ICE arrests Palestinian activist who led Columbia University protests, lawyer says  —  A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's 2024 student encampment protests was arrested Saturday night in New York City by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting …

Capitol agenda: Johnson's shutdown dare for Schumer  —  Mike Johnson to Chuck Schumer on government funding: Your move.  House Republicans are pushing a not-so-clean spending patch through September that would add billions of dollars for deportations, veterans' health care and the military …

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms  —  Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia  —  The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries …

Banker Mark Carney Wins Race to Lead Liberal Party, and Canada  —  The prominent central banker and investor was chosen in a crucial leadership race amid threats from President Trump.  He is expected to quickly call a federal election.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.

Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case  —  The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.

Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio's sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’  —  A top acting State Department official deleted at least half a dozen tweets that ridiculed his now boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, including ones calling him “low IQ” …

DOGE hunts for ‘wins’ amid tensions with Trump administration, backlash  —  As turmoil spills into public view, Elon Musk's DOGE is racing to finish slashing federal bureaucracy and move on to the more constructive work of building digital tools for the government.

Former Social Security official describes hostile takeover by Musk team  —  DOGE officials also put millions of taxpayers' private data at risk and refused to say why they needed access to it, the official says.  —  Just now  —  They came in aggressively, a former official …

Utah to Become First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water  —  Most public-health experts say the mineral additive is crucial protector against tooth decay  —  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he would sign a bill that bans the use of fluoride in public water systems, rejecting the practice …

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers' town halls as Republicans hide from voters  —  As Republican lawmakers dodge in-person town halls, avoiding direct engagement with voters furious over the Trump administration's devastating policies, LGBTQ+ Democrats like Washington Rep. Emily Randall …

Some Democrats Endorse Bill Allowing Elon Musk to Create His Own Currency  —  The GENIUS Act is the first pro-crypto bill Republicans want to rush through this Congress.  Thanks to industry money, several Democrats are ignoring the bill's major problems.  —  Elon Musk, who is a trader …

Elon Musk seeks Italian presidential meeting to salvage Starlink deal  —  Domestic political opposition to $1.5bn deal for secure communications has mounted amid transatlantic diplomatic tensions  —  Elon Musk has asked to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, amid growing doubts in Rome …

The Birthright Citizenship Clause Means Exactly What It Says: The Textual and Historical Implausibility of Alternative Interpretations Offered by the Trump Administration and Conservative Commentators such as Randy Barnett, Ilan Wurman, Chuck Cooper and Pete Patterson

Stalled Audits and a Skeleton Staff: Inside Trump's War on the I.R.S. … The Trump administration is preparing budget cuts and further layoffs that could ultimately force the Internal Revenue Service to shed as much as 50 percent of its work force.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

In Rural Texas, a Measles Outbreak Hasn't Swayed Vaccine Skeptics  —  Despite a child's death, residents say personal choice—not public-health policy—should guide their decisions  —  SEMINOLE, Texas—The dusty plains of Gaines County stretch endlessly, peanut fields fading into cotton farms …

Britain urged to form breakaway ‘Four Eyes’ alliance without the US after Trump's ‘unprecedented’ decision to block intelligence sharing with Ukraine  —  Britain must develop a ‘Four Eyes’ intelligence sharing alliance in response to Donald Trump's actions over Ukraine, defence sources have said.

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died after savage torture and extreme emaciation in Russian captivity  —  The 27-year-old journalist, who lived for her work, had travelled to occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast in order to find out about Russia's torture prisons on occupied territory

GOP spending bill would lead to $1 billion in D.C. cuts, city officials say  —  The bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown would make D.C. revert to its 2024 spending.  City officials fear cuts to police, schools and other services.  —  A federal spending bill introduced Saturday …

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Is there a floor to Donald Trump's support?  —  Some past presidencies were hobbled when popular support collapsed.  Trump might avoid that fate.  —  Many Americans — perhaps 75 million of them? — view the initial, conflagratory weeks of President Donald Trump's second term in office with astonishment and anger.

Trumpcession  —  Trump is running the economy into a ditch...again  —  An unprecedented recovery, a jobs boom, a renaissance in domestic manufacturing, and historic gains for Black workers may soon be a distant memory.  President Joe Biden's success in improving real incomes …

Andrew Tate receives warm welcome from UFC's Dana White at weekend events  —  The Tate brothers sat cage-side at a UFC event Saturday night, one day after they were embraced by the company's CEO, Dana White.  —  Andrew and Tristan Tate were greeted with open arms at cage-fighting events …

Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water  —  Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory.  Hamas called it part of Israel's “starvation policy.”

Trump is shredding the First Amendment under the guise of “national security”  —  President Donald Trump is going after a pair of major law firms — and attacking the First Amendment in the process.  —  Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that took aim at Perkins Coie …

Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Dissected Apartheid, Dies at 92  —  In works that included “Blood Knot,” “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and “The Island,” he exposed the realities of racial separatism in his homeland.  —  Athol Fugard, the South African playwright whose portrayals …

China's Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products Take Effect  —  The action came in response to the higher levies on Chinese imports that President Trump announced last week.  —  Beijing began imposing tariffs on Monday on many farm products from the United States, for which China is the largest overseas market.