Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants  —  It remains unclear whether the Trump administration will apply the law in this way.  But such an interpretation, experts say, would infringe on basic civil liberties.

Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus.  Now, Not So Much.  —  President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.  —  As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi Announces Severe Charges Against Violent Tesla Arsonists  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced charges against three individuals responsible for the violent destruction of Tesla properties.

Tesla Recalls Every Single Cybertruck Over Stainless Steel Trims Falling Off  — Tesla recalls 46,000 Cybertrucks due to roof panels potentially detaching during driving.  — Issue stems from cant rail panel using a faulty structural adhesive prone to embrittlement.

Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk's Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth and Taking on the Right Online  —  In Teen Vogue's special issue cover story, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of Elon Musk talks about the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration and being a young trans woman today.

MAGA Influencer And Fox News Guest Indicted On Child Sex Abuse Charges  —  The right-wing personality known as Raw Ricci built his following by filming homeless people in San Francisco.  —  A MAGA influencer known for posting sensationalized videos of homeless people in San Francisco …

Republican lawmaker booed during rowdy town hall after complaining crowd is ‘obsessed’ with the government  —  Hundreds of people attended the town hall, jeering Hageman throughout her comments on issues including Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency

Trump's Judicial Defiance Is New to the Autocrat Playbook, Experts Say  —  The president's escalating conflict with federal courts goes beyond what has happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, where leaders spent years remaking the judiciary.  —  President Trump's intensifying conflict …

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 signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department  —  The complete elimination of the department would require the approval of Congress.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismant l ing the Department of Education.

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 …

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.

DOJ pushes FBI to review, release more Epstein files amid mounting pressure from Trump supporters: Sources  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing for more to be released, sources say.  —  People walk out of the West Wing and show “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” binders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2025.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Secret policy shift could overwhelm Social Security offices with millions of people  —  On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) enacted a new policy that could impose massive demands on the agency's overburdened network of field offices, according to an internal SSA message obtained by Popular Information.

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.

Back on the road, Tim Walz tries to find his voice and fill ‘the void’  —  Eau Claire, Wisconsin CNN —  Backstage in a dressing room drinking a can of diet Mountain Dew as 900 people filled a theater in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn't be there if not for “the void.”

Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals  —  Social network Bluesky, an open source X rival, has made a change that will allow publishers to better track the referral traffic originating from posts on its platform.  According to a comment from Bluesky employee Emily Liu …

Who Actually Owns Crypto?  Almost Nobody.  —  This is a web version of The Lever's daily email newsletter.  —  Spend four minutes reading this 1,021-word newsletter to learn about:  — Trump's reward for the richest of the rich.  — Why Jeff Bezos can hear everything you say.

Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world.  The US falls to its lowest-ever position  —  HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.

Longtime FBI agent charged with disclosing classified records  —  A longtime FBI agent has been charged with unlawfully taking and disclosing classified FBI files, according to court records reviewed by CBS News.  —  Johnathan Buma, who specialized in national security and terror cases …

Elon Musk, once a tacit backer of DEI, now focuses on anti-White bias  —  Elon Musk, who was raised during South African apartheid, used to steer clear of debate about race.  Now, he frequently advocates for White people.  —  Just now  —  In the spring of 2017, two months …

Beyer Statement On Badar Khan Suri  —  Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after his constituent, Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, was arrested and detained outside his home in Rosslyn:  —  “Badar Khan Suri's detention is a clear violation …

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.

Taliban frees an American man who was abducted while traveling in Afghanistan more than 2 years ago  —  An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration …

We ran the wrong headline about Trump firing the FTC commissioners  —  The unlawful removals of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter pushed journalistic writing to its limit. … On Tuesday, the president of the United States fired the Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission …

Europe's new unanimity: Orbán doesn't need to agree  —  European leaders are no longer relying on Hungary to go along with key policy positions on Ukraine.  But that doesn't mean Budapest can't still cause problems.  —  Presidents and prime ministers from across the bloc met in Brussels …

Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Social Security personal information for now  —  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security Administration systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans.

How a Case From 1803 Explains John Roberts's Approach to Donald Trump  —  Roberts wasn't “rebuking” Trump when he issued his statement against impeaching judges.  He was bending the knee.  —  Bluesky  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump, his chief of ghouls Stephen Miller …