Chuck Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader  —  The Senate minority leader responded to criticism from within his party about his handling of a GOP government funding bill and accused Trump of triggering a constitutional crisis.  —  WASHINGTON — A defiant Senate …

SpaceX Positioned to Secure Billions in New Federal Contracts Under Trump  —  Elon Musk's role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies.  Supporters say he has the best technology.  —  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket preparing …

'This is not your grandmother's Easter Egg Roll': White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event  —  The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year's Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns …

Trump Won't Win a War Against the Courts  —  President Trump has wasted no time in his second term in declaring war on the nation's federal judiciary, the country's legal profession and the rule of law.  He has provoked a constitutional crisis with his stunning frontal assault on the third branch …

U.S. Officials to Visit Greenland Amid Trump's Talk of a Takeover  —  Usha Vance, the second lady, will attend cultural events while Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, visits troops stationed on the island that President Trump has said the United States will get “one way or the other.”

Brad Karp's Message To Paul Weiss About Its Deal With The Trump Administration  —  Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat.  You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.com.

Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43  —  The cause of her death is still under investigation  —  Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said.

Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94  —  Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years …

Playbook: Trump's legal hit list grows  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Sunday morning.  This is Ankush Khardori, wishing Pope Francis well after being discharged from a hospital in Rome today.  Get in touch.  —  DRIVING THE DAY

Fans at NCAA Wrestling Championships Show Love For Trump.  But Not So Much Musk.  —  President Trump and Elon Musk took in the Division I wrestling championship in Philadelphia on Saturday.  But some of Mr. Trump's supporters expressed complicated feelings about his billionaire adviser.

Kari Lake Isn't Telling the Truth About the VOA  —  She says a new headquarters is a waste of taxpayer funds, but the lease saved the government more than $150 million.  —  President Trump recently selected Kari Lake as his top adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media …

Tax Cheats Could Prosper Under Trump, IRS Experts Say  —  The Internal Revenue Service could lose 10 percent of its revenue — $500 billion — because taxpayers and businesses think the Trump administration won't go after them for not paying taxes … According to internal projections …

Trump vs. Canada: Prime Minister Carney calls snap election to take on president  —  Canada's new prime minister said he needs a mandate from Canadians to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.  —  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election on Sunday, saying he needs a mandate …

John Roberts has created a monster — and he knows it  —  Five or six years ago, I was in federal court on an evidence motion.  I don't remember the issue, the claim, or whether I was for or against the motion.  What I do remember like it happened today is the exchange I had with the judge.

Trump Wants to Force Immigrants to Share Their Social Media Handles When Applying for Citizenship  —  Experts say this is an assault on the First Amendment  —  Soon, if a new proposal from the Trump administration goes into effect, immigrants applying for green cards or citizenship …

Columbia University's Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed  —  Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.  —  Many professors saw it as surrender, a reward to the Trump administration's heavy hand.

House Democrat: Trump administration acting ‘with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality’  —  Democratic Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.) said he thinks the Trump administration is acting “with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality.”

March 22, 2025  —  Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend's rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump last night told reporters that he didn't sign the proclamation that set that legal process in motion.

Trump allies press the White House to dial back Elon Musk's media interviews over his Social Security jabs  —  Republicans are voicing concerns about Musk's downsizing efforts, which include closing some Social Security offices and curtailing telephone services.

Jeremy Clarkson taunts ‘idiot’ Elon Musk over Tesla vandalism  —  British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson has reignited a feud with carmaker-turned-political figure Elon Musk that started in 2008 with a bad review of a Tesla car on motoring show Top Gear.  —  People in the United States and around …