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 …

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.

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.”

U.S. Turned Away French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says  —  The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.  —  A French scientist was prevented …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

The Emperor's New Philosophy  —  Of drunkards, lampposts and economic doctrines  —  Today's post will be short, because I'm on the road — actually at a conference in Belgium — with very little free time.  But I thought I might weigh in to support and enlarge upon an exceptionally clear post …

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 …

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.

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.

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

A Crack in Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire  —  Turmoil in the House of Shapiro  —  CONSERVATIVE MEGA-COMMENTATOR Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire media empire announced a big shakeup on Tuesday: co-CEO Jeremy Boreing was abruptly stepping down.  —  A contentious and outspoken executive …

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

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.

Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump's Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  On a frigid winter morning in 2022 …

On Its Website, DOGE Deletes More Than 100 Government Leases It Said Were Canceled  —  Elon Musk's cost-cutting group dropped its total purported savings from eliminating federal office space after losing some battles within the Trump administration.  —  Elon Musk's Department …

New York state's top court blocks New York City law to allow noncitizen voting  —  Most of the court's progressive judges sided with Republicans who sought to nix the law.  —  ALBANY, New York — New York's top court has struck down a law that would have let noncitizens vote in New York City elections …

Sen. Bennet on Dem leaders: 'It's important for people to know when it's time to go'  —  GOLDEN, Colo. — Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet stopped short Wednesday of calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership, but came pretty darn close.

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

'We Won't Know It's a Different Country'  —  Another normal day in Trumplandia, where the president is scheduled to start feeding the Department of Education into the wood chipper today.  Good thing we're three and a half years into his second term and the end is in sight, huh?  Happy Thursday.

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.

South Africa Urges Rethink on Naming US Office Road for Hijacker  —  South Africa's presidency asked Johannesburg to exercise restraint on plans to rename the street where the US consulate is located after a Palestinian woman who hijacked an American airliner as it seeks to mend frayed ties with Washington.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former Texas Congressman Michael Burgess floated for CDC director  —  Florida's controversial surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, and a former Texas Republican congressman, Dr. Michael Burgess, are each being backed by some of President Trump's allies …

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 the Justice Department is remaking itself in Trump's image  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi has curtailed the agency's anti-corruption efforts, ratcheted up immigration enforcement and redirected the civil rights division  —  Just now  —  Pam Bondi vowed at her confirmation hearing this year that …