24-hour strike. Around 328 medium-distance, high-speed and long-distance services are expected to... Read more »

FIVE years on from the implementation of Brexit, thousands of British nationals living in Spain are facing an important milestone: the expiry of their first TIE residency card. The TIE... Read more »

IT has fast become a irreplaceable tool for both expats and locals alike in Spain’s fire-prone hinterlands during the summer months. Wildfire Watch reports on real-time fires occurring in Andalucia... Read more »

MORE than a third of all land destroyed by wildfires across the EU this year has been in Spain, new data reveals – the highest share of any country in... Read more »

MORE than 400,000 applications for Spain’s record-breaking migrant regularisation scheme are at risk of being fraudulent, a report claims. Border police said they uncovered an online black market where migrant-smuggling... Read more »

SPAIN is bracing for another punishing heatwave this weekend, with temperatures set to soar above 40C across parts of the country. State weather agency Aemet issued a flurry of orange... Read more »

Deadline reports: The future of Apple looks a lot like its past judging by how the company’s outgoing CEO Tim Cook and his successor John Ternus showed up at the Ted Lasso Season 4 premiere wearing virtually identical outfits — navy suits, white unbuttoned shirts and Believe pins on the... Read more »

Axios reports: President Trump’s lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to E. Jean Carroll, Axios has learned. Trump’s lawyers argue he’s entitled to presidential immunity because he made the comments while he was serving as president in... Read more »

The Roanoke Times reports: The former youth pastor of a Botetourt County church was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for attempted sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old-girl — one of at least a dozen he targeted. Jacob Ryan Barnett, 35, posed online as a teenage boy, striking up conversations... Read more »

The Huffington Post reports: For only the second time ever, the American Red Cross has declared an emergency national blood crisis, urgently requesting donors to step up, especially those with type O positive blood. “As the nation’s largest single provider of blood products, the Red Cross now has less than... Read more »

CBS News reports: Most Americans are following news about the outbreak of cyclospora at least somewhat closely and four in 10 say they are now buying or eating less produce because of it. Women are a bit more likely than men to be doing that, and older people more so than... Read more »

The Associated Press reports: Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another. The service, known as X Money, is not a new bank. X Money is using technology and banking services provided by Cross... Read more »

“To my dear friend, to our fearless warrior, I will miss our late-night calls, I will miss our strategizing together, I will miss our dinners, I will miss our conversations about the President and the country we both loved. “I’ll miss the gossip, I’ll be honest. I’ll miss talking about... Read more »

The Wall Street Journal reports: The Trump administration plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans, a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year. The move will eliminate a program that is giving insurance companies... Read more »

Politico reports: The Pentagon is directing the Air Force to rename Joint Base Charleston, a Department of Defense military base down the road from the South Carolina Capitol, after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, as dignitaries from all over the world gathered to honor the four-term senator in a Washington... Read more »

NBC News reports: The teenager who used the assault-style rifle he got for Christmas to kill two students and two teachers at his Georgia high school will spend the rest of his life in prison. Colt Gray, 16, was sentenced Tuesday to life without parole for the deadly Sept. 4,... Read more »

The Hill reports: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Tuesday there is still not a deal with the Trump administration that would pave the way for him to vote for Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general, which could result in Blanche getting stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Fake... Read more »

Democracy Docket reports: Republicans asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit against Florida’s new requirement that voters prove their citizenship before they can cast a ballot. In their motion, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Florida said they should be... Read more »

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump did not expect Lindsey Graham to die first. At 71, Graham was nearly a decade younger than the president and had remained an energetic presence in Washington and around the world until the end. His sudden death this month rattled the president, according to... Read more »

The Daily Beast reports: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has revealed the reason why many believe Mitch McConnell has stayed hidden from view since his fall at his Washington home on June 14. “There’s an argument out there that August 3 is a date where I could not later call a... Read more »