Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk  —  Simmering anger at the billionaire's unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting.  The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.  —  Marco Rubio was incensed.

Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows  —  The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump's direction knew it wouldn't reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.  —  Just now

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge  —  References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens …

Justice Dept. Is Said to Put Two Prosecutors in Adams Case on Leave  —  The prosecutors, Celia Cohen and Andrew Rohrbach, had held high-ranking positions in the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.  —  Two Manhattan prosecutors who worked on the corruption case …

Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say  —  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research …

Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants for Columbia University  —  The move comes shortly after the administration notified Columbia University that it was conducting a “comprehensive review” of its federal grants and contracts.  —  The Trump administration on Friday announced …

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing.

Trump's Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook  —  Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.  —  President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders.

New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch  —  Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk's DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud  —  There is a new staffer from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency seeking access …

How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight  —  WITH NO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE TO ENFORCE our nation's basic laws, the most practical check on a tyrannical president is Congress's power of the purse.  And for the last couple of weeks, as the March 14 deadline for passing a government funding bill approaches …

Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. Considering a Run For President in 2028  —  When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News last month, anchor Bret Baier asked what should have been a softball question: “Do you view Vice President JD Vance as your successor, the Republican nominee in 2028?”

Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy  —  A day after offering Canada a one-month reprieve on punishing nearly across-the-board 25% tariffs, President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs as soon as Friday on Canadian lumber and dairy products.

Sam Bankman-Fried Ramps Up Effort for a Pardon From Trump  —  Mr. Bankman-Fried's family and allies are trying to help him escape a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.  —  Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to President Trump.

The One Question That Really Matters: If Trump Defies the Courts, Then What?  —  It is not hyperbole to say that the future of American constitutional democracy now rests on a single question: Will President Trump and his administration defy court orders?  —  Federal judges have issued …

LIVE March 7, 2025, 12:36 p.m. ET Trump Talks About Tariffs, Ukraine and Student Loans From the Oval Office  —  Where Things Stand  — Russia sanctions: President Trump said Friday that he was “strongly considering” imposing new sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a cease-fire …

‘Just following Hispanic people’: Citizen detained by ICE questions vote for Trump  —  Manassas man says he was pulled over on his way to work by agents looking for another man  —  A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking …

How Trump's ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious  —  President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn't like their shared water agreements.  —  After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada on Tuesday …

Monmouth University will shutter its gold-standard polling institute  —  Patrick Murray, institute's director since 2005, will depart  —  Monmouth University is planning to imminently shutter its lauded polling institute, sources with direct knowledge of the matter have told the New Jersey Globe …

Trump's “Crypto Reserve” is a world historical grift  —  🚀 💰 📊 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.

Trump Plans to Restrict Loan Forgiveness for Non-Profit Workers  —  President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will restrict eligibility for a government-run student loan forgiveness program, targeting individuals whose work for non-profits clashes with the administration's immigration policies.

Fox Business host on ‘shocking decline’ in consumer spending: ‘The boom times are over’  —  Fox Business Network host Charles Payne said the apparent decline in consumer spending was “shocking” on Friday, and said a return to “boom times” was not on the horizon.

Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like  —  We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more. … It's hard to find an institution the public loathes more than Congress.

Trump's Tariffs Are No ‘Emergency’  —  The President invokes a law that doesn't give him power to impose sweeping tariffs.  Someone should sue.  —  Tap For Sound  —  President Trump delayed his Mexico-Canada tariffs again on Thursday—this time for another month.

Jeffries calls Ogles ‘complete and total fraud’ over move to remove Al Green from committees  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), accusing him of being a “complete and total fraud” over his vow to remove Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and others from committee assignments.

Why the Maga mindset is different  —  US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west  —  The recurring question in liberal circles during Donald Trump's first term as US president was whether to take him seriously or literally.

Kamala Harris sets a deadline for her next move  —  “I am staying in this fight,” she's told allies in phone calls and at private gatherings.  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris is seriously considering a run for governor of California — and has given herself a deadline to decide.

She got her dream job at CDC back.  But she's already moving on  —  Cancer outreach worker Bri McNulty, 23, was one of 750 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was terminated abruptly over email in mid-February, amid a slew of federal workforce dismissals.

The New ‘Crypto Fort Knox’ Is as Dumb as It Sounds  —  To create a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to something five times or more as volatile as straight-up stocks is an awful idea.  —  Upgrade to Listen  —  I've been managing money for 33 years now with some modest success.

KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2025: The Public's Views on Potential Changes to Medicaid  —  Share this page on Facebook (opens in a new tab) Share this page on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) Share this page via Email Print this page  —  Key Takeaways  — As Congress considers changes …

“Hundreds of Dead”: Inside the Fallout from Trump's Ukraine Intel Pause … In an emailed statement to TIME on Friday, Maxar Technologies confirmed the disruption to service in Ukraine.  “The U.S. government has decided to temporarily suspend Ukrainian accounts” in the system that the government uses …

RFK Jr. Is About to Ax Some of the World's Best Scientists at NIH  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS is refusing to renew contracts for some of the nation's brightest science minds … The NIH is best known for funding a broad spectrum of research science at universities with approximately $40 billion in annual grants.