How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump  —  Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump.  Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal.  —  Since President Trump's first term …

Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES  —  I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information …

Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS  —  Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.  —  Just now  —  Senior tax officials are bracing for a sharp drop in revenue collected this spring …

Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding  —  School to ban masks, empower police and rein in controversial academic department  —  Columbia University will cede to President Trump's far-reaching demands in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding he revoked this month …

Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge  —  Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration's judiciary clash intensifies  —  In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution …

Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown  —  Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.  —  Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants …

Trump says he didn't sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act  —  President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.

“A pivot moment”: Some travel agents are now urging their clients to avoid the United States  —  Tourists are cancelling their trips, spooked by recent incidents that suggest the U.S. is not a safe place to be  —  By midday Wednesday, Canadian travel agent Micheline Dion had received another …

Trump's Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality  —  Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working.  But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.

Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Mass. and mental health advocate, dies at 88  —  Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts who was an outspoken advocate for people with mental illness and addiction in the face of her own experiences with those diseases, has died.

How low is Trump's popularity floor?  —  It's been a busy week: I've been in the midst of moving apartments 1 and we have a lot of new subscribers because of the NCAA Tournament.  But don't worry, we haven't forgotten about politics, which is why you're getting a relatively unusual Saturday brunchtime politics newsletter.

U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport  —  The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process …

Pentagon announces investigation into leaks that could include lie detector tests  —  The Pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information.  Defense Department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest such inquiry by the Trump administration.

Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency  —  Leland Dudek backed off his argument that a ruling blocking Elon Musk's cost-cutting team from access to sensitive data could apply to all agency employees.  —  just now

Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY  —  Lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable.

Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda  —  New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies  —  One in five Americans plan to turn their backs for good on companies …

A Deplorable Week in Review  —  “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately”.  — Benjamin Franklin, whose hoary advice seems especially relevant these days.  —  Lusty Spring crept upon us this week as we slogged through yet another burst of retribution, lawlessness …

Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says  —  Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick suggested this week that only “fraudsters” would complain about missing a monthly Social Security check, and that most people wouldn't mind if the government simply skipped a payment.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its federal funding and close next month.

Bernie Sanders, AOC rally crowd of 30,000 in Denver's Civic Center  —  “We will not allow America to become an oligarchy,” Vermont senator says  —  In what he described as his largest rally ever, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, spoke to a crowd that filled Denver's Civic Center on Friday evening …