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Best of the Babylon Bee: Man who took nation’s constitutional rights claims protection by constitutional right

Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day.

Why Mamdani’s team botched the deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak

The bug killed seven New Yorkers last year in Harlem, but the Health Department...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 5

1997—By a vote of 4-3, the California supreme court rules (in American Academy of Pediatrics...

The EPA’s Temporary Loophole Won’t Power the AI Boom

Short-term guidance for data-center construction keeps businesses from being able to responsibly plan for...

Democrats get their top picks in key Virginia House races

Washington Democrats got the center-left nominees they were looking for in two closely watched Virginia House primaries, setting up general election contests that will help determine whether Republicans can hold on to their narrow majority.

Live results: Letlow, Fleming duke it out in Louisiana Senate runoff after Cassidy primary ouster

Voters in Louisiana are heading to the polls Saturday to weigh in on the Republican Senate runoff following Sen. Bill Cassidy's ouster last month. GOP Rep. Julia Letlow and state treasurer John Fleming advanced from the initial May primary after neither candidate secured over 50 percent of the vote outright. Cassidy placed in third place...

Trump slips on affordability message amid battle in GOP over SAVE America Act

President Trump’s intense focus on passing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is threatening to put Republicans at risk ahead of the midterm elections as the party finds itself on uneven footing with voters on affordability. Trump sent shockwaves through Washington earlier this week when he canceled what would have been the highly...

Trump names new ICE director

President Trump announced his nomination of Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday. The president commended Schroyer’s experience as a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine in a Truth Social post, calling him a “PATRIOT with real operational experience.” “Lance has firsthand experience getting Illegal Aliens OFF...

Sunday shows preview: Trump-Cassidy divisions on display as Louisiana eyes successor

Louisiana Republicans will decide their nominee for Senate on Saturday in a runoff that has become another test of President Trump’s influence over the party. GOP voters in the Pelican State have already demonstrated their loyalty to Trump, crushing incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) hopes for reelection in the initial primary six weeks ago. Cassidy...

Other Dan Sullivan can stay on ballot, judge rules

An Alaska judge ruled on Friday that a candidate with the same name and party affiliation as Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) can stay on the ballot to challenge the incumbent senator for his seat, overturning a previous ban on his candidacy. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled that Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. could remain on the ballot for the...

Usha Vance pokes fun at ‘political significance’ of maternity dress

Second lady Usha Vance poked fun at a New York Times article examining the public image of pregnant women in President Trump’s orbit, joking that she did not realize her maternity dress carried so much “political significance.” “Now that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can’t wait...

AI is creating America’s next underclass 

Jensen Huang warns that AI is changing the rules of everyday survival and creating a two-tier caste system, with those who can command AI and those who cannot, and those who refuse to adapt will be left behind.

Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’

CNN’s chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins pushed back on President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the rise of democratic socialism in the U.S., which Trump has incorrectly conflated with communism, following several victories from progressive House candidates in New York primaries. During “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on Friday, the CNN anchor aired remarks Trump made...

Trump unveils America 250 ‘Patriot Passport’ with his likeness

President Trump on Friday shared a new rendering of a limited-edition “Patriot Passport” featuring his image for America’s 250th anniversary. A sample image shared on the president’s social media depicts Trump standing with his fists on the Resolute Desk and the text of the Declaration of Independence in the background. The second page includes an...

The sky is not falling. Americans are getting healthier.

Despite declining obesity and heart disease rates, increasing cancer survival rates, and a record high life expectancy, politicians from both parties are pushing costly and ineffective policies to address perceived crises in the healthcare industry.

Millions dropped ObamaCare plans after subsidies ended

About four million Americans have dropped out of Affordable Care Act insurance coverage this year as costs soared due to the loss of enhanced subsidies. The figures released late Friday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offer the most complete look to date at what happened to enrollment after Republicans in Congress failed to...

US, Iran test each other’s red lines in new fighting

The delicate ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was put to the test on Friday when the U.S. military reopened strikes against the Middle Eastern nation over an alleged infringement of the agreement’s terms.  President Trump called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz a “foolish violation”...

Thanks, Obama: Reflections on a library and a presidency

The years since Obama left office have underscored for me just how important character, temperament and respect for the rule of law are for a president.

Vanilla Ice sees Freedom 250 concert scrapped due to bad weather

A concert intending to commemorate America’s 250th birthday as part of President Trump‘s “Great American State Fair,” was abruptly canceled Friday just two hours before “Ice Ice Baby” rapper Vanilla Ice was set to take the stage. Freedom 250 event organizers announced that the event would close early on Friday “due to inclement weather in...

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