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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Exclusive: Trump Voter Says He Doesn't Regret Choice Despite Wife's ICE Arrest  —  says he does not regret his decision, even after federal immigration  —  as the couple returned home from their honeymoon.  —  Bradley Bartell's wife, Camila Muñoz, is a Peruvian citizen who overstayed …

Tesla falls after Commerce secretary recommends buying stock  —  Tesla shares fell early Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in Elon Musk's car company.  —  Why it matters: Cabinet secretaries don't typically recommend individual stocks …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Trump-appointed prosecutor's office drops assault case against Enrique Tarrio  —  Ryan J. Reilly and Ted Oberg  —  The U.S. Attorney's for the District of Columbia has dropped an assault case against Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys member who was serving 22 years in federal prison following …

The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy  —  Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead.  That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story turns out to be.

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 …

Stephen Miller Has a Plan  —  During the first Trump administration, when Stephen Miller's immigration policy proposals hit obstacles in federal court, rumors would circulate about his plans to dust off arcane presidential powers.  Government lawyers were wary of overreach …

A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year  —  Dozens of Social Security Administration offices across the country are slated to close this year due to actions taken by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as part of the Trump administration's …

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 …

USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks  —  The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms.  —  The Agriculture Department has halted millions of dollars worth of deliveries …

Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses  —  Multiple pages scrubbed from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website due to a Trump order  — Never miss global breaking news.  Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.

BREAKING: DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides … Each time we hear more about the unfolding situation with the takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace, the story gets darker and involves greater abuses of power.  My colleague Kate Riga is, as I write …

Reinstated, but Not Back to Work: Fired Workers Linger in ‘Limbo’  —  More than a dozen federal agencies have reinstated employees and immediately placed them on administrative leave, according to court filings.  —  Erin Cagney was supposed to hear on Monday that she could go back to doing …

Behind the Curtain: Trump's mind control  —  To fully appreciate President Trump's mesmerizing control over Republicans, consider their scant public dissent over ideas many of them privately disdain:  — Support for Vladimir Putin.  — Support for on-again, off-again tariffs, and a worsening economy.

A U.S. Retreat in the War of Ideas  —  Trump shuts down networks that help evade dictatorship firewalls.  —  President Trump has adopted Ronald Reagan's “peace through strength” theme to echo the Gipper's successful foreign-policy realism.  But what Mr. Trump ignores is the idealism …

Germany updates US travel advice after citizens detained  —  Germany updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasise that a visa or entry waiver does not guarantee entry for its citizens after several Germans were detained at the border recently, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.

Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Buildup  —  Canada's draft deal to participate in Europe's defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.  —  Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union …

Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker  —  Update: CNN reports that the State Department is now confirming cancellation of the contract tracking abducted Ukrainian kids, claiming it's not in U.S. interests.  Also, a State Department spokesperson said the data …