Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE  —  More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week  —  The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk's team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.  —  Last week, Elon Musk's government cost-slashing initiative …

Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls  —  Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act's major provisions.

Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’  —  The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.  —  A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince …

White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president  —  The move reverses the long established precedent of journalists determining who participates in the press pool.  —  The White House announced on Tuesday that the administration …

Big, Big Scandal Brewing at DC US Attys Office … There's a big, big scandal brewing beneath the already big scandal of the alleged assault by Florida congressman Corey Mills (R).  But as yet no one seems inclined to pull on the dangling thread.  As you've probably already seen …

White House official pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group  —  Peter Navarro wants to increase pressure on country that Donald Trump has threatened to annex  —  A top White House official has proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network …

IRS: Contractor leaked more than 400k returns  —  The figure, provided to House GOP lawmakers, is much higher than originally thought.  —  The IRS told House Republicans this month that a former contractor leaked the private data of more than 400,000 taxpayers, nearly six times higher than originally thought.

Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US  —  Kyiv hopes agreement on jointly exploring resources will improve relations with Trump administration  —  Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration …

The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment  —  The Republican Party is all too often effective at campaigning and winning elections, but there's another fact about it that a lot of Americans forget: The Republican Party flat out sucks at governing.  Even Tucker Carlson agrees with this.

Judge blocks Trump's executive order suspending refugee admissions to the U.S.  —  The Seattle-based judge's injunction blocks key components of one of Trump's Day One executive orders.  —  A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order implementing an indefinite …

‘Unknown disease’ that can kill within days leaves 53 dead in Congo  —  World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after reportedly eating a bat carcass.  —  An unknown illness has killed 53 people in a northwest region …

Trump policy concerns send US consumer confidence plummeting to eight-month low  —  U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated at its sharpest pace in 3-1/2 years in February while 12-month inflation expectations surged, offering further signs that Americans were growing anxious …

DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers  —  Operatives working for Elon Musk's DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers  —  Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications  —  The US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting …

Judge warns Trump administration to comply with court order on foreign aid payments  —  U.S. District Judge Amir Ali grew impatient during a hearing with a lack of clear responses from the administration's lawyers.  —  A federal judge expressed frustration Tuesday that the Trump administration appears …

Trump Administration Highlights: Personnel Officials Say Musk's Directive Is ‘Voluntary’  —  Where Things Stand  — Musk's ultimatum: Federal personnel officials walked back Elon Musk's demand that government workers justify their jobs in an email or face termination, saying that his request had been “voluntary.”

Musk's Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns  —  New York CNN —  The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns …

Canadians to Elon Musk: You're not one of us  —  “People are really angry,” Ottawa lawmaker says of petition to revoke the citizenship of Trump's unofficial right-hand man.  —  OTTAWA — More than 242,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for Elon Musk's passport and citizenship …

Donald Trump Accidentally Insults Himself: ‘Who Would Ever Sign A Thing Like This?’  —  The president recently rebuked a 2020 trade deal known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement even though he signed it.  —  President Donald Trump is outraged that Americans are footing an unfair financial burden …

He Left CNN to Start a Newsletter.  It's Now a Must-Read.  —  Oliver Darcy's media newsletter, launched in August, is poaching a CNN editor and on track to top $1 million in annual recurring revenue  —  Oliver Darcy left CNN, one of the most recognized news outlets in the world, to start a newsletter.

How to Make the GOP Pay a Price for DOGE  —  I have seen this movie before, beat for beat.  —  In August of 2010, in the middle of the effort to pass the Affordable Care Act, Congress went home for a month-long recess.  At every townhall and interaction with their constituents …

DOJ says Trump's Jan. 6 pardon covers man convicted of possessing grenades, classified info  —  It's the latest effort by federal prosecutors to deploy Trump's clemency order broadly.  —  When FBI agents searched Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown's home in 2021, they found a trove of illegal weapons …

America's Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.'s Hunting Buddy  —  As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president's son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation's food supply, infant formula, and more.