Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail, source says  —  President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN.  It was pulled on Thursday night.

US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents: officials  —  Chicago Public Schools officials claimed they denied ICE entry to Hamline Elementary School Friday morning  —  Live streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather & original, local programming.

Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland  —  US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island  —  Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark's prime minister, according to senior European officials.

New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term  —  Rep. Andy Ogles' bill to amend the Constitution and empower Donald Trump to seek a third term will inevitably fail.  That doesn't mean it's irrelevant.  —  About a week after Donald Trump was elected to a second term …

Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis.  RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.  —  New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump's pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.

State Department issues immediate, widespread pause on foreign aid  —  The “stop-work orders” appear to apply to US aid for all countries except Israel and Egypt.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days.

Trump's Obscene Jan. 6 Pardons Will Live in Infamy  —  Sanctioning violence is what authoritarians do  —  As Inauguration Day neared, Donald Trump and his associates put out a reassuring message: while the new president would pardon many Jan. 6 rioters, as he had promised supporters, he would do so in a responsible and prudent way.

Supreme Court to weigh whether states can allow religious public schools  —  The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed religious charter school, the first of its kind in the country  —  The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether …

Dems Worry Sen. Whitehouse Considering Vote for RFK Jr  —  Wanted to share some information on the RFK Jr. nomination before the Senate.  —  It probably won't surprise you that RFK Jr., along with Tulsi Gabbard, are among the few Trump nominees who might actually not get confirmed.

Elon Musk doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt  —  Since Donald Trump's rise to power, some liberals have developed a bad habit of seeing secret Nazi imagery everywhere on the right.  —  Be it Laura Ingraham allegedly sieg-heiling at the 2016 Republican National Convention …

Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times  —  The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.  —  For two and a half decades, Paul Krugman's columns in the New York Times were beacons of intelligence and common sense.

Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters.  Former FEMA Leaders Agree.  —  “I'd rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said.  Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.  —  President Trump plans to tour damage on Friday …

Sensing Political Support, Abortion Opponents Raise Ambitions  —  The March for Life on Friday will bring together a movement invigorated by some early moves of the second Trump administration.  —  Anti-abortion activists are charging ahead with their ultimate mission to end all abortions nationwide …

Team Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Has ‘More Ass-Kissing’ to Do  —  Trump's aides and allies aren't ready to buy the Facebook chief's right-wing conversion.  “He can't just snap his fingers and make the past not happen” … The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration …

Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration  —  President has thrown weight of justice department behind two politically charged reviews into his personal grievances  —  Donald Trump has tasked the attorney general in two executive orders to conduct far-reaching investigations …

Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed and on the Defensive  —  Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition.  Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together.  —  As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape …

Newark mayor: ICE raided business without a warrant, detained U.S. citizens  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a raid on a Newark business Thursday, detaining non-citizens and citizens alike, according to Mayor Ras J. Baraka.  —  The incident, which could not immediately …

RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic  —  The session between Trump and Biden administration officials is required of transitions and included other Trump Cabinet nominees.  —  As Biden officials packed up the White House last week …

Rutgers Center Cancels Conference in Response to Trump DEI Orders  —  The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President Trump's executive …

The immigrant crackdown has begun.  Its first target might surprise you.  —  Trump is not just going after foreigners who break the law.  —  Donald Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration, a vow many Americans support.  But so far, his administration has been much more fixated …

Inside the room: Where House Republicans are looking to slash … We got our hands on the presentations that House committee chairs made during a closed-door Republican conference meeting this week.  —  They lay out a road map of where the GOP's hunt for spending cuts is heading right now.

Two Words and a World of Trouble  —  Let me tell you a story about clowns evolving into velociraptors.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Bill Kristol sat in for Sarah on the Secret Pod today and it was dark.  Just a warning.  If you're not in good head-space to begin with today, maybe skip this episode?

Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat … Target on Friday said it's rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs — including some that aim to make its workforce and merchandise better reflect its customers.  —  In a memo sent to its employees …

DOJ asks judge to drop order barring Oath Keepers from visiting Capitol  —  Stewart Rhodes, previously sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy, was at the Capitol Wednesday chatting up lawmakers and reporters.  —  The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to drop …

Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight  —  The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico's assistance.  —  WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday …