Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats won't provide votes to pass GOP funding bill as shutdown draws near  —  After meeting with his conference, the Senate minority leader said “Republicans do not have the votes” to advance the House-approved measure, which requires 60 to pass.

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes  —  Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation's largest megachurches — has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.

Trump's FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups  —  The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.  —  Citibank revealed in a court filing Wednesday that it was told …

Russia says it does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine  —  Putin's foreign policy adviser says Moscow wants long-term settlement taking its interests into account  —  Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and is pushing for a long-term peace settlement that will take into account …

Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts  —  Tim Walz is headed back out on the road - this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country.

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents  —  The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.  —  A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find …

EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations  —  Lee Zeldin said he will reconsider a list of core EPA policies, including emissions standards for vehicles and the finding that serves as the basis for addressing climate change.  —  Promising to drive …

At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump  —  There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school's president.  Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.  —  Days after immigration officers arrested a prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist …

ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities  —  A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.  —  The Trump administration has abruptly cleared out a second group …

Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions  —  The demands for information are designed to clarify the “parameters of DOGE's and Musk's authority.”  —  A federal judge has ordered that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency turn …

Elon Musk Looks Desperate  —  How to lose $148 billion in less than two months  —  For years, Donald Trump's critics have accused him of behaving like a crooked used-car salesman.  Yesterday afternoon, he did it for real on the White House South Lawn.  —  Squinting in the sun with Elon Musk …

Judge says Trump penalties on law firm send ‘chills down my spine’  —  The Trump administration was ordered to halt, at least temporarily, parts of its executive order punishing the law firm Perkins Coie.  —  A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration …

Trump's Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing  —  The president offers many reasons for imposing tariffs, including revenue, leverage over competitors and job creation.  But history suggests a more complex history.  —  President Trump's simultaneous trade wars …

‘I just call Elon.’ To avoid DOGE cuts, lawmakers just need the right connections and an ‘R’ after their names  —  WASHINGTON — At Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, there is no official help line for members of Congress to call with questions about how the billionaire's far-reaching effort …

Experts give Kennedy low marks as measles outbreak tests him  —  A worsening measles outbreak in West Texas has spread to two other states, providing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his first real test of responding to a major public health incident.

Who's in Elon's ear — and DMs  —  Musk's most trusted advisers remain a tight-knit group of executives who have followed him from his companies but lack political experience.  —  Unlike traditional Washington power players, Elon Musk doesn't have a deep bench of policy wonks …

In reversal, NPR permits anchor to attend Pride event  —  The Scoop  —  National Public Radio dissuaded one of its most visible gay employees from attending a corporate LGBTQ Pride event, as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans put pressure on the public broadcaster.

Belgian police conduct raids as new corruption scandal rocks EU Parliament  —  Belgian federal police conducted raids in the early hours of Thursday, as part of a corruption probe impacting the European Parliament.  —  “We can confirm that we have an ongoing investigation on preliminary charges …

Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR … Federal workers obviously don't like government shutdowns.  Most of them are furloughed.  Others are forced to continue working without pay.  But in a letter addressed to members of the Senate, which I obtained …

Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three  —  The Highway Patrol's investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.

Social Security scraps far-reaching cuts to phone services after Post report  —  The agency will move ahead with a much narrower change eliminating direct deposit changes by phone amid DOGE fraud concerns.  —  just now  —  The Social Security Administration late Wednesday abandoned plans …

CEOs Don't Plan to Openly Question Trump.  Ask Again If the Market Crashes 20%.  —  Behind closed doors, business leaders air plenty of concerns about the administration and its policies  —  WASHINGTON—How business leaders talk about the Trump administration in private has been markedly different …

Venezuelan couple arrested and charged with illegal entry — two years after crossing into the U.S.  — The timing of the arrests and charges is unusual and reflects the Trump administration's increasingly aggressive tactics on immigration.  — The couple had been granted protected status …

Is the US headed for a recession?  —  The not quite good news about Trump's economy. … Donald Trump has a gift for inheriting valuable things.  And the economy of January 2025 was no exception. … Wall Street expected that business conditions would only improve.

Federal Workers Return to the Office.  Custodial Staff Doesn't.  —  There are reports of clogged sinks, overflowing trash cans, and a lack of toilet paper.  —  With the Capitol shut down to tourists, a workman performs a routine cleaning of surfaces in the Capitol Visitor Center, March 13, 2020, in Washington.