She was adopted from Brazil at 11, a girl dreaming of America. But her new father abused her. Her life spiraled — violence, crime, mental illness. Decades later, ICE detained her. She was, it turned out, a woman without a country. From Tim Sullivan & me: apnews.com/article/trump-…

Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files and other takeaways from his testimony to Congress w/ Eric Tucker apnews.com/article/fbi-ka…

The Fed’s nearly-unanimous decision yesterday, in which they isolated Trump appointee Stephen Miran, suggests Fed independence isn’t dead yet. Link in next tweet:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court will consider expanding Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning 90-year-old precedent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to strip protections from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

“The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine, who is ‘living his best life’ on an ‘off the grid’ hiking foray.” theguardian.com/science/2025/o…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first”

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge in latest case against Trump foe, AP source says.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dallin H. Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, is selected to lead Mormon church.

Big day at the Supreme Court today as the justices hear arguments over a key provision of the Voting Rights Act

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

Today the Pentagon Press Corps handed over our badges and walked out in unison in defense of the First Amendment. It’s an unprecedented attack on the public’s right to know and the end of one of the most professional press relationships in DC.

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges accusing him of storing and sharing classified information.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case.

Food banks and pantries were already struggling after federal program cuts this year, but now they’re bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal food aid to low-income people kicks in this weekend apnews.com/article/snap-p…