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.

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 …

Tufts graduate student already transferred out of state before judge issued order to stay in Mass., prosecutor says  —  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement had already transferred Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk out of the state before a federal judge ordered her kept in Massachusetts …

Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated  —  The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not that military information was shared in advance in a group text among top officials.

UA student reportedly detained by ICE  —  Senior send-off: Sarah Ashlee Barker's storied college career coming to an end  —  Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn ejected in 9-2 loss over Tennessee  —  City Council approves business alcohol license despite concerns

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 hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian  —  “The president seems to believe he can impose prohibitively high tariffs *and* collect revenue, which you can't do.”  —  ∙ Paid … 📸  —  At the White House yesterday, Donald Trump announced he's imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imported cars.

Elon Musk pressured Reddit's CEO on content moderation  —  Reddit took action after Musk messaged CEO Steve Huffman about users blocking X links and threatening DOGE staffers. … Nearly two months ago, Elon Musk went on a public crusade against Reddit.  —  On X, he said it was “insane” …

Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador in jeopardy, sources say  —  Washington — Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is in jeopardy as GOP pressure mounts for her to back away from the position.  —  Multiple sources told CBS News …

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.

Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots  —  Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans.  “You're going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.  —  The intelligence breach was bad enough, current and former fighter pilots said.

Andrew Tate accused of violently attacking girlfriend during sex  —  Andrew Tate, the right-wing influencer who's accused of rape and sex trafficking in Romania, allegedly attacked one of his girlfriends while they were having sex in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Vance rips ‘hit piece’ in Jewish Insider  —  Vice President Vance publicly bashed the news outlet Jewish Insider (JI) and its top editor in a scathing social media post Thursday over an article about Republican lawmakers' responses to comments Vance made in a high-level national security text chain made public this week.

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving … - Alexandra Witze  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of President Donald Trump are causing many scientists …

Kari Lake withdraws cancellation of Radio Free Europe funding  —  U.S. Agency for Global Media senior adviser Kari Lake withdrew the Trump administration's cancellation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's funding on Wednesday after a court granted the news organization a temporary restraining order.

New York Democrats target Elon Musk with anti-Tesla bill  —  Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk has drawn the ire of Democrats due to his role in the Trump administration's efforts to cut waste in the federal government, with some New York lawmakers targeting his company with a new piece of legislation.

BBC statement on detention and deportation of Mark Lowen  —  This morning (27 March) the Turkish authorities deported BBC News correspondent Mark Lowen from Istanbul, having taken him from his hotel the previous day and detained him for 17 hours.  Mark Lowen was in Turkey to report on the recent protests.

The big government spending Maga voters cannot live without  —  In many places where Trump is hugely popular, residents are increasingly reliant on state income transfers.  The issue could fracture the Republican party  —  Our Lady of the Angels hospital in Bogalusa, a small Louisiana town …

Transcript: Trump “Frustrated” at Text Fiasco as Hegseth Spin Implodes  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died  —  The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.  —  Bluesky  —  Pocket  —  Bob McChesney, who died on Tuesday at the age of 72 …

Exclusive: US Justice Department considers merging DEA, ATF in major shakeup, memo shows  —  The U.S. Justice Department is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing drug and gun laws in a major shakeup as it follows President Donald Trump's instructions to sharply streamline the government, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

The White House Protests on Signal  —  Steve Witkoff explains his security protocols while in Russia.  —  The White House won't let bad enough alone when it comes to the Signal app fiasco.  This includes blaming the press and trying to suggest that nothing sensitive was on the chat …

Top MS-13 leader arrested in Virginia  —  Authorities made the arrest just south of Washington, DC  —  U.S. authorities have captured the MS-13 top leader for the U.S. East Coast, the FBI announced on Thursday.  —  Officials captured the 24-year-old suspect in Woodbridge, Virginia …

New York County Clerk Blocks Texas Court Filing Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills  —  The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level.  —  A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman.

Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender  —  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to return a $105,000 penalty it collected last fall when it resolved a discrimination lawsuit.  —  Under President Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …

Exclusive: White House installs Trump loyalists at federal HR agency after ‘five things’ email  —  The White House has installed two Trump loyalists at the federal HR agency after allies of billionaire Elon Musk blindsided top Trump officials with a surprise government-wide email …