Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia  —  The defense secretary's instructions, which were given before President Trump's blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.

Speaker Johnson says it's ‘absurd’ to claim Republicans support Putin: Full interview  —  In an interview with Meet the Press, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defends President Trump's hostile meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but says Republicans “understand” …

Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal  —  Israel stopped the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip on Sunday and warned of “additional consequences” if Hamas doesn't accept a new proposal to extend a fragile ceasefire.

FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink  —  The Federal Aviation Administration directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, sources tell Rolling Stone … However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions …

CNN Poll: Public remains negative on Trump ahead of address to Congress  —  The American public's view of Donald Trump's presidency and the direction he's leading the country is more negative than positive just ahead of his first formal address to Congress since returning to office, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

Russia celebrates US foreign policy that now ‘coincides’ with Moscow's worldview  —  Moscow hopes to take advantage of a growing rift between the U.S. and Ukraine, and Europe more broadly.  —  The Kremlin on Sunday cheered the shift in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump …

Playbook: Democrats in despair  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Happy Sunday.  You have roughly eight hours to catch up on Oscars movies before the big awards show begins tonight at 7 p.m. Drop me a line: [email protected].  —  DRIVING THE DAY

The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports in response to questions about whether the spending cuts pushed …

Trump names cryptocurrencies in strategic reserve; prices spike  —  U.S. President Donald Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in a new U.S. crypto strategic reserve on Sunday, spiking the market value of each.  —  Trump said on social media …

Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science  —  Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats  —  The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is gutting a landmark project designed …

The Countries Fueling America's $1.2 Trillion Goods Trade Deficit, in Charts  —  Growing gaps with Mexico and Vietnam add to the biggest imbalance the U.S. faces—with China  —$150 billion-$100 billion-$50 billion200020102020March 2022First month afterRussian invasion of Ukraine$121 billion deficitJAN.

DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead  —  Elon Musk's group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.  —  While George W. Bush was president …

Crowds protest JD Vance at Vermont ski resort  —  The vice president was set for a family vacation.  —  WAITSFIELD, Vermont— Crowds protesting Vice President JD Vance the day after an Oval Office blowout over Ukraine lined roadways Saturday near a Vermont ski resort where he planned a weekend vacation with his family.

How DOGE detonated a crisis at a highly sensitive nuclear weapons agency  —  Perfunctory mass firings sparked alarm across the country, as cost-cutting missteps throughout government rattle lawmakers  —  Amid the tumult of mass firings, the Trump administration's dismissal of workers …

Putin ally pushes deal to restart Nord Stream 2 with US backing  —  Ex-spy Warnig's plan to involve American investors shows breadth of Trump's rapprochement with Russian president  —  A former spy and close friend of Vladimir Putin has been engineering a restart of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline …

Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio's emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” …