Trump orders tariffs on Colombia over rejection of US military deportation flights  —  Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to a similar order announced hours earlier by President Donald Trump.

Trump wiped January 6 convicts' records clean.  Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters' crimes from the internet  —  As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters' attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges …

Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests  —  The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.

In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution  —  For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often …

Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory  —  US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel  —  Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” …

Children of the 1960s watch in pain as the story of our lifetime is erased  —  My almost pathological obsession with what historians now call “the Long Sixties” — especially the years between JFK's assassination in 1963 and Richard Nixon's Watergate downfall in 1974 — includes …

Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump ‘broke the law’ by firing 18 inspectors general  —  In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” the California Democrat blasted Trump for firing 18 of the federal agency watchdogs over the weekend.  —  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday blasted President Donald …

Trump Administration Begins Immigration Arrests in Chicago  —  The number of arrests was uncertain.  Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.  —  The Justice Department announced Sunday it had begun a multiagency immigration enforcement operation in Chicago …

Elon Musk's call for Germany to ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt is dangerous, Holocaust memorial chair says  —  Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany's far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”

Perplexity AI proposes TikTok merger with 50% U.S. government ownership stake  —  Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok's parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok's U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

This Man is a Coward.  —  Mark Zuckerberg sat in the safety of his bubble this week, silent as Donald Trump dismantled and declawed the National Institutes of Health.  Forty billion dollars in research funding now hangs frozen.  Thousands of scientists wait in limbo.

Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health  —  He's made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers, and he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry.  —  President Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary in return for his presidential endorsement.

Bill Gates Rips Musk for His Right-Wing Pivot: ‘Insane S***’  —  Microsoft founder Bill Gates weighed in on his fellow billionaire Elon Musk's international political ambitions—twice calling the Tesla and SpaceX owner's support for far-right movements abroad “insane.”