Dow tumbles more than 600 points, S&P 500 posts biggest loss since December as Trump says tariffs will proceed  —  The S&P 500 retreated on Monday, extending February's rout and turning red for the year after President Donald Trump's confirmation of forthcoming tariffs ratcheted up economic concerns.

Trump Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine After Clash With Zelenskiy  — Move halts all aid currently in transit to help Ukraine  — Pause comes after Trump and Zelenskiy sparred in Oval Office  —  President Donald Trump ordered a pause to all military aid to Ukraine …

Top FBI official forced out after criticizing Trump pursuit of agents who investigated Jan. 6  —  James Dennehy, the head of the FBI's New York office, is out one month after he urged colleagues to “dig in” after the new administration requested the names of all agents who worked on Capitol riot cases.

Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr.  —  Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak.  —  The top spokesperson at the Health and Human Services Department has abruptly quit after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings  —  For the second time in a week, Elon Musk's government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds …

Poll: Majorities say state of the union is not strong, and Trump is rushing change  —  Majorities say the state of the union is not strong, that the country is headed in the wrong direction and President Trump is rushing to make changes without considering their impact, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds.

Majority disapproves of Trump job performance ahead of address to Congress: Survey  —  A majority in a new survey disapprove of President Trump's job performance ahead of his scheduled address to Congress.  —  In the CNN poll released Sunday, which was conducted between Feb. 24 and 28 …

DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases on key weather buildings … - It was designed to integrate multiple forecasting centers in one building to improve operating efficiency. … - Two ex-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also confirmed the list.

Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post … The day the world learned that Jeff Bezos would buy The Washington Post, the Amazon founder offered assurances that he would not cower when faced with threats from a vengeful president and his appointees.

What a Weekend for Putin!  —  It was a hell of a weekend for bad men getting what they paid for out of Donald Trump.  And while we'll focus on Vladimir Putin here, we don't want to fully ignore venture capitalist David Sacks, Donald Trump's “crypto czar,” who seemingly stands …

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber  —  President's move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species  —  Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America's forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species …

Trump, Chip Maker TSMC Expected to Announce $100 Billion Investment in U.S.  —  It is the latest effort by Trump to persuade companies to make big investments in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. intends to invest $100 billion in chip-manufacturing plants …

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is ‘very, very far away’  —  A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that he expects to keep receiving American support despite his recent fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting  —  President Donald Trump may soon attempt to absorb the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), an independent agency, into his administration by issuing an executive order that reportedly would dissolve the service's leadership.

CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn't Mean Stop Work!  —  The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing.  So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA.  —  Russell Vought speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination to lead …

Donald Trump Is Backed by the Business Elite  —  Over lunch last week with a friend of mine — a major technology investor who has been an ardent Democrat — the talk quickly turned to politics.  Like many businessmen, he refuses to air his views publicly to avoid drawing fire.  In private, he's more forthcoming.

Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies  —  The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties …

Trump Orders Permanent Govt Shutdown - No, Really ...  It hasn't gotten a lot of attention but Donald Trump's February 11th “workforce optimization” executive order provides a very clear framework for the end stage goal of all the cutting.  After a bunch of specific imperatives listed under Section 3-C …

Atlanta Fed's GDPNow Estimate Falls Again  —  The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's running forecast for first-quarter gross domestic product slid again on Monday.  —  The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow estimate now calls for a first-quarter GDP decline of 2.8%, down from a decline of 1.5% on Friday.

White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say  —  The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Flights to Reagan National Airport in D.C. receive false collision alerts while landing  —  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.

‘America First’ Is a Lie  —  Donald Trump and Republicans explain their worldview by calling it “America First.”  That's a lie.  —  American foreign policy has always put America first.  That's what nations do.  It's axiomatic.  Why did the United States do Lend-Lease with Britain …

Bitcoin tumbles 9%, reversing most of the rally from Trump's crypto reserve announcement  —  A bitcoin rally faded Monday as traders grappled with concerns that proposed tariffs were on track to take effect.  —  Concerns about the economic impact from these levies overshadowed earlier excitement …