Democrats confront their powerlessness as Trump flexes authority  —  Amid Democrats' shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rely on the same institutional …

Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe.  Trump Could Grant It.  —  Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shocked the audience …

Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Before Peter Marocco was selected …

Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He's ‘Saving His Country’  —  President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”  —  President Trump on Saturday posted on social media …

ICE struggles to boost arrest numbers despite infusion of resources  —  Trump has ordered a wartime effort to increase deportations, but ICE statistics show arrests have dipped so far this month.  —  Since taking office, President Donald Trump has launched an all-of-government immigration crackdown …

Ed Department: DEI Violates Civil Rights Law  —  In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.  —  The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights declared …

Justice Department fires multiple immigration judges amid case backlog  —  A union representing the judges said it “makes no sense” to make cuts to immigration courts as Trump promises to carry out mass deportations, which must go through the courts.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department …

How Trump's One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy  —  In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.  —  Rows of cars waiting to be shipped at the Port of Tianjin in China.

Birthright Citizenship - A Response to Barnett and Wurman  —  In a recent New York Times op ed, legal scholars Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman offer a partial defense of President Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants, and migrants in the US on temporary visas.

Trump administration firings hit key office handling bird flu response  —  The layoffs in USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office come as egg prices reach record high amid worsening outbreak.  —  Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread …

US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago  —  The US government is trying to rehire nuclear safety employees it had fired on Thursday, after concerns grew that their dismissal could jeopardise national security, US media reported.  —  The National Nuclear Security Administration …

DOGE Mismanagement Principles  —  Sam Rayburn, the Texan who served as House Speaker for 17 years was fond of saying: … Rayburn was talking about policymaking, but the point extends to more broadly to governing.  Trashing government agencies is easy.  Making them work is hard.

Appeals court rejects Trump in showdown over firing of ethics watchdog  —  The D.C. Circuit panel voted, 2-1, against the president's bid to immediately remove Hampton Dellinger.  —  A divided federal appeals court panel has again turned down President Donald Trump's request to follow through …

Trump Officials Attack a German Consensus on Nazis and Speech  —  Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.  —  The American vice president visited a concentration camp on Thursday afternoon.

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans  —  The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward companies that haven't pulled back from diversity, equity and inclusion programs under conservative pressure, and the nation's oldest …

Trump's global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo  —  U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats and contain the spread of terrorism.  —  NAIROBI — President Donald Trump's sweeping freeze …