Trump is investigating vandalism committed by his own July 4th party
Somehow this landscaping dispute was the least alarming part of the weekend.
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Karoline Leavitt is stepping down, but don’t celebrate yet
Meanwhile, JD Vance’s Yale classmates are apparently roasting him in a Signal chat.
Trump is cutting childhood vaccines while measles makes a comeback
Nothing says public health like making parents work harder to prevent diseases we already solved.
Pete Hegseth wants $1.5 trillion for defense and Republicans are not buying it
Republicans would apparently like one tiny thing before spending more: an explanation.
The Iran war is draining U.S. weapons faster than the Pentagon can keep up
The White House says it’s fake news and also wants to prosecute whoever told you. Normal!
AI models are teaching themselves to hack, because taking our jobs wasn’t enough
Congress is now considering a kill switch, which feels like something we maybe should’ve installed before launching.
Trump’s Attorney General pick ended the president’s $1.8 billion fund for allies to save his confirmation
Apparently, all Todd Blanche had to do was attack a little bit of the admin’s endless corruption.
A Trump-backed congressman’s violent past is catching up with him
His ex-wife, his former partner, and now the polling all seem to agree: this man has a problem.
Iowa’s cancer rates are climbing, but sure, let’s protect Roundup
Nothing to see here, just a public-health crisis with corporate sponsors.
ICE admits it may have hired the wrong guy, which does not narrow it down
A new report found 59 agents charged with violent or sexual crimes, so the red flags were apparently part of the uniform.
Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal is already melting down
The uranium policy changed in 24 hours, which feels less than ideal.
RFK Jr freezes $1 billion in Medicaid funds for California and Minnesota
Apparently “fraud” only counts when Gavin Newsom is involved.
The Iran war is escalating and your gas bill already noticed
Peace talks are apparently still happening, though no one told the bombs.
Pete Hegseth just made low testosterone a national security issue
Everyone over 30 is getting screened because one man is clearly working through something.
Kathy Hochul is putting AI data centers in timeout
AI companies are now warning us about AI, which feels like the brightest red flag yet.
Congress is back, Lindsey Graham is dead, and Mitch McConnell is still under maintenance
Republicans have one open seat and entirely too many terrible ideas.
Maine Democrats are now stuck cleaning up the Graham Platner disaster
About 150,000 people voted in that primary, only to be hit with “oops, never mind.”
Graham Platner’s campaign is collapsing faster than his allies can run away
Big-name Democrats are peeling off by the hour, and Maine is already workshopping a replacement. Talk about hustle!
The World Cup now has a Trump scandal, because apparently we can’t have anything
Belgium is furious, FIFA looks shady, and suddenly everyone’s pretending they care deeply about procedural fairness.
Trump is trying to ditch the trade deal he bragged about for years
He sold it as a huge win, and now he’s acting shocked it didn’t solve everything.