Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says  —  Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.  —  A Georgetown University researcher …

Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook  —  The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.”  —  When he took the stage in downtown Eau Claire, Wis., on Tuesday night to rev up Democrats ahead …

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found  —  France's research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched  —  France's research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month …

Exclusive: Trump to sign order Thursday aimed at eliminating Education Department  —  Trump will direct his education secretary, Linda McMahon, to take ‘all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.’  —  Joey Garrison Zachary SchermeleUSA TODAY

Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files  —  The data belongs to more than 200 former congressional staffers and others with connections to decades-old investigations.  —  The Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former …

Commerce secretary: Buy Tesla stock  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has a message for people looking to combat attacks on Elon Musk's Tesla dealerships: Buy Tesla stock.  —  Lutnick appeared on Fox News's “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Wednesday, where he was asked about the recent attacks …

Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says  —  A member of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will take up a top role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, while Pete Marocco, who played a major role in the dismantling of the agency …

A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia  —  We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the federal government's recent treatment of Columbia University.

Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges  —  Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.

Tourist in US chained ‘like Hannibal Lecter’  —  A tourist held in the US for 19 days was removed in chains like Hannibal Lecter, according to her parents.  —  Becky Burke, 28, arrived home in Wales on Tuesday from her ordeal which began half way through a backpacking trip across North America.

How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán's Strongman Rule How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán's Strongman Rule  —  Bari Weiss's University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary's speech-suppressing regime

Trump's Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation  —  Many in higher education worry Trump's efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science.  Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.

Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention  —  Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal …

Trump Is Breaking Things.  They Can't All Be Fixed by the Courts.  —  The second Trump administration appears to have learned some lessons from the first.  For instance, even when courts eventually strike down the administration's policies, there are tactics that can keep those policies …

Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing  —  Tesla's (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing.  —  Many Tesla shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla's accounting for years …

Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million  —  The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.  —  A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded damages totaling more than $660 million …

Trump moves to destroy Columbia University  —  🎒 👨‍🎓 📖 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 Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board  —  The president, who recently took over Washington's major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents.  —  During his first visit to the Kennedy Center since making himself …

How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More  —  President Trump's expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.  —  President Trump called for one federal judge seeking basic information about his deportation efforts …

How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death  —  Anti-vaccine influencers see the child's death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.  —  In February, a 6-year-old Texan was the first child in the United States to die of measles in two decades.

Europe doesn't need Trump to form a western alliance - and one is already taking shape  —  Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum  —  An Atlantic alliance without the United States?  It sounds like a contradiction in terms - Hamlet without the prince.

Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health  —  There is widespread reporting of hundreds of grant cancellations at the National Institutes for Health (NIH)—with significantly more coming.  This is in the context of ongoing funding freezes and chaotic layoffs of its expert staff …

Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns  —  Federal judges are worried that online threats against judges who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence.  —  President Trump's angry call …

Trump team makes plans for military to hold migrants at border  —  If enacted, miles of buffer zone would become a temporary military installation, giving U.S. troops their most direct role yet in the president's enforcement mission.  —  The Trump administration is evaluating plans …

More than a dozen judges have said Trump and Co. probably broke the law  —  Trump is now averaging one such finding about every four days.  —  Just now  —  From the start of his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration signaled a willingness — even a desire …

Don't abandon jailed journalists who worked for shuttered U.S. outlets  —  Several journalists are still detained in authoritarian states simply for doing their job.  —  When my Iranian jailers told me, with a straight face, that my newspaper — The Post — didn't exist, it was easy to laugh it off.