New reporting we have this AM about emails from Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.” www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

My question in today’s White House briefing about the president’s post claiming the voting underway in California is already “rigged” - I pushed the press secretary for evidence on that.

Here’s our look at the Virginia governor’s race and the election this Tuesday. While the government shutdown and health care are issues are on voters minds, so is Donald Trump. @pbsnews.org @elizlanders.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Who is paying for President Trump’s $300 million ballroom? @elizlanders.bsky.social obtained the list of donors from the White House:

Construction has begun on the ballroom that President Donald Trump has sought to add to the White House grounds for years. Yet, the construction project is more involved than was previously disclosed. 🧵

A White House official confirmed to PBS News’ @elizlanders.bsky.social “that the entirety of the East Wing is undergoing modernization and renovation in order to support the overall ballroom project.”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon will host a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho. Hegseth said the Trump administration signed an agreement to build the facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho.

PBS @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson: Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers as tariffs disrupt the market Ask students: Do you think it is a good idea for the federal government to bailout farmers? w/ @elizlanders.bsky.social #sschat #EduSky #CTE www.pbs.org/newshour/cla...

Though the White House is considering how to address gun violence across the country, President Donald Trump has "made it clear he's always going to protect the constitutional right" of Americans to own guns, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Friday.

On Day 2 of the shutdown not much progress toward a solution … as the administration continues to break norms, and seemingly target Democratic states & priorities. @pbsnews.org @elizlanders.bsky.social tonight www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

DOJ sued 8 states for not turning over state voting lists. Officials worry how personal info in those lists will be used by the Trump admin. It's part of a pattern of attacks on US voting Our @pbsnews.org conversation @beckerdavidj.bsky.social @elizlanders.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

DC residents coming out this evening at 14th and U St NW protesting actions from the administration - several hundred people gathered listening to music, waving signs, watching the scene. Metro Police Dept blocking off streets in the area.

I am so incredibly excited and honored to be taking this next step in my career to join PBS News Hour as the White House correspondent, starting next month. deadline.com/2025/08/liz-...

In a federal lawsuit, seven news organizations argue that a new Tennessee law grants law enforcement officers limitless discretion to bar journalists and the public from reporting on protests and other newsworthy events. www.rcfp.org/tennessee-po...

Sad News: Malcom-Jamal Warner has died from an accidental drowning. While best known for his role on The Cosby Show, Warner has remained active both in front of and behind the camera. www.bet.com/article/nuoe...

(Reuters) - CBS parent company Paramount settles a lawsuit filed by President Trump over an interview broadcast in October, the latest concession by a media company to a president who has targeted outlets over what he describes as false or misleading coverage.

It’s Wednesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ Dan Murphy ☕️ @eleanormueller.bsky.social 🌞 Emma Brown 🌅 @elizlanders.bsky.social If you’re up, tell us why! Reply here or email [email protected]. #waytooearly

Rolling through Constitution Avenue #Army250

JUST IN: The Dept of Defense estimates that the deployment of National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles will cost $134 million, per DoD's CFO testifying before a House hearing. She says that'll "largely" be temporary duty costs like travel, housing, & food.

There are some amazing developments happening in #fusion energy right now. Lawrence Livermore National Lab director Kimberly Budil tells @scrippsnews.bsky.social that they recently had their 8th experiment that exceeded fusion ignition, this time with a gain of four.

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia has died. He was 75 years old. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gerry-connolly-dead-age-75-virginia-democrat/

Scoop: "Top Gun 3" is definitely happening, Paramount Studios chief Brian Robbins told me. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3F9RJY1

Sen Angus King sat down with Scripps News for a lengthy one-on-one about a constitutional crisis, his national security concerns with the potential of a Qatari-gifted Air Force One, and why he does think President Trump is right to readjust trade with China: www.scrippsnews.com/politics/con...

NEW: GlobalX, the company doing many deportation flights for ICE, has been hacked. Hackers claim to have stolen flight manifest information and flight details, and have also defaced the website www.404media.co/globalx-airl...

Sec of Defense Pete Hegseth on Fox News now: "What was shared over Signal then and now... was informal, unclassified" for media coordination. Hegseth implies that one of the people who recently left his office has been leaking this: "Disgruntled former employees are trying to save their ass"

DNC vice Chair David Hogg joined @scrippsnews.bsky.social - I asked him abt James Carville calling him a “contemptible little twerp” & saying DNC should sue him aftr announcing a Dem primary effort. Hogg: “Try it. I would also say that James Carville has not won an election since before I was born”

Really proud of this enterprise report we released yesterday that looks at what it's like inside one of America's nuclear labs - and what budget or personnel cuts could mean for their critical national security work: www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-...

Secretary Bessent, speaking at the American Bankers Association summit about reforming bank regulations and the new people they've tapped to lead: "I do believe...personnel is policy. So I'm just the conductor, and I got a great orchestra, and we're going to make great music."

Senator Mark Kelly joined @ewscrippsco.bsky.social to discuss - what else - tariffs. He reacted to President Trump’s comments that “I know what the hell I’m doing.” Kelly thinks the admin is sticking it to the American people right now: “Clearly he has no idea what he’s doing.”

BREAKING: a federal judge determines that the Associated Press should have their White House access restored, allowing them into the "Oval Office, Air Force One, and other limited spaces...when such spaces are made open to other members of the White House press pool."

New for Scripps News: Secretary Noem sent a DHS-wide email this evening on the “reshaping of the DHS workforce,” outlining voluntary reductions. She noted that “law enforcement officials” are exempt but a source at Secret Service worries “voluntary” won’t last www.scrippsnews.com/politics/pre...

* CHINESE STATE MEDIA: CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA REACH A CONSENSUS THAT THREE SIDES WILL JOINTLY RESPOND TO THE U.S. TARIFFS @reuters.com

We made it to Friday with @waytooearly.bsky.social! ☀️ @elizlanders.bsky.social ☕️ @natalieandrews.bsky.social 🌞 Annalyse Keller 🫖 @chrismeagher.bsky.social 🌅 @errinhaines.bsky.social Why are you awake? Email [email protected] or reply here! #waytooearly

Congressman Jimmy Gomez asks the CIA Director and Director of National Intelligence if the Secretary of Defense was drinking alcohol when he sent the Signal messages. Gabbard says she doesn't know his personal habits. Ratcliffe calls it offensive questioning, says no.

NEW this AM: DNI Gabbard calls Signal text thread a "mistake" in House Intel hearing: "The National Security Advisor has taken full responsibility for this." She adds: That "no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations or war plans that were shared."

CIA Director John RATCLIFFE says his messages/communication in the Signal chat "were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information."

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announces that she will not seek re-election in 2026

NEW from a joint statement from the US and Ukraine: "The United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine."

In a statement to Scripps News, the CIA says that they are reviewing newly hired employees (within 2 years) and in some cases firing them

BREAKING: Trump just announced on his Truth Social that Mexico will be exempt from tariffs on goods covered by the USMCA trade agreement until April 2nd.

At this point, the speaking length of Trump's address to Congress has surpassed Bill Clinton's 2000 address to Congress. Per speeches tracked by the American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara ⬇️ www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/pr...

The congressman walked out of the speech wearing a shirt reading, "No kings live here."

INBOX: @warren.senate.gov announces that for the president's joint address to Congress tomorrow, she's bringing a federal worker from the National Science Foundation that was recently fired as part of DOGE cuts.

NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press sues 3 Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing First Amendment.

from my colleague @reedreports.bsky.social: KASH PATEL CONFIRMED BY SENATE AS FBI DIRECTOR - 51-49 // MURKOWSKI AND COLLINS VOTED NAY WITH ALL DEMS

At the end of our @scrippsnews.bsky.social intv, @repdangoldman.bsky.social said, "Donald Trump has, in his first month, probably committed dozens of impeachable offenses." www.scrippsnews.com/politics/pre...

The Associated Press says their reporter was *barred* from entering the Oval Office this afternoon to cover an executive order signing because of their editorial standards about the Gulf of Mexico versus Gulf of America:

National security advisor Mike Waltz says American teacher Marc Fogel - who was detained in Russia in 2021 - is leaving Russian airspace now with @stevewitkoff.bsky.social

Sources tell me & my @scrippsnews.bsky.social colleague @reedreports.bsky.social that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene & Speaker Johnson met w/ Elon Musk at White House yesterday for 45 mins to talk about DOGE, ahead of tomorrow’s 1st Oversight subcommittee DOGE hearing Wednesday, which MTG will chair

The Inspector General at USAID put out a short report today on how the operation pause at that agency has impacted humanitarian assistance globally. In fact, $489 million of food assistance risks spoilage/unanticipated storage needs/diversions after shipments have been delayed.