Trump Media stock closes 21% lower after company reports $58 million loss for 2023 … This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump reflected in a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022.

Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation's strictest abortion bans to take effect  —  The high court simultaneously ruled that a referendum enshrining abortion rights can go on the November ballot  —  Florida's conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's constitution does …

The Easter Madness Of Donald J. Trump  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Trump's Messianic Complex  —  I trust that most of you were offline celebrating the holiday, warming to the Spring, welcoming baseball back, or watching college basketball.

First human case of avian flu in Texas raises alarm  —  Potential cow-to-cow avian flu transmission in Idaho is worrying pandemic experts.  —  A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened …

Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people … Targets would range from decades-old policies aimed at giving minorities economic opportunities, to more recent programs that began in response to the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.

Driver rams into front gate of Atlanta FBI office, taken into custody  —  The car appeared to try to follow an authorized vehicle entering the gate.  —  A man rammed a vehicle into the FBI entrance gate at the Atlanta field office, April 1, 2024.  —  A driver rammed into the front gate …

Hospitals Must Get Written Patient Consent for Pelvic Exams, H.H.S. Says  —  In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn't comply.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday …

Ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks expected to testify in former president's New York criminal trial  —  The former White House communications director met with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office last year.  —  Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is expected …

Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Musk's reputation dips  —  The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.

US judge receptive to Trump documents claims in warning sign for prosecutors  —  A federal judge overseeing the criminal case that accuses Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents has signaled an openness to the former U.S. president's defense claims, in a sign that prosecutors might face a difficult road ahead.

Israel's government passes law to temporarily shut down Al Jazeera  —  Israel's legislature passed a law Monday paving the way to shut down the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network, under legislation allowing for the temporary ban of foreign news networks that the government deems a threat to national security.

Melania Trump Is Back — But Maybe Not for Long  —  Melania Trump has been found, but don't throw out your “Where is Melania?” flyers or call off the search planes just yet.  —  The former First Lady appeared at Donald Trump's November 2022 presidential-campaign announcement.

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant.  It's finally changing  —  (AP Video by Tassanee Vejpongsa; Production by Shelby Lum)  —  Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news …

China's Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms  —  China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.  —  Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters …

How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem  —  Small-dollar donations to Trump and the GOP are way down since 2019 and 2020.  But the former president's team says they see a turnaround.  —  In the years after Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden …

A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains  —  “The worst kind of colonialism,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said of schools and museums holding onto thousands of stolen bones.  But it's complicated.  —  WASHINGTON - A couple of months ago …

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Migrants in Iowa wonder whether to leave over a bill that could see some arrested and deported  —  A bill in Iowa that would allow the state to arrest and deport some migrants is stoking anxiety among immigrant communities, leaving some to wonder: “Should I leave Iowa?”

Democrats spar over registration as worries over young and minority voters grow  —  The rise in Trump support among nonregistered voters has run up against a long-held Democratic policy priority of growing the voter rolls  —  A confidential memo circulated among top Democratic donors …

Maine's trail system makes the state an outdoor destination.  $30M in improvements could come soon  —  Maine's beloved outdoor trail network could receive millions of dollars of improvements under a proposal conservationists have asked lawmakers to put before voters.

More than half of voters support slapping 10 percent tariffs on all imports, in boost for Trump's populist, protectionists policy  — Former President Trump is proposing to put a 10 percent tariff on all imports  — A Daily Mail poll found that 54 percent of likely voters support the idea