Assistant U.S. Attorney Found Dead Inside Federal Building In San Diego: ReportsAn assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California was found dead inside a federal building in San Diego late on Wednesday after being reported missing to police, according to local reports.Andrew Haden, who twice served as acting U.S. attorney for the district, was found dead inside an office in the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building. No foul play is suspected, and the medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of death, police told the Times of San Diego.“He was a beacon of light — full of laughter, friendship, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to serving our community,” U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said in a statement to the media, confirming his death. “We will honor his life and legacy by carrying his light forward, today and always.”Haden had worked for the office since 2010, including as acting U.S. attorney in 2023 and again in 2025 during brief transitions of leadership, according to the Los Angeles Times.Representatives with the police department and Haden’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Trump Admits Darline Graham Will Do What He Wants In The SenateAs he was heading to a South Carolina campaign event for Sen. Darline Graham (R), President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he supports her in part because she will do what he wants.His comments came after Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsay Graham who was appointed temporarily to his seat, admitted during a debate that she was “not that informed on national security.”“She’s very smart, and she was being honest,” Trump told reporters. “It hasn’t been her thing, but she’s surrounded by very good people, and she said that she’s totally for the military. She’s going to do what the military wants, and really, what the president wants. She understands that national security is my thing.” Trump went on to claim that he has raised $850 million for Republicans ahead of midterm elections.Graham is facing off against U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman in the Republican South Carolina primary runoff election.Trump Hails Temporary SCOTUS Ballroom Reprieve In Error-Filled MessagePresident Donald Trump praised the U.S. Supreme Court Friday after Chief Justice John Roberts decided his $400+ million ballroom project could continue on a provisional basis, pending an actual Supreme Court decision.“We are grateful for the Decision of the United States Supreme Court,” Trump wrote in a social media post.Read more:Ed Martin, Who Helped Trump Go After His Enemies, Is Leaving The DOJPresident Donald Trump said Friday that pardon attorney Ed Martin is stepping down from the Department of Justice to instead focus on legal battles for upcoming elections.Martin led the DOJ’s controversial “Weaponization Working Group” until being removed from the role in February. With the group, Martin essentially helped Trump target his political enemies, including Special Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York’s Attorney General Letitia James.“I know he will do an outstanding job, ensure Free, Fair, and Honest Elections, and strongly advance our Constitutional Rights. Good luck Ed!” Trump, who has continuously pushed baseless conspiracies about stolen elections, said in a post on Truth Social on Friday.Martin, the former interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has also pushed false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that Trump lost. He has also represented Jan. 6 insurrectionists. In response to the announcement on Friday, Martin posted online, “Proud to serve. Fight Fight Fight.”Quality Control’s Pierre 'P' Thomas Hospitalized After Heart AttackQuality Control Music co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas has been hospitalized, the label said in a statement on social media, which emphasized that he’s “alive and … receiving medical care.”Sources told both Variety and TMZ the hip-hop mogul had a heart attack and is in the ICU in a Las Vegas Hospital.“We ask that everyone keep P and his family in their thoughts and prayers and respectfully give them the privacy and space they need during this time,” the label said. “We deeply appreciate everyone’s concern, support, prayers, and loving energy right now.”Defense Rests In Lindsay Clancy Trial Over Postpartum PsychosisThe defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting several days of testimony about her mental state before and after she strangled her three young children.Prosecutors then began calling rebuttal witnesses in the trial, which is likely entering its final days. Closing arguments are expected next week.Read more, via AP:World’s Oldest Living Person Celebrates 117th BirthdayThe world’s oldest living person, a woman whose birth predates the Titanic and the World War I, has just turned 117.Ethel Caterham, who was born on August 21, 1909, rang in her new year at a home in Surrey, England, on Friday while surrounded by family, friends, and a Frank Sinatra performer, her care center and an official record keeper said.“Thank you for all of the kind birthday wishes,” she said in a statement released by her home. “Even at 117, I’ve had many firsts this year, from stroking a llama to holding hands with the King! I’ve had a lovely day celebrating with my family and friends, and I look forward to seeing what next year brings!”Collins first took the title of oldest supercentenarian in 2025 following the death of a Brazilian nun at the age of 116. With her birthday on Friday, she also becomes the first-ever Brit to reach 117, according to Guinness World Records.“She is consistently adding to her British longevity record, which was previously set by Charlotte Hughes who passed away in 1993,” Ben Meyers, CEO of supercentenarian tracker LongeviQuest, said in a statement to the record-keeping website.Helping her celebrate the milestone, LongeviQuest collected and shared birthday wishes for Collins from fellow record holders and competitors, including the world’s oldest man, who at 113 lives in Brazil. “True to her character, not wanting much fuss, Ethel chose to have a modest birthday celebration,” LongeviQuest said in a statement that offered more detail about her big day, including its inclusion of celebratory tea, cake, and the Frank Sinatra tribute performer, which it said has been a recent tradition of hers.Trump Threatens To Sue Think Tank Over Study That Found He’s Wrong About National GuardThe Center for American Progress said it will not retract a report that found President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployments in cities across the country have had no measurable impact on violent crime.Trump on Monday threatened the think tank with a $5 billion lawsuit over the analysis, which undercuts one of his favorite stump speech narratives.In a statement Friday, CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden stood by the report’s conclusions and promised to “neither cower nor bend” in the face of Trump’s “transparent attempt to silence us”:“The Center for American Progress is an independent, nonpartisan research organization, and our work is grounded in rigorous, evidence-based research and analysis. Based on analysis of crime data, our report demonstrated facts about the National Guard deployments that are inconvenient to the Trump administration. Since its inception, CAP has published analysis of the impact of government policy under Democratic and Republican administrations.This threatened lawsuit’s attack on facts and evidence is baseless. A fundamental protection of the First Amendment is to allow for the publication of facts and analysis that are contrary to the arguments and claims of any administration. A lawsuit is a transparent attempt to silence us. We will neither cower nor bend in the face of it.In America, profound disagreements over public policy are resolved through robust public debate, not through threats or intimidation. Independent data, evidence, and analysis are essential to that debate. Efforts to silence independent research because its findings are unwelcome by an administration or president should alarm every American.”NSF Grants Hit 40-Year Low After White House Seized $1B For Special Project: ReportResearch grants awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation will hit a 40-year low this fiscal year, according to a tally by the science journal “Nature,” which sniffed out a primary culprit:NSF staff told the journal the White House has seized more than $1 billion of the agency’s $8.8-billion budget and placed it in a separate account to fund a special project of its own devising, called the “Grand Research Challenges” initiative, that’s being overseen by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).In a letter to OSTP Director Michael Kratsios last week, Democratic representatives on the Science Committee assailed the White House for seizing and spending money on pet projects that was never appropriated for that purpose.Asked during a July 22 hearing by Ranking Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.) where the missing $1 billion had gone, Kratsios played dumb: “I’m not familiar with those details, I would refer you to NSF,” he said.Lofgren and fellow Science Committee Democrat Rep. George Whitesides (Calif.) demanded further explanation.“If you believe this is legal, appropriate, and a good use of taxpayer money in order to bring about a ‘golden age of science,’ then you should have been eager to discuss it before the Committee,” the Members wrote in their letter to Kratsios. “Instead, you chose to apparently mislead the Committee about whether you had any understanding of where NSF’s disappearing money is going.”According to Nature, NSF had issued 5,684 grants as of August 19, down from a previous average of around 11,000. The last time so few grants were awarded was in the early 1980s, according to science journalist Dan Garisto.Bonnaroo Cancels 2027 Festival For Campground MaintenanceBonnaroo, the massive Tennessee music festival, will take hiatus in 2027, organizers announced Friday, citing necessary recovery efforts to maintain and improve the campgrounds where the event takes place.“Bonnaroo will be taking a much-needed year off in 2027. This wasn’t an easy decision, and not one we take lightly, but in our hearts, we know this break will only make Bonnaroo better,” a statement from organizers read. “We hope you’ll continue radiating positivity in your community throughout the year and thank you for loving this festival as much as we do.”The festival has hosted upward of 45,000 attendees at its 700-acre site in rural Manchester, Tenn. — where festivalgoers camp out on “the farm” — since June 2002.Lindsay Clancy Trial Begins Wrapping Up With Testimony From Forensic PsychiatristLindsay Clancy’s defense team will wrap up Friday with testimony from Dr. Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist and expert witness who also testified in the defense of Andrea Yates, a Houston mother found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2001 killings of her five children.The prosecution is expected to call three rebuttal witnesses after Resnick, with closing arguments likely to begin Monday, Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan said Thursday.Prosecutors say Clancy, 36, killed her three young children in their Duxbury, Mass., home in 2023 before attempting to kill herself. While she’s admitted to killing the children, she’s pleaded not guilty because she was struggling with postpartum psychosis.On Monday, a digital forensic expert testified that Clancy had searched for “how quickly does wellbutrin work for depression” and “ketamine for suicidal ideation” days before the killings, in addition to “symptoms of postpartum psychosis” and “psychosis symptoms.”The extreme mental illness affects around 1 in 1,000 mothers after giving birth. Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, confusion and mania, according to the National Health Service.See All Updates