Danielle Sassoon and Other Officials Resign After Order to Drop Eric Adams Case  —  The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.

The $400 Million Armored Tesla Story Is a Fake Scandal In a Sea of Real Graft and Horror  —  The State Department does a lot of business with a lot of different companies and has bought Tesla's before.  But freaking out and editing a spreadsheet when it's pointed out is weird.

RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections  —  Despite millions of dollars spent by groups opposed to his nomination, the Senate voted to install Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Trump administration directs agency heads to fire most probationary staff  —  Terminations should happen within two days, according to four people familiar with internal conversations.  —  The Trump administration has directed agency heads to fire most trial period and probationary staff within two days …

Hegseth's Ukraine bombshell and Trump's Putin call leave NATO reeling … - NATO membership for Ukraine — a central source of tension with Russia promised by the alliance in 2008 — is not a “realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,” Hegseth said.  — U.S. troops will not be deployed …

Federal judge blocks Trump order on health care for transgender youth  —  The lawsuit filed by families and LGBTQ advocates challenges an order that aims to end federal support for gender transition care for people under 19.  —  A federal judge on Thursday blocked executive orders signed …

‘Honestly terrifying’: Yosemite National Park is in chaos  —  California's beloved national park is on the brink of disaster  —  Yosemite National Park is in trouble.  Hamstrung by President Donald Trump's hiring freeze, hundreds of rescinded job offers and the threat of coming layoffs …

Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip  —  The offer triggered alarm among Pentagon officials concerned about the military being dragged into partisan warfare.

There's a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing  —  How regime change happens in America  —  despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency.  DOGE and its boss, Elon Musk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication …

Trump and Musk can't seem to locate much evidence of fraud  —  They keep justifying their bold moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything specific that's actually fraudulent.  —  President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to disrupt …

Trumponomics and Rising Inflation  —  The President calls for easier money even though consumer prices keep rising.  Does he want even higher prices?  —  Does President Trump understand money?  Not money as in cash, but the supply of money, the price of money as measured by interest rates, and their impact on inflation?

Louisiana Department of Health ends mass vaccinations, bans seasonal vaccine promotion  —  Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a directive to state health workers Thursday ending long-standing mass vaccination clinics and banning staff from promoting seasonal vaccines …

Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government  — World's richest man and government official Elon Musk accused federal workers of unfairly getting rich off the taxpayer's dime, citing …

Mayor Adams to Sign Order Allowing ICE Agents Into Rikers Island  —  The executive order seems to conflict with New York City's sanctuary laws designed to prevent cooperation with the enforcement of federal immigration law.  —  Mayor Eric Adams of New York City announced on Thursday …

OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation  —  Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more after being hired.

Associated Press and the White House remain in standoff over access  —  For the third day in a row, the White House barred an AP reporter from attending official events because the organization won't use the name Gulf of America.  —  On Thursday, for the third day in a row …

Hegseth says ‘everything is on the table’ for Ukraine negotiations  —  Defense & National Security  —  The Big Story  —  Hegseth: ‘Everything is on the table’ for Ukraine talks  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday responded to global blowback to his comments that Ukraine …

Exclusive: Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman, allegedly sexually assaulted a man at a bar, witnesses say.  —  Matt Schlapp, the Chairman of the American Conservative Union, which hosts the CPAC convention, allegedly engaged in lewd conduct and allegedly sexually assaulted a man at a restaurant …

Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas  —  It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.

Aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman collides with ship in Mediterranean Sea  —  There are no reported injuries, nor is there flooding aboard the carrier.  —  The US warship USS Harry S. Truman is pictured anchored in The Solent, Oct. 8, 2018, near Portsmouth, England.

Defiance in New York  —  The acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, has submitted her resignation to Attorney General Pam Bondi, an implicit refusal to seek the dismissal of charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, as Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered her to do on Monday.

Trump's remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes to erase the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the two countries.  The very notion is ludicrous to Canadians …

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website  —  The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.  —  The National Park Service on Thursday eliminated references …

'You've Blown a Hole in the Family': Inside the Murdochs' Succession Drama … Part 1: ‘These companies are my legacy’  —  In early December 2023, Rupert Murdoch flew into London to see his two oldest daughters, Prudence and Elisabeth.  It was not a social visit.

Walz considering Minnesota Senate run  —  Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced earlier Thursday she would not seek reelection.  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is considering a run for Senate next year, according to a person close to the governor who was granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations.

JD Vance snubs Germany's Scholz at Munich Security Conference  —  “We don't need to see him, he won't be chancellor long,” a former U.S. official said of Vance's thinking.  —  MUNICH, Germany — United States Vice President JD Vance will not meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz …