I'm the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks.  It felt like I had been kidnapped  —  I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention.  Yet, compared with others, I was lucky  —  There was no explanation, no warning.

Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  On Feb. 20, nearly 7,000 probationary employees …

Hill Republicans already hated the ‘idiotic’ call to impeach judges.  Then Trump jumped in.  —  The speaker has to deal with a new Trump-driven demand just as he moves to put the GOP's policy agenda into overdrive.  —  Hard-right House Republicans have a new project …

Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump, book says  —  Even as 2024 election loomed, reporters say, Democratic Senate leader was sure GOP would ‘expel the turd of Trump’  —  Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate minority leader, insisted Republicans would move on from Donald …

With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left  —  The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.  —  Executive actions intended to cripple top Democratic law firms.

Kari Lake Accosted Ruben Gallego at a Posh D.C. Club  —  INSIDE NED'S CLUB WASHINGTON, DC—the swanky new private members' club featuring vintage gold and green furnishings, a renowned chef and mixologist, and a rooftop with views of the White House—cable news figures can often …

DOGE plays hardball in U.S. Institute of Peace takeover  —  DOGE, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency, took over the U.S. Institute of Peace after threatening its officials with criminal prosecution.

Trump Gets a Taste of Putin's Tactics  —  Vladimir Putin isn't going to make this easy for Donald Trump.  —  For weeks, Trump has bragged about his close relationship with his Russian counterpart and declared that Putin wanted to bring a quick end to the war that he, of course, started more than three years ago.

Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants  —  The school faces a deadline to yield to administration demands, with $400 million in federal funding at stake  —  Columbia University is getting close to yielding to President Trump's demands in negotiations to restore $400 million …

2028 POV on 2025 Dems  —  Just now … Good morning, Early Birds.  Allergy season seems to be starting in D.C. and especially these cities.  Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  In today's edition ... Analysis shows Republican tax cuts and benefit reductions …

Trump aides prep new tariffs on imports worth trillions for ‘Liberation Day’  —  The administration has already unnerved investors with duties on Canada, Mexico and China.  Advisers are readying a bigger move.  —  White House aides are preparing to impose new tariffs on most imports on April 2 …

Smears, Sadism and Social Security  —  Why Elon Musk wants to make seniors suffer  —  We often think of Social Security as a retirement program, which it is; most Social Security beneficiaries achieve that status simply by reaching retirement age.  But the program also helps Americans …

Trump's Sister Declared The Immigration Law He Used Unconstitutional  —  Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization.  —  SaveComment  —  In a historical twist, Donald Trump's sister was the federal judge who ruled unconstitutional the immigration law …

Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’  —  Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party called “a coup against our next president”.

Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker … For days now, the State Department has remained mum about the news that it terminated a contract with a humanitarian group that was tracking the fate of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia after the Russian invasion.

The Trump Administration Goes To War With Health-Care Quality  —  Inside its plan to destroy a small agency that keeps you safe.  —  ∙ Paid  —  On March 14, the same day Senate Democratic leaders cast their fateful votes to fund the government, other Democrats were bracing for Donald …

Minnesota lawmaker behind ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ bill accused of soliciting teen  —  Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) was arrested for soliciting a teen on Monday, authorities said, hours after he introduced a bill proposing “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS) as a form of mental illness.

Jackie Robinson's Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge  —  Robinson trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II.  —  The military story of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball after serving as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army …

Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional  —  Most of us know what it means for something to be unconstitutional.  An unconstitutional act is one that violates some aspect of the Constitution as understood by the courts, although the public and its representatives are also free …

Silencing VOA Is Like Silencing America  —  Have you ever heard of Willis Conover?  —  You would have if you were a young Russian, tired of communist propaganda during the Cold War, desperate to listen to the swing and jazz music of the West.  Late at night, after you assumed the censor had gone to bed …

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites  —  People applying for grants and certificates using the Small Business Administration's website used to see a photograph of a group of people of varying ages, genders, and skin tones smiling in front of a white board.

Trump administration chastises judge for making deportation flight case ‘a picayune dispute’  —  The Justice Department chastised a federal judge's demand for information about deportation flights that left the country over the weekend, accusing him of “digressive micromanagement” in a court filing Wednesday.

‘They Basically Wanna Kill Me’: Musk Alleges Cloak-and-Dagger Conspiracy Is Trying To Take Him Down  —  Billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk suggested there is a vast conspiracy against him, the ultimate aim of which is his death and the end of Tesla Motors.

Guys Win: Andrew Tate, Rape Politics, and the Authoritarian Right  —  Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics. … The Tampa Bay Young Republicans posted this to X on February 27, in anticipation of the arrival in the United States of Andrew and Tristan Tate …