Hegseth's Bruising 72-Hour Debut Overseas  —  It was a crash course in geopolitical realities as the new defense secretary stepped onto the world stage.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has had a rocky trip to Europe this week.  —  In his debut on the world stage, Mr. Hegseth told NATO …

Trump administration wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them  —  The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.

Records show how DOGE planned Trump's DEI purge — and who gets fired next  —  A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.  —  A team of workers from the U.S. DOGE Service developed step …

Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo  —  Shockingly, it turns out that empowering the richest human being on the planet to maliciously and gratuitously heap additional misery on that planet's most poor, hungry, and desperate people might—just might …

Don't Assume Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship  —  On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship for certain children.  It does so despite Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which declares, “All persons born …

Trump administration fires 20 immigration judges with no explanation  —  Courts are currently backlogged with 3.7m cases as US president demands more deportations  —  The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said on Saturday amid sweeping moves …

Musk accused Reuters of ‘social deception.’ The deception was his.  —  Trump's DOGE chief mischaracterizes a contract as he marshals “deep state” conspiracy theories to justify cuts to federal agencies.  —  The actor and director Ron Howard posted Wednesday on X an article …

‘The Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick  —  The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond according to consistent principles.  —  The executive order rechristening the body of water known internationally as the “Gulf of Mexico” is not an easy document to take seriously.

Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order declares Black History Month ‘dead’  —  Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for an Eastern Shore parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass' 207th birthday because it was being held during …

German chancellor slams Vance's call for Europe to be inclusive of far-right parties  —  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sharply rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Saturday, a day after Vance gave a speech saying European leaders should not shun far-right political parties.

Senator Warner: Democrats' ‘brand is really bad’  —  Ideological purity and cultural disconnect cost the party the last election. … MUNICH — Senator Mark Warner has a blunt assessment of the Democratic Party's struggles in the wake of its crushing losses in the last election.

Former RNC Chair Erupts On-Air: To Hell With Republicans!  —  MSNBC host Michael Steele rebuked Republicans in a fiery Saturday morning monologue in which he alleged that President Donald Trump has given DOGE director Elon Musk “absolute power.”  Addressing co-hosts Alicia Menendez …

An Unchecked Trump Rapidly Remakes U.S. Government and Foreign Policy  —  The president's swift moves underscore the confidence of an administration with a much firmer grip on the levers of government than during his first term.  —  The last time President Trump held office …

Trump Supporters Shared How He Could Lose Their Support, And There's One Issue That's Verrrrry Important To Them  —  “We didn't vote for my husband to lose his government career and benefits.”  —  Ashley Holt— BuzzFeed … We recently asked people in the BuzzFeed Community who voted …

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers  —  Agencies say Trump's latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks  —  The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service …

Don't Say “Chaotic” or “Transactional”  —  We're not living in Trump 1.0  —  I'm struck by the degree to which the mainstream media is still living in the Trump 1.0 world of 2017-2020, using words like “chaotic” or “transactional” to describe the new administration's behavior.

Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America  —  A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas  —  American institutions, from the media to civil society to Congress and state capitals, continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy.

Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything.  They're suing Trump.  —  USAID workers based in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, tell a harrowing story of how Trump's attack on the agency complicated an escape.  —  January 28 began as a normal day for “Marcus Doe,” …

Trump Media says it lost more than $400M last year  —  Trump Media is the parent company of the president's social media platform Truth Social.  —  The parent company of President Donald Trump's social networking site Truth Social says it lost $400.9 million last year and its annual revenue declined 12% to $3.6 million.

Federal workers are being rushed back to the office.  It's causing chaos.  —  Some need to win a coin flip to use a desk.  Others say they're killing time when workstations aren't available.  —  As the Federal Emergency Management Agency prepared for its full workforce to report in person this month …