Johnson aide discouraged Hutchinson subpoena over concerns about lawmakers' ‘sexual texts’  —  The move was intended in part to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent Cassidy Hutchinson.

Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate  —  Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in a series of controversies.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination …

A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship  —  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.

Trump Revokes Security Detail for Pompeo and Others Despite Threats From Iran  —  The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump's first term.  —  President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo …

Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations  —  OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, AND THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.  —  EXECUTIVE ORDER  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

‘The Holocaust is not a joke’: Elon Musk finally goes too far for Anti-Defamation League  —  The Anti-Defamation League took criticism earlier this week when it declined to condemn X owner Elon Musk for making a salute at a Trump rally that many overt racists approvingly interpreted as a Nazi salute.

Well, Well, Well: Trump Can't Lower Egg Prices After All  —  Donald Trump's decision to press pause on communications from health organizations amid an escalating bird flu breakout could take America's soaring egg prices and make them even worse.  —  The consumer price index found that egg prices …

DOGE's Top Lawyer to Depart  —  Bill McGinley, the group's counsel, is planning to return to the private sector  —  The top lawyer at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is announcing his departure just days after President Trump's return to the White House.

Justice Dept. revokes job offers to young lawyers in elite honors program  —  Students or graduates from Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford and other top law schools lost job offers from the Attorney General's Honors Program.  —  The Justice Department has abruptly revoked recent job offers …

After Trump orders Denali renamed, a McKinley descendant promotes a compromise  —  Trump wants North America's tallest peak renamed in honor of President William McKinley, drawing heat from many in Alaska.  —  When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office …

Mississippi lawmaker introduces ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’  —  The bill, which is unlikely to pass, would make it unlawful for “a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”  —  Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon, a Democrat …

CNN Plots Major Overhaul as It Enters a New Trump Era  —  Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023.  Now, he is remaking the network's TV lineup and its work force.  —  Give people news when and where they want it.  —  That, says Mark Thompson, CNN's chief executive …

Rubio instructs staff to freeze passport applications with ‘X’ sex markers  —  Secretary of state tells staff ‘sex is not changeable’ in email following Trump executive order on gender  —  The US state department has frozen all applications for passports with “X” sex markers and changes …

What Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More  —  President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill.  Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.  —  Top Republicans are passing around an extensive menu of ideas to cover …

President Donald Trump says he'll ‘demand that interest rates drop immediately’  —  WATCH NOW  —  President Donald Trump lobbed his first volley at the Federal Reserve, saying Thursday that he will apply pressure to bring down interest rates.  —  Speaking to an assembly of global leaders …

Trump's First Shot in His War on the ‘Deep State’  —  Shortly after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking the security clearances of about four dozen former national-security officials.  Their offense was that in 2020, they had signed …

Donald Trump Is Running Riot  —  I have never been more concerned about the rule of law in the United States.  —  I was born in 1969 — five years after the Civil Rights Act was passed — and I have no memory of the legal system operated in the Jim Crow South, when there was one code …

Costco's board rejects anti-DEI motion, defends ‘respect and inclusion’  —  Costco's board of directors rejected anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, noting the company will defend “respect and inclusion” as efforts are underway nationwide to strike the practices.

Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths  —  Officials are drafting a proposal to defund and potentially ‘disestablish’ the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, though Congress would have to approve doing so.  —  The Trump administration is moving to abolish …

The Truth Speakers  —  In a terrible week for our country, three stars shone brightly through the gloom.  —  There's been no shortage of rich men kissing Trump's ass lately, even showing up to his inauguration to cozy up to him and his fascist new bestie, Elon Musk.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Department Halts New Civil Rights Cases  —  Where Things Stand  — Civil rights: The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of Biden-era agreements …

Jeffries draws red line on debt-for-aid deal: ‘Nonstarter’  —  Top House Democrats are pouring cold water on a Republican proposal to trade a debt limit increase for California wildfire aid, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries telling reporters it was a “nonstarter.”