The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans  —  The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.  —  I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming.

DHS Sec. Noem says will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target  —  The News  —  US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting Monday that the department would move to “eliminate” the government's disaster relief agency, days after President Donald Trump signed …

USPS chief Louis DeJoy resigns as Trump eyes overhauling mail agency  —  The postmaster general had said in February that he would stay on until a successor was chosen.  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will resign at the end of the day Monday, concluding a five-year tenure that began …

Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say  —  The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.

Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation  —  Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.  Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.  —  A 21-year-old Columbia University student …

Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance's Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price  —  A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump's first administration bought Vice President JD Vance's Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market.

Greenland to Trump: No, we didn't invite you  —  A delegation that includes second lady Usha Vance is slated to arrive on the island on Thursday.  —  Greenland did not invite an American delegation to come visit this week, the self-ruling island's government said Monday, flatly denying a claim made by President Donald Trump.

Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army  —  Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “ No Other Land ” on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military …

Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director, elevating from acting role  —  President Trump has decided to pick Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making permanent the acting role she has served at the public health agency in recent months.

Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’  —  A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

23andMe files for bankruptcy, Anne Wojcicki steps down as CEO … Embattled genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Missouri federal court on Sunday night.  —  The company's CEO, Anne Wojcicki, has resigned from her role …

SCOTUS Hears Latest Conservative Assault on the Voting Rights Act  —  The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in two Louisiana redistricting cases consolidated into one — Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais — centered on the state's newly minted second majority-Black congressional district.

Trump cuts $3B from congressional deal he hated  —  The Scoop  —  President Donald Trump is cutting nearly $3 billion in spending, much of it reserved for foreign aid, by unwinding part of a 2023 fiscal deal loathed by conservatives, three senior White House officials told Semafor.

Russian-American businessman who loaned $8M to Trump Media in 2021-2022 sent $10.8M to firm that may link to Don Jr. and Eric Trump's new business partners  —  Last year The Guardian reported that Russian-American businessman Anton Postolnikov, the nephew of an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Teachers Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Push to Shut Education Dept.  —  The lawsuits accuse the government of dismantling the department without the required approval of Congress.  —  The Trump administration's campaign to dismantle the Education Department drew a pair of court challenges on Monday …

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work …

Social Security, Buffeted by Turmoil, Awaits a New Leader … Frank Bisignano, a Wall Street veteran, will face Congress this week as President Trump's pick to lead the Social Security Administration.Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg  —  When the Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano goes before Congress …