Al Capone, local businessman jailed for tax code violations, has died.

STATE DEPARTMENT TOLD CONGRESS TO GO TO HELL AND MOVED THE MONEY ANYWAY Fifty two million dollars. Approved by law for Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia, Iraq. A formal hold placed by Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Congressman Gregory Meeks Trump's State Department read that hold and did it anyway Quietly notified Congress Wednesday night they were defying it. Shipped the money to Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia instead Shaheen and Meeks literally wrote in advance this would be treated as a statutory violation. Trump's people did it in broad daylight like the warning was a dare This is the power of the purse. Written into the Constitution so one man can't move federal money on a whim. Trump just proved the paper doesn't matter if nobody stops him And here's the pattern forming around it. Same week, the Wall Street Journal reports twenty million dollars pulled out of DHS funding to pay for ads boosting Trump before the midterms. Another twenty five hundred thousand burned on top of that elsewhere Congress appropriates. Trump redirects. Over and over, no consequence, no pushback that sticks Four allied nations lose funding they were promised. Four friendlier-to-Trump governments get a windfall instead. Homeland security money becomes a campaign commercial This isn't a budget disagreement. This is a president deciding Congress's vote is a suggestion he's allowed to ignore whenever it's inconvenient They told him no. He did it anyway. And nothing happened That's not governing. That's a man finding out there's no lock on the door

“You have the white nationalists”

NEW: Jared Kushner is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm investing in companies supplying equipment for the Israeli military. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza. Reporting with @goodwinallegra and @MajliedePuyKamp Edited by @timelfrink_dc cnn.com/2026/10/01/us/jared-…

A series of open miracles on the flydubai flight that very nearly went down with a plane full of passengers. Miracle 1: A plane full of people survived an attempt by the copilot to crash their aircraft. Passengers and crew broke into the cockpit and subdued the attacker after he stabbed the captain. Miracle 2: Two off-duty flydubai pilots happened to be on board. They took control of the plunging aircraft and landed it safely. Miracle 3: The plane plummeted and spun out of control - spiraling some 17,000 feet. It ultimately touched down with a chunk of its rudder missing. Miracle 4: They landed in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has no diplomatic relations with Israel. Yet when an aircraft carrying Israelis was in mortal danger, Saudi Arabia became their refuge. Saudi authorities received them, kept them safe, and got them onto a replacement aircraft that flew them directly from Saudi soil to Tel Aviv. For all the reasons to despair about the Middle East, don't miss what happened today.

SCOOP O'clock: Sen. @Eric_Schmitt was warned texts from Jack Smith's office hadn't been vetted for accuracy. He used them anyway - to accuse Smith of perjury. Trump @TheJusticeDept gave Sen. Grassley these texts before Smith testified, but Grassley didn't share with Democrats. W @mychaelschnell & @KDilanianMSNOW ms.now/news/eric-schmitt-jac…

For more than two months, I have been working on a truly horrific story about one of the gravest war crimes committed by the United States since Vietnam: The bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran. It was one of the first targets struck in the opening hours of the war on February 28, 2026. At least 156 people were killed in the U.S. cruise missile strikes—120 of them were children and 26 were teachers. We spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, doctors, teachers, psychologists, and other witnesses. Some of them had never before shared their experiences of that day. It would be impossible to do justice to what happened in Minab that day with words alone. In more than 25 years in journalism and reporting on war, I do not believe I have reported on a more heinous single crime. Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave dropsitenews.com/p/minab-sch… Please share this story with as many people as you can.

I started fact-checking Donald Trump 10 years ago this month. Here are 15 thoughts on the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered by the media: cnn.com/2026/09/27/politics/…

Ian Happ is an absolute legend….dude playing possibly his last game at Wrigley tossed a ball to the bleachers with $300 cash to buy fans beers

My personal opinion is that Trump's lying about prices - that they're way down from when he took office, that almost everything is cheaper now, that they're falling rapidly right now - is his single most politically damaging category of lie. His lies about many subjects require some level of research/prior knowledge/political engagement to debunk. When he lies about prices, even devoted supporters are passively debunking him with their own eyes every day. x.com/tripgabriel/status/210…

NEWLY UNCOVERED AUDIO: Texas GOP US Senate candidate Ken Paxton calls the Uvalde shooting a "plan" by "God" and says "life is short” about children murdered in an elementary school. This man is vile.

Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer cnn.com/2026/09/23/media/tru…

Shit posting by Natalie while Trump golfs

The U.S. war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday. $45.1 billion and counting burned on a war Donald Trump chose to start. An obscene waste of American lives, resources, and taxpayer dollars. cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/…

At the White House in October 1963, six weeks before his assassination, JFK and a model of the National Cultural Center, later renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:

Every single media outlet that believes in the “free press” should boycott the White House press room until Trump lifts his absurd ban on media outlets he doesn’t like. This is an attack on all of the press — not just those outlets — and it must be met with unity and solidarity from the rest.

WOW had no idea Chris Simms had it in him like this 🔥….no lies detected

The Kennedy Memorial is made of irreplaceable marble that was gifted by Italy. Matisse tapestries found throughout were gifted from France. The massive starburst chandelier in the Opera Hall, and lights along walkways, were a gift from Sweden. The record-breaking stage curtains were a gift from Japan. They had to build special looms to weave them because of how big they are. The grounds are beautiful with displays of art. This is what Trump is destroying.