Second lady Usha Vance to visit Greenland as Trump pushes for ownership of the Danish territory  —  Vance will be joined by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and national security adviser Michael Waltz, two Trump administration sources told NBC News.  —  Second lady Usha Vance will travel …

Brad Karp's Email 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.

Israel's classified military plans for Gaza.  And, defining “buy-now, pay-later” loans  —  Good morning.  You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day.  —  Today's top stories

Pam Bondi warns Jasmine Crockett to ‘tread very carefully’ in what she says about Elon Musk  —  Ahead of expected protests at Tesla locations, the Democratic representative said her calls to action against Musk were nonviolent.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi warned Rep. Jasmine Crockett …

Mia Love, Utah's history-making former congresswoman, dies at 49  —  A former City Council member, mayor and two-term member of Congress, she died after a three-year battle with brain cancer  —  Mia Love, the child of Haitian immigrants who went on to become a City Council member …

The frog of democracy is nearly boiled.  We can still jump out of the pot  —  I still remember, from when I was a politically precocious teen in the 1970s, my dog-eared paperback copy of one of that fraught decade's defining books: The Gulag Archipelago by the Soviet Nobel laureate, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Law in Mahmoud Khalil's Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump's Sister  —  Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.  —  The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks …

Trump demands Colorado take down ‘purposefully distorted’ painting  —  President Trump is demanding that Colorado take down it's “purposefully distorted” painting of him hanging in the State Capitol.  —  “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado …

U.S. Lodges New Accusations Against Detained Columbia Protest Leader  —  The Trump administration is now accusing the Columbia University graduate and protest leader of having withheld information when he applied for permanent residency status.  —  When Mahmoud Khalil …

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.

Immigrant women describe ‘hell on earth’ in ICE detention  —  Immigrant women say they were held “like animals” in ICE detention and subjected to conditions so extreme they feared for their lives.  —  Chained for hours on a prison bus without access to food, water or a toilet.

Jessica Aber, US attorney found dead at 43, was in charge of high-profile cases targeting CIA leaks, Russian fraud  —  The former US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who was found dead Saturday morning had been in charge of some of the biggest cases targeting leaks in the CIA …

Trump Cruelly Terminates Program for Legal Migrants Fleeing Communist Tyranny, and Seeks to Deport them  —  Yesterday, the Trump Administration terminated legal “parole” status for some 530,000 legal migrants who entered the United States under the CHNV program, which allowed residents …

Attorney General Pam Bondi says Supreme Court could get involved in Alien Enemies Act case  —  Bondi again criticized judges who have ruled against the Trump administration.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi once again attacked members of the judiciary in a Fox News interview Sunday …

Trump gives Harris advice on potential CA governor run  —  Harris' name has been floated as a potential candidate for governor of California  —  President Donald Trump offered up some advice for former Vice President Kamala Harris if she decides to make a run for governor of California.

Paris votes on making 500 streets car-free, in test for green city policies  —  Mayor Anne Hidalgo has floated a plan to “revegetate” 500 Parisian streets to make the city more liveable.  Critics say it would deepen divides between urbanites and commuters.  —  Parisians cast their ballots Sunday …

How Hooters Became a Refuge for Young Gay Men  —  It was an annual tradition.  Every Thanksgiving, I would fly down to Florida before the rest of the family.  My grandfather would pick me up at the airport.  We'd talk about politics, my soccer season and changes to Fox News's prime-time lineup.

Schumer says he won't step down as Senate Democratic leader despite government funding uproar  —  Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won't resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forward with a Republican spending bill that avoided a government shutdown.

Trump's transgender rights rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warnings  —  Several European countries have adjusted travel guidelines for citizens seeking to enter the U.S. as the Trump administration has implemented several rollbacks on transgender rights.

Columbia Learns a Hard Lesson  —  The university betrayed its Jewish students—and its core mission—and is now paying the price.  —  Columbia University's decision Friday to bend to the Trump Administration's governance demands has shocked the academy far and wide, and it is an unprecedented sanction.

Noem to visit El Salvador prison that took in hundreds of deported criminals: ‘Clear message’  —  Kristi Noem's trip will send an unambiguous message to criminals, DHS says  —  FIRST ON FOX: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is planning to visit several spots in Central America next week …

Venezuela Accepts Flight Carrying Deportees From U.S. for First Time in Weeks  —  The Venezuelan government had come under intense pressure from the Trump administration to resume accepting deportation flights.  —  The Trump administration sent a flight carrying deportees from the United States …