Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president's Gaza ‘Riviera’ comments  —  A group that played a key role in Donald Trump's voter outreach to the Arab American community alongside his allies is rebranding itself after the president said that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.

Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems  —  The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an “unlawful action” by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Musk's DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming security officials  —  The highly restricted data includes personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees maintained by the Office of Personnel Management.

Democrats To Take Over Senate Floor All Night To Oppose White House Budget Office Nominee  —  “He's the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” Sen. Brian Schatz, one of dozens taking part in a 30-hour talkathon, said of Russell Vought.  —  LOADING

Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI  —  On Wednesday evening, newly installed Attorney General Pam Bondi sent staff in several divisions of the Department of Justice more than a dozen memos within a 15-minute span, laying out the agency's new policies …

Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice  —  Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office.  A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.

Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign  —  Rattled civil servants struggled with whether to leave their posts in advance of a Thursday deadline as Elon Musk continued his push through agencies.  —  President Trump's administration deepened its pressure campaign …

How Trump's Sweeping Expulsions Have Thrown the FBI Into Chaos  —  Firings at the Justice Department and FBI herald revenge—and a broad shift from white-collar and national-security cases to illegal immigration and street crime  —  WASHINGTON—A half-dozen of the most senior officials …

Trump's Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing  —  Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.  —  A few days after President Trump issued an order urging the private sector to end …

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers  —  Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

Panama denies State Department claim US government vessels can now transit canal for free  —  Panama denied a claim made by the State Department on Wednesday that the Central American nation had agreed to no longer charge fees for US government ships to transit the country's famous canal.

Tesla's European Sales Drop in January After Musk Disrupts Politics There  —  The U.S. electric car company's sales are sliding across Europe, amid what many see as interference in local affairs by Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk.  —  Tesla's sales in Germany plunged 59 percent in January …

The Real Reason Musk Is Mad at Us  —  ELON MUSK, OUR NEW UNELECTED OVERLORD, is mad at Bill Kristol.  Very, very mad.  And because this is the world we live in now, his hordes of online minions are mad, too.  —  Let me explain.  This week, Elon has been amplifying several tweets alleging …

US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations  —  Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump's inauguration  —  News of mass immigration arrests has swept across the US over the past couple of weeks.

The World's Richest Men Take On the World's Poorest Children  —  The world's richest man is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world's poorest children, saying he shoved it “into the wood chipper.”

Democratic polling finds Elon Musk is unpopular  —  House Democrats have a plan to help them win back the working class: turn the world's richest person into their boogeyman.  They've set their sights on holding Elon Musk to account, by attempting to subpoena him and introducing legislation …

Rubio acting director of the National Archives  —  In addition to being the Secretary of State and the acting director of USAID, Marco Rubio is also the acting archivist of the United States, according to a high-level official.  —  Per the official, Rubio has been the acting archivist since shortly …

Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government  —  The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency's environmental justice office and remake the Justice Department's environmental division.  —  In a little over two weeks, the Trump administration …

Republican ire at USAID finds an unusual target: Politico  —  Elon Musk and elected officials falsely said Politico was subsidized by the government.  Turns out, government officials were just paying for subscriptions.

Trump rescinds $4B in US pledges for UN climate fund  —  The U.S. had committed the most money to the global fund, which helps over 100 countries grapple with the changing world.  —  The Trump administration has canceled $4 billion in U.S. pledges to the world's largest climate fund …

The Trump administration is already hurting trans kids  —  What two new executive orders mean for trans youth. … So I'm going to focus this week on two actions that specifically target children — in particular, trans kids, whose lives have been at the center of a culture war waged by adults for several years now.

Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council, foreign minister says  —  Israel has informed the United Nations Human Rights Council that it will follow the United States in withdrawing its participation, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday.  —  “The decision was reached in light …

Justice Dept. Says It Will Not Bring Charges in Investigation of Project Veritas  —  Prosecutors in New York had spent years pursuing a case against the conservative group over its role in the theft of a diary kept by Ashley Biden.  —  The Justice Department said on Wednesday …