Musk's DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS  —  The unusual request would put sensitive data about millions of American taxpayers in the hands of Trump political appointees.  —  Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system …

The US said Ukraine would meet with Russia to discuss peace.  That was news to Kyiv.  —  “I do not know what it is,” said Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. … MUNICH — Ukrainian officials reacted with a mixture of shock and confusion to the news that top Trump administration officials …

US Health Department Layoffs Expand to Medicare, FDA  — Employees at CMS, FDA, CDC received notices in weekend cuts  —  The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …

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 …

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Fire US Agency Head  — Justices asked to step in on emergency basis, person says  — Trump seeking to remove head of US whistleblower agency  —  President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him fire the head of an independent US agency …

Trump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees.  What Were Their Jobs?  —  The administration asked some of the agency's workers, who were part of last week's massive layoffs across the federal government, to come back.  —  When termination letters were sent …

'I think that's ridiculous': Tom Homan on quid pro quo speculation over Eric Adams  —  “It was cop to cop, not border czar to mayor, cop to cop.  And we talked about the public safety threats and how they should be removed from our communities,” Homan said on CNN.

Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order  —  The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause.  —  The group said it signed a $115,000 agreement …

Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn  —  Defendants argue that Trump pardons should absolve them of additional crimes, some discovered during investigations of the Capitol riot

Birthright Citizenship: Barnett & Wurman's NY Times Essay and their Bates/Blackstone Double Backfire  —  Randy Barnett & Ilan Wurman had a guest essay in the N.Y. Times on Feb. 15th: “Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship.”  The bottom line is that their essay backfires …

Transportation Department workers with ‘exceptional’ reviews told they're fired for ‘performance’ issues  —  President Donald Trump's administration has started the mass firing of workers who are new to the civil service or have recently switched jobs.  —  Letters went out to dozens …

Boycotting President Elon  —  Protests have been gathering around Tesla dealerships: … Elon has also been an increasing focus of protests of other venues, which makes sense — a white nationalist plutocrat being given unaccountable power helps cut through the “populist” …

Congresswoman Tenney Moves to Make President Trump's Birthday a Federal Holiday  —  Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Trump's Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act to officially designate June 14 as a federal holiday to commemorate President Donald J. Trump's Birthday and Flag Day.

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 …

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to greenlight whistleblower office firing  —  The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to greenlight President Trump's firing of the head of a federal whistleblower protection office, marking the new Trump administration's first appeal to the high court.