FBI Director Kash Patel strutted into a Senate hearing Tuesday, brandishing a large black placard of statistics and daring his critics to dispute them. But current and former law enforcement officials say those numbers are a sham. "They are absolutely padding the stats and claiming arrests they would not have claimed [previously]," one current FBI official told MS NOW. "So comparing 2025 to 2024 is not apples to apples." Read more
en I went to bed last Thursday night," Alex Berenson told me, "I was sure we didn't have a deal. The government offered money, but they weren't willing to admit what they had done. And I wasn't going to agree to a settlement without that acknowledgment. But the next morning," he added, "my lawyer texted me with the news that they had agreed to the language. So we made the deal."
If you don't know what Berenson is talking about, well, you can hardly be blamed. The mainstream media has studiously ignored Berenson v. Biden, even though it has enormous implications for the First Amendment. That "language" that Berenson insisted upon"and that the government finally agreed to include in the settlement?
We Didn't Have to Kill a Whole Bunch of People'
Former President Barack Obama mounted a forceful defense of his 2015 Iran nuclear deal with a pointed jab at President Donald Trump's war with the regime, arguing his administration "pulled it off without firing a missile."
Black people in America did worse economically in 2025 than at any time since the Federal Reserve began its financial wellbeing survey in 2013, according to some measures published Wednesday. More notable than the depressed financial situation of Black respondents is the gap between Black people and, in some cases, every other racial and ethnic group recorded. Black adults were the only racial group who reported a notable jump in concerns about price increases, the Fed wrote in its report, up 6% year over year. The percentage of Black people "doing okay" or "living comfortably" declined by 5% from 65% in 2024 to 60% in 2025, the largest drop recorded since the Fed began collecting this data, including in 2020 during the COVID-era recession. The percentage of Hispanic respondents "doing okay" or "living comfortably" declined 1% from 63% to 62%, while Asian people's situations stayed flat with 82% feeling comfortable.
Every time Donald Trump has run for president, he has vowed to drain the swamp in Washington. But ever since he returned to the White House, not only has he not even tried to drain the swamp, he has pushed to gild it. Trump has used all the gold and glitz he can to cover up an increasingly putrid swamp " a morass filled with million-dollar donors scrambling for access, criminals seeking to buy pardons, corporate executives appointed to high-level government jobs and billionaire sycophants sucking up to Trump. Making the swamp smell even worse, the president and his sons have somehow managed, through crypto and other means, to increase their wealth by an estimated $4bn since Trump won a second term. At this point, we should probably call Trump's Washington not a swamp, but a colossal cesspool. For the sake of accuracy, Trump should put a big neon sign outside the White House saying: "Conflicts of Interest R Us". Read more
Republican senator Rand Paul's son William apologized on Wednesday for a drunken tirade at a bar in Washington DC, in which he reportedly told a Republican congressman he "hates Jews and hates gays". "Last night, I had too much to drink and said some things that don't represent who I really am. I'm sorry and today I am seeking help for my drinking problem," William Paul posted on social media under the handle TastyBrew1776. The apology was posted minutes after Mike Lawler, a Republican congressman, told reporters the senator's son had drunkenly accosted him on Tuesday night at a bar and said he would hold "anti-American" Jews responsible if his father's ally, Thomas Massie, a Kentucky congressman, loses a primary election next week.
A Jan. 6 rioter from Texas who was pardoned by President Donald Trump and claimed he had "completely changed" since the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack was arrested Sunday and charged with deadly conduct after allegedly threatening a churchgoer with a gun. Ryan Nichols, 36, is accused of displaying and grabbing the weapon, a pistol, while threatening and confronting a man over a "prior disagreement" in the parking lot of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Harleton, according to local police officials. "Nichols confronted a subject ... and whenever the subject attempted to leave and de-escalate the situation Nichols continued to confront him," the Harrison County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. "The victim stated that they turned away from Nichols and attempted to usher his family towards their vehicle while asking Nichols to go to his own vehicle and leave."
Leon Panetta, who helped locate Osama bin Laden, believes the war will continue for months because the US president has few options to end it. Read more
Two US colleges, the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), are selling donated bodies for Israeli military training, sparking ethical concerns and allegations of a "breach of trust" from grieving families who were never informed of the military use of their loved ones' remains.
There is a sub rosa market for cadavers
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that Donald Trump and Elon Musk's "Golden Dome" missile defense system to cover the entire territory of the US would cost $1.2 trillion to build and operate.
Why Americans Don't Have Universal Healthcare Like Israelis, Germans, Canadians, Brits, Greenlanders, Albanians, Cubans, Iranians, or in 2027, Mexicans
A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.
In late March 2026, drug cartel operative Francisco Beltran and his driver were killed when a bomb blew up their car on the outskirts of Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA), near the capital. A CNN investigation revealed evidence of covert operations conducted directly on Mexican soil by US agencies, as part of Donald Trump's crusade against the cartels.
CIA denies involvement
Beijing now has strong new powers to punish firms for pulling manufacturing out of China. Multinationals are increasingly caught in a web of coercion and complex rules as they try to operate across the US, EU and China.
As Trump and his planeloads of oligarchs and egos head off to a high-stakes summit, it's worth noting how the Chinese regard American power in the Age of Trump.
Final demand wholesale inflation rose by 6% on an annual basis in April, marking the largest increase since 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. More than three-quarters of the 2% increase in final demand goods in April was attributed to a 7.8% increase in energy prices. Final demand services moved up 1.2%, pushed along largely by a 2.7% increase in trade services.
Tampa, Florida "A federal jury has found Desiree Doreen Segari (41, Sarasota) guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure. Segari faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 5, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. Segari was indicted on September 18, 2025. According to evidence presented at trial, on August 17, 2025, Segari posted a video on TikTok calling for MAGA supporters to be shot on sight. Segari stated, "so if we all get our guns and use our second amendment right ... and you see somebody with a MAGA hat, pew pew' that's what we do, that's the way, it's the only way." While saying "pew pew," Segari used hand gestures mimicking the firing of a gun. She further stated,
