Trump says he's ‘very angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin during an NBC News interview  —  Trump said in an early-morning phone call that if he believes Russia is at fault for a ceasefire not being reached with Ukraine, he may impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil.

Scoop: White House to take charge of briefing-room seating chart  —  The White House plans to impose its own seating chart for reporters in the briefing room in coming weeks, taking over a function long managed by the reporters themselves through the White House Correspondents' Association.

White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him …

Over 200 ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests take place throughout US on ‘Global Day of Action’ against Elon Musk's role with DOGE  —  Hundreds of “Tesla Takedown” demonstrations are taking place in the United States, Canada and Europe as activists ramp up their opposition to CEO Elon Musk's efforts …

For God's Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump  —  President Trump this month issued an executive order clearly intended to destroy the venerable law firm Perkins Coie, a firm that has zealously represented clients large and small for more than a century.

SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students' Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University's Knowledge  —  In a developing story, it appears the Trump administration is quietly targeting even more students for deportation and doing so in a way that is taking universities and the students themselves completely by surprise.

Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing  —  Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, received email notices of their mass firing …

A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz's Seat Rattles Republicans  —  Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida's Sixth District than they did in November, when President Trump won it by 30 points.  —  Frank Curnow, a retired Navy veteran, had a question for the Republican Party volunteers …

A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew  —  It might surprise some people that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politics' most dynamic progressive icon, wishes Democrats would stop thinking “that the power struggle within the party is between progressives and moderates,” as she told me recently.

Lankford calls for inspector general to investigate Signalgate  —  The Oklahoma Republican is one of few members of his party publicly calling for further investigation into the national security situation.  —  Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday said an independent investigation …

Trump seeks takeover of elections in a bid for more presidential power  —  Rooted in the president's false claims of election fraud, Trump's executive order is illustrative of governing through dictates rather than legislation.  —  Just now  —  Almost no part of government is immune …

Infantilizing the Military  —  Hegseth is now purging military libraries  —  It is fair to say that Pete Hegseth did not get to where he is today by reading, or considering all sides of a topic.  He shoots from the hip.  He calls it like it is.  He posts war plans on group chats.

Trump quickly works to consolidate power and muzzle dissenting voices  —  From law firms and universities to the arts and the press, Trump has targeted these independent actors and tried to bend them to his worldview — willingly or not.  —  WASHINGTON — Moving at a rapid-fire clip …

A Signal Truth: Posts that Conduct Public Business are Public Records.  —  Good morning from Washington, where the cherry blossoms are at peak bloom and I am at peak lividity about public records.  I wanted to share a short reflection today.  More on Sunshine Week, soon.

When ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Actually Means the Opposite  —  As part of a ‘painful period’ of cuts, Trump and RFK Jr. plan on dismantling the agency that focuses on substance abuse.  —  ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANCES in public health from the last few years is one that you've probably never heard about …

After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis … It had been six days since Joy Marver was locked out of her office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, five days since she checked herself into a hospital for emergency psychiatric care, and two days since …

‘Should I Fire Him?’  Inside Trump's Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz  —  In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser.  But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice.  —  For much of this week, President Trump was consumed by a single question.

The Trump 2.0 resistance: Alive, but evolved  —  The resistance of 2025 may not be wearing a pink knitted cap — but it's alive in town halls, streets, campuses and car dealerships across the country.  —  The big picture: If the 2017 Women's March heralded a new era of protest, so too …

They Want More Babies.  Now They Have Friends in the White House. … The American conservative movement has long worked to put the nuclear family at the center of cultural and economic life.  Lately, it has added a twist.  It wants to make those families bigger.