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 …

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 …

Trump strips security clearances from law firm tied to Jack Smith cases  —  The memo orders the government to review and terminate the engagement of the firm to the ‘maximum extent permitted by law,’ following news of its ties to Jack Smith  —  FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is expected …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Conservatives threaten to tank House budget vote needed to advance Trump agenda  —  Speaker Mike Johnson has been making progress with moderates who've raised concerns about potential Medicaid cuts, but a band of fiscal hawks are refusing to budge.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson …

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.

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.”

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 …

It's Time for a Daring Political Maneuver, Democrats  —  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.

‘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 …

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 …

Apple working on fix after voice text turns ‘racist’ to ‘Trump’  —  Apple is working to address a problem raised by users on social media, in which saying the word “racist” while using the iPhone's voice-to-text tool briefly shows “Trump.”  —  Users online shared footage of themselves using …

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.

DOJ Hires A State Judge Who Was Once Suspended To Advise The Deputy AG  —  Ex-Oregon Judge Vance Day was suspended by a state judicial ethics commission in 2018.  —  A new top Justice Department appointee brings a bizarre past to the job: he was a state judge in Oregon but was, in 2018 …

Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don't Join Registry  —  Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to create a registry for immigrants in the U.S. illegally to submit their personal information …

“That Feels Indefensible”: MSNBC's New Direction Leads Rachel Maddow to Speak Out  —  As Joy Reid and Alex Wagner lose their shows, Rachel Maddow uses her platform to challenge management's decisions.  —  MSNBC's major programming overhaul has sparked a rare public rebuke from the network's biggest star …

‘Furious and looking for action’: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool  —  More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week.  —  Democrats say sweeping government cuts led by Elon Musk have started to awaken …

Thousands of veterans likely fired under DOGE  —  Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee estimate that nearly 6,000 veterans may have already been fired from their federal jobs as part of the DOGE initiative run by mega-billionaire Elon Musk, with a lot more veteran layoffs possible.

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 …

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 …