The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover  —  Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk's companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.  —  Elon Musk's takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing …

Trump faces backlash from business as tariffs ignite inflation fears  —  Experts warn aggressive trade measures against US allies will hurt consumers and roil supply chains  —  Donald Trump faced a backlash from business groups and some in his own Republican party after kicking off a trade war …

Trump is waging war against his own government  —  One federal employee who spoke with NBC News said that the government workforce feels like they're being attacked regularly with “psychological warfare.”  —  WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks into his term, President Donald Trump is waging war …

The power of independent journalism: From her Brooklyn apartment, she ‘scooped’ the nation's media  —  First word of the Trump administration's since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came not from a major news organization, but from a woman working alone in her Brooklyn apartment.

‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump  —  More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party struggling to decide what it believes in, what issues to prioritize and how to confront an aggressive right-wing administration.

The Logic of Destruction  —  What is a country?  The way its people govern themselves.  America exists because its people elect those who make and execute laws.  The assumption of a democracy is that individuals have dignity and rights that they realize and protect by acting together.

Don't Believe Him  —  This is an edited transcript of an audio essay on “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.

GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism  —  Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump's voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist.  —  In a discussion about Trump's remarks linking diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) …

Trump Kicks Aside Congress With Sweeping Claims of Presidential Power  —  With aggressive reading of Constitution, president aims to upend balance of power in Washington  —  WASHINGTON—In laying out the checks and balances of democracy, authors of the U.S. Constitution imagined that the president …

Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.  —  The decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.  —  The Trump administration …

Sen. Schmitt dodges answering if Edward Snowden is a traitor … - “I think people are tired of these games, of sort of this ‘gotcha’ stuff. … - When asked again about Snowden, Schmitt said: “I think it's totally ridiculous to try to smear people who are trying to serve this country because, again, it's sort of ‘gotcha.’”

ICE raided his family's North Philly car wash. Here is Jeffrey Lee's account of what happened.  —  Jeffrey Lee, 35, was en route to his family's business, Complete Autowash Philly, when a call came through his car's speaker.  The caller ID read “Dad” but there was an ICE agent on the other end …

Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing?  —  NYU Law professor Noah Rosenblum posted on Bluesky yesterday that “[t]here has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now.

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency  —  James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”  —  The top agent at the F.B.I.'s …