House Dems go into “complete meltdown” as Schumer folds  —  House Democrats erupted into apoplexy Thursday night after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would support Republicans' stopgap government funding measure.  —  Why it matters: House Democrats feel like they “walked the plank,” in the words of one member.

Judge orders thousands of probationary employees fired by Trump be reinstated  —  U.S. District Judge James Bredar granted a temporary restraining order against numerous agencies and departments affected by the administration's reduction in workforce efforts.

These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration  —  The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency.  —  At least 10 people associated with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency …

Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva Of Arizona Dies From Complications From Cancer Treatment  —  Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a 12-term Democrat from Arizona, has died after complications from cancer treatment, his office says.  —  Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona …

The Next Target After Khalil Is Also a Green-Card Holder  —  As the details of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by U.S. immigration agents first emerged this week, attorneys I spoke with were so astonished that they wondered if the government had made a mistake.  President Donald Trump and other …

Musk Retweets 'Hitler Didn't Murder Millions' Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy  —  Tesla chief and presidential adviser Elon Musk shared a post Thursday that said public sector workers, not Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, murdered millions of people, marking the billionaire's latest Nazi-related post …

Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court  —  Elon Musk is suddenly facing lots of bad news.  A judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers, a blow to Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Vladimir Putin Met With U.S. Envoy in Moscow, Kremlin Says  —  The diplomatic effort signaled that Russia was keen to keep negotiating with the United States about a cease-fire in Ukraine.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy …

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow birthright citizenship ban in some states  —  Lower court judges have blocked Trump's initiative nationwide, saying it violates the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment.  —  just now  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday …

Judge rejects DOJ's effort to expand reach of Trump's Jan. 6 pardon  —  U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, called the Justice Department's position irrational.  —  A federal judge has denied the Justice Department's attempt to apply President Donald Trump's blanket pardon …

Stocks Tumble Into Correction as Investors Sour on Trump  —  The S&P 500 is now more than 10% below its last record high — a line in the sand for investors worried about a sell-off gathering steam.  —  The world's most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction on Thursday …

Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers Funded by Federal Aid  —  The university, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration's cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget.  —  Johns Hopkins University, one of the country's leading centers …

North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump  —  Before answering an attendee's question about President Donald Trump's “destructive and disastrous trade war,” Rep. Chuck Edwards made a plea to the rowdy crowd at his Thursday town hall in Asheville, North Carolina.

Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts  —  From funding cuts to tariffs, farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead.  —  Jennifer Gilkerson never imagined …

First They Came for Columbia  —  Like many autocrats before him, Donald Trump has launched what could be a devastating attack on universities.  —  Over the last week, the Trump administration has cancelled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University and $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University.

Paper-Thin Ethics  —  The Los Angeles Times is facing ethical questions after one of its shows aired what looked like a news story—but was actually an undisclosed promotion for billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's drug company. … Unlike the other stories that Coronado was spotlighting on the show, this one was rather peculiar.

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans  —  The website for Arlington National Cemetery “unpublished” links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and educational material pertaining to Black, Hispanic and women veterans, as well as some Medal of Honor recipients.

Trump and Musk have huge conflicts of interest.  Who's policing them?  —  In the past week, Donald Trump announced that he would buy a Tesla and advertised the company's vehicles at an event that turned the White House lawn into a showroom benefitting his ally, Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Weldon's history of vaccine skepticism helped tank his CDC nomination  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski shared concerns about his vaccine views before the White House pulled his nomination.  —  A key Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee shared concerns …

Andy Beshear hits Newsom for hosting Bannon on his new podcast  —  The criticism amounts to what could be an early skirmish in the next Democratic presidential primary.  —  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took a swipe Thursday at a fellow leading Democrat, California Gov. Gavin Newsom …

AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza  —  The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted …