Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights  —  The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply …

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants  —  National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

Doctor and Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge's Order  —  Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.  —  A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University's medical school …

DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts … Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.  The National Nuclear Safety Administration field office that oversees the lab lost nine staff members, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.The Albuquerque Journal, via Associated Press

Hegseth pledges strikes at Houthis won't be a ‘one-night thing’  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clarified that the recent strikes in Yemen against the Houthis are in defense of U.S. assets and not to advance either side of the Yemeni civil war.  —  The strikes represent …

As Voice of America Goes Dark, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced by Music  —  President Trump's executive order on Friday calling for the dismantling of the federal agency that oversees the broadcaster is part of a wider campaign to weaken the news media.  —  For more than 80 years …

Another Columbia student targeted by ICE says she wasn't involved in protests on the night of her arrest  —  Days after federal immigration agents showed up to Ranjani Srinivasan's apartment - prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody …

Social Security Workers Say It Is Being Endangered by DOGE  —  Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency's ability to serve the public.  —  When Eleanor H., 66, called the Social Security Administration …

Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families  —  Two facilities in South Texas are being readied for undocumented parents and their children.  One site began receiving them earlier this month.  —  For decades, detaining undocumented immigrant families has been a contentious enforcement tactic.

Trump says he will be speaking with Russia's Putin on Tuesday  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and discuss ending the war in Ukraine.  —  “I'll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday.  A lot of work's been done over the weekend …

MAGA figures start chatter over Derek Chauvin pardon  —  Prominent supporters of President Trump — led by podcaster Ben Shapiro — are fueling a major push to pardon Derek Chauvin, the white former Minnesota police officer convicted of killing George Floyd in 2020.

3/17/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Schumer and Jeffries huddle after Democratic implosion  —  The list: The 26 House Dems the NRCC is targeting  —  A sneak peek at the House GOP agenda for the next few weeks  —  Schumer and Jeffries huddle after Democratic implosion … The House and Senate are out this week.

How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power  —  A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt.  But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.

The Budget Trick the G.O.P. Might Use to Make a $4 Trillion Tax Cut Look Free  —  A maneuver so wonky that it might be best explained with sports cars and anime streaming.  —  How much does a tax cut cost?  It depends what you compare it to.  —  Republicans in Congress trying to advance …

Trump's historic test of immigrants' speech rights  —  The Trump administration's moves to deport Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil have set up a historic court battle over whether the U.S. government can remove legal residents as national security risks for what they say.

Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans  —  The Trump administration's hard stance on tariffs and other international policies has some travelers rethinking where they vacation.  —  International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump's trade policies …