Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online  —  Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike.  Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers …

What's next for Waltz and Hegseth  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, already excited for my first cup of tea with Marjorie Taylor Greene.  —  More importantly ... This is my first Opening Day and the forecast looks great.

Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her  —  A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Here is the latest.  —  The measure is intended to bring car factories to the United States but could increase prices for consumers significantly.  —  Here is the latest.  —  President Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 25 percent tariffs on all cars that are shipped into the United States.

Exclusive: Trump's “pro-Hamas” purge could block foreign students from colleges  —  The Trump administration is discussing plans to try to block certain colleges from having any foreign students if it decides too many are “pro-Hamas,” senior Justice and State Department officials tell Axios.

Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people  —  But millions applying for retirement or survivor benefits will no longer be allowed to verify their identity by phone, and will need to do so online or in person.  —  The Social Security Administration …

Now that Trump has silenced Voice of America, could U.S. public media outlets be next?  —  The president's decision to shutter the global news organization portends ever more troubling repression of independent journalism in the United States.  —  Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump signed …

Trump's executive order on elections is a blatant power grab  —  It seems especially dangerous to take power away from the states when there are many threats to our democracy.  —  By design, presidents have no power over the conduct of federal elections.  President Donald Trump's recent executive order …

“You're Here Because of Your Tattoos”  —  On Friday, March 14, Arturo Suárez Trejo called his wife, Nathali Sánchez, from an immigration detention center in Texas.  Suárez, a 33-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, explained that his deportation flight had been delayed.

A populist uprising stirs among Democrats furious at their leaders  —  In dozens of interviews at recent Democratic events, voters said their party leaders need to show a much greater sense of urgency — and develop a plan to stop Trump and Musk.  —  Just now

Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+  —  Recently, I wrote about how we're seeing a general softening of demand for travel to the United States, for a variety of reasons.  There's no denying that the most contentious situation is between Canada and the United States …

Trump's Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid  —  As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country's racist apartheid government decades ago, some on the American right felt they took it too far.  One of those people who stepped up and spoke …

In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster  —  This afternoon, the Trump administration announced major tariffs on passenger cars and trucks entering the U.S. market, marking the beginning of the end of a thirty-plus year “free trade” disaster.

The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law  —  Trump's actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they're working.  —  Few americans will have much sympathy for lawyers whose annual income reaches seven figures.

RFK Jr. Plans 10,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department  —  Changes would reshape the nation's health agencies and close regional offices  —  WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to significantly cut the size of the department he leads …

H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics  —  Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research.  But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.  —  The Trump administration has canceled funding …

4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says  —  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he did not yet know the details.  A U.S. official would say only that the four soldiers …

Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services  —  States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion …

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada  —  Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’  —  A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university …

Much Ado About a Signal Chat  —  The Left tries ferociously to gin up a new Trump scandal.  —  [Want even more content from FPM?  Sign up for FPM+ to unlock exclusive series, virtual town-halls with our authors, and more—now for just $3.99/month.  Click here to sign up.]