Political Gabfest: New Supreme Court term will grapple with scope of presidential power; Trump’s deployments of troops to US cities are “untethered to the facts”; and state bans on conversion therapy are likely to suffer legal defeat.

Political Gabfest: Hegseth and Trump strut in a theatrical flex over an audience of distinguished military leaders; the government shuts down as both sides dig in; and Russia wages unsettling hybrid warfare with drones over Europe.

Political Gabfest: Trump directly orders vindictive prosecutions of enemies on social media; Tylenol becomes scapegoat for unfounded autism claims in bizarre press conference; and historical precedents for chilling US free speech.

Political Gabfest: Free speech debates flare up in the fallout from Charlie Kirk’s murder; the US military blows up Venezuelan civilians on boats with no legal justification; and House crime bills undermine D.C. autonomy.

Political Gabfest: Charlie Kirk is assassinated in Utah at a college campus event; SCOTUS clears the way for racial profiling by ICE; and Kamala Harris teases her new memoir with a critical excerpt.

Political Gabfest: Major courtroom losses pile up for the Trump administration; RFK Jr. dismantles US public health in real-time; and Democrats face government shutdown political calculus again as Congress returns.

Political Gabfest: Fed governor Lisa Cook resists Trump’s attempt to fire her and smash Fed independence; an executive order expands the National Guard’s law enforcement role; and the Trump administration assaults wind energy.

Political Gabfest: Trump’s military intrusion into D.C. escalates in the face of overwhelming opposition from residents; a week of theatrical diplomacy with Russia and Ukraine; and the launch of new liberal publication The Argument.

Political Gabfest: A hasty and improvisational Trump-Putin summit in Alaska; federal “takeover” of Washington D.C.’s law enforcement; and Trump demands colleges share admissions data to “verify” that they are not considering race.

Political Gabfest: Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; the Texas GOP’s gerrymandering effort ignites a nationwide redistricting arms race; and self-appointed loyalty enforcer Laura Loomer gets more access to the president.

Political Gabfest: The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza worsens; Columbia and Brown make deals with the Trump administration with a Harvard settlement imminent; and Emil Bove confirmed to U. S. appeals court as DOJ attacks Judge Boasberg.

Political Gabfest: Trump sues the Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter story; Roberts Court has empowered sweeping presidential control; amid fears of losing Congress in 2026, Texas Republicans redraw state district map in effort to pick up House seats.

Political Gabfest: MAGA melts down over the Epstein files; the Supreme Court rubber stamps Trump’s continued disassembly of the federal government; and the GOP Senate passes funding cuts for PBS, NPR, and foreign aid.

Political Gabfest: Musk founds the “America Party” via social media post; the US erratically zags again on aid for Ukraine against Putin; and Trump’s latest plot twist in the tedious tariff saga.

Political Gabfest: Senate passes a massively irresponsible budget bill; last anti-Trump Republicans abandon Congress while Musk teases third-party idea; and Paramount sells out journalists to settle with Trump.

Political Gabfest: Trump brings US into Israel’s war and bombs Iranian nuclear facilities; Mamdani crushes Cuomo in the NYC mayoral race; and a whistleblower report exposes ethical breaches.

Political Gabfest: Trump debates whether to join Israel’s war by bombing Iran; a vigilante impersonates police in a chilling political assassination in Minnesota; and the Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s youth transgender care ban.

Political Gabfest: Trump sends National Guard and Marines to LA to quell mostly peaceful protests; RFK Jr. fires the entire CDC vaccine advisory board; and the Supreme Court makes it easier to win “reverse discrimination” cases.

Political Gabfest: Musk joins the GOP intra-party fight over the massive tax bill; the judiciary faces new attacks on its independence; and Trump imposes new broad travel bans.

Political Gabfest: The Supreme Court endorses maximalist presidential power in an unsigned opinion off the shadow docket; Trump escalates attacks on Harvard and international students; and the complexities of male friendships.