The Daily Beast reports: A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance, just weeks after the same venue hosted Kamala Harris, according to reports. The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, an early 16th-century countryside pub with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a prestigious award …

The Associated Press reports: Missouri lawmakers are preparing for a special session on congressional redistricting as part of President Donald Trump’s push to draw more favorable maps for Republicans ahead of next year’s elections. A document obtained by The Associated Press shows the Senate has received a $46,000 invoice to activate six redistricting software licenses and provide training for up …

The Hill reports: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Thursday that the U.S. now has 1.6 million fewer illegal immigrants since the start of the Trump administration – a claim based on information from an anti-immigration group that said their own estimate may be overstated. The claim, the Department of Homeland Security said, is based on a report from …

“So the president implemented this Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and in less than a week they’ve taken 100 violent criminals off the streets. I think it’s great. I wouldn’t mind seeing the National Guard, especially if it’s in areas where there is a lot of crime. I mean, think about Times Square. There is a lot of …

The Washington Post reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that a Justice Department employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer Sunday evening. In court documents filed Wednesday, police allege that Sean Charles Dunn approached law enforcement officers, including Metro Transit Police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection …

The New York Post reports: A raucous chorus of obscene jeers greeted mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani as he took his weeklong, five-borough anti-President Trump tour to Staten Island on Wednesday. Infamous Staten Island artist-activist Scott LoBaido said he was arrested by cops after first trying to confront the Democratic socialist at the event in a Stapleton Heights restaurant — and …

Washington DC’s NBC affiliate reports: D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order Thursday. It comes four days into President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department. A memo from Chief of Police Pamela Smith says …

NBC News reports: Trump said in an interview on Fox News Radio that he was not sure he would hold a joint press conference with Putin. “I’m going to have a press conference. I don’t know if it’s going to be a joint,” Trump said in the interview on “The Brian Kilmeade Show.” “We haven’t even discussed it. I think it …

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal, and that the threat of sanctions against Russia likely played a role in Moscow seeking a meeting. Trump is scheduled to meet with Putin in Alaska on Friday. The U.S. president said he is unsure whether an immediate ceasefire can be …

“There are going to be people in the audience, people who are a little light in the loafers maybe, people who are squishy on the right, people who are on the left — there are plenty of moderate liberals who watch this show. And they’re gonna say, Michael, come on. Why do you care about Obergefell? Why do you care …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift immigration detention camp in the Everglades. “We are calling this the Deportation Depot,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference on Thursday. “This will be …

Bloomberg News reports: US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, suggesting companies are passing along higher import costs related to tariffs. The producer price index increased 0.9% from a month earlier, the largest advance since consumer inflation peaked in June 2022, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report out Thursday. The PPI rose 3.3% …

Pink News reports: Trump’s decision to choose Gloria Gaynor as an honoree comes amid increased criticism of his attack on the LGBTQ+ community and their rights in the US. Although there is no public record of Gaynor endorsing or supporting Trump, unfortunately, her past comments about the LGBTQ+ community have been problematic. The Christian singer has refused to confirm if …

Axios reports: The Israeli government is courting popular MAGA influencers in an effort to address Republican divisions over the war in Gaza, where scenes of violence and starvation have fueled global outrage. U.S. support for Israel’s military actions has fallen to record lows. Even within the traditionally pro-Israel GOP, younger Republicans are increasingly skeptical — questioning both the alliance and …

Stateline reports: Each month, nearly 42 million people receive SNAP benefits to help supplement their grocery budgets. Able-bodied SNAP recipients who are between 18 and 54 and don’t have children have always been required to work. Veterans, however, have been exempt from those rules — but that’s about to change. The giant domestic policy measure that President Donald Trump signed …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in his office—and he isn’t afraid to show it. E.J. Antoni has come under fire for his comments about data collection and social security after Trump tapped him to lead the bureau tasked with gathering and disseminating …

The Hill reports: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said during a Wednesday podcast episode with Joe Rogan that lawmakers have seen evidence of “interdimensional beings.” “I think that they can actually operate through the time spaces that we currently have,” Luna said during the podcast. “That’s not something that I came up with on my own. That’s based on stuff …

Erie’s Fox affiliate reports: On Tuesday, August 12, the McKean County District Attorney’s Office announced that Daniel Merrick, a pastor in Smethport, was sentenced for possessing nearly 700 images and videos of child porn after attempting to withdraw a plea agreement. Merrick claimed he was in possession of the content “as part of an investigation he had undertaken for law …

Politico reports: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is calling for a ban on single-stock trading by members of Congress, a push that could supercharge legislative efforts to ban the practice that have gained momentum in recent months. The Treasury secretary is far from the first big name in Washington to advocate for an end to congressional stock trading in recent months. …

“It starts locally. First off, in these schools, these schools have to start back disciplining kids. They took the paddle out of the school, and everything collapsed. We gotta get the paddle back, Rachel. Corporal punishment is the only way when you have a knucklehead kid that’s willing to rob you or me at gunpoint with a car full of …