Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website  —  “People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk's programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — Elon Musk's team at the so-called Department …

Federal prosecutor will sign motion to dismiss Adams charges in bid to save colleagues' jobs, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor agreed on Friday to file a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in a bid to spare other career staff …

Senior Republican senator ‘puzzled’ and ‘disturbed’ by Hegseth's Ukraine remarks  —  Live coverage from Munich: POLITICO is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, where we're having conversations with top officials, lawmakers and experts at our POLITICO Pub.  Follow our exclusive coverage here.

Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency  —  The Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, multiple sources tell ABC News.  —  Managers with the National Nuclear Security Administration …

Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies  —  Employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years are being targeted  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across public health …

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Read the Resignation Letter From Hagan Scotten  —  Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote to Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams. … Around the New York Region  —  A look at life, culture, politics and more in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Vulnerable Republican fires warning shot on House budget  —  Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan is the latest swing-district Republican to issue a warning over deep spending cuts GOP leaders are targeting for key safety net programs in a bill to enact President Donald Trump's massive domestic agenda.

Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team's access to federal government's payment system  —  The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government's payment system, after Democratic senators raised red flags …

They Are a Minority  —  For many politically minded people who are not fascists, the weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration have felt like an unstoppable whirlwind of doom.  By plowing ahead with plans to shutter entire federal agencies, cut tens of thousands of federal workers …

DOGE's ‘Nerd Army’ Is Breaking the Government by Threatening to Snitch to Elon  —  “I can't believe this is how they're blowing up the Constitution,” says a federal official on the receiving end of DOGE threats  —  Every regime's enforcement mechanisms rely on threats and politicized intimidation.

Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says  —  A new bill would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in some instances in Utah schools and government buildings, but pride flags would be banned.  —  An ongoing fight in Utah to ban pride flags …

Former CFPB official warns 12 years of critical records at risk  —  The former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warns that twelve years of critical records could be “irretrievably lost” in the DOGE purge of the agency, per an affidavit filed in federal court Friday.

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats' Latino Woes  —  During the final, frenzied week of the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both made campaign stops in a place whose significance in the election had largely been overlooked by observers: Reading …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Tesla Stock After Named As Chair Of DOGE Subcommittee  —  Just weeks after being named chair of the House subcommittee overseeing Elon Musk's efforts to slash what he deems wasteful spending, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) bought thousands of dollars of shares in Tesla.

Louisiana Department of Health says it will no longer promote mass vaccination  —  The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer promote mass vaccination, the state's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, told state health workers Thursday.  —  “The State of Louisiana and LDH …

Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore  —  After being forced by a court order to restore certain pages about gender and diversity to government websites, the Trump administration has added a note to the top of those pages saying …

Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts  —  In 2021, JD Vance gave a speech to the National Conservatism Conference, a gathering of Trumpist thinkers and politicians, titled “The Universities Are the Enemy.”  It contained the usual complaints about critical race theory …

‘Open Season’: Local Republicans Rush to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration  —  WHEN YOU THINK OF A BOUNTY HUNTER, maybe you think of one of those reality-TV shows, like Dog the Bounty Hunter.  But for me, it's Star Wars that comes to mind.  —  The mysterious rogue, Boba Fett, sharing a scene with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back?

Texas measles outbreak 2025: Dozens of cases reported in last 3 weeks  —  Skin of a patient after 3 days of measles infection  — A measles outbreak in the Texas Plains continues to grow.  — Cases doubled from 24 to 48 between Tuesday and Friday.  — More cases are expected.

Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds  —  Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.