4/1/25 ☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump is on the brink of levying a sweeping set of new tariffs against an unidentified number of countries.  Trump's actions are rattling financial markets, business leaders and foreign officials.  —  Now House and Senate Republicans are beginning …

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America's Moral Moment on the Senate Floor  —  Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has taken the Senate floor and is speaking as long as he is physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed a...

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison  —  The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction …

Trump is plotting the biggest tax rise in global history  —  The burden for paying the bulk of the president's Liberation Day tariffs will fall on consumers, potentially at some $600 billion a year  —  We might think of him as a tax-cutter, an enemy of big government, and an instinctive ally …

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show  —  The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.  —  The DOGE-affiliated acting president …

Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard  —  The administration has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants and contracts at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania.  —  The Trump administration said on Monday that it was reviewing roughly $9 billion …

The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla's Defense  —  After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk's beleaguered car company.  —  Over the weekend, thousands of people joined the “Tesla Takedown” protest movement at the company's showrooms across the country.

Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food  —  Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

Stocks Mark Worst Month in Years as Trump's Tariffs Loom  —  Markets around the world have wavered as fear and uncertainty over tariffs and trade wars rattle investors.  The S&P 500 just recorded its worst month since 2022, shedding 5.8 percent in March.  —  The S&P 500 ended March …

Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems  —  DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks.  When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.

HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies  —  As many as 10,000 — one-quarter of the department — are expected to be let go  —  Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of the sprawling Department of Health and Human Services and its subsidiary agencies, with

Hooters files for bankruptcy  —  New York CNN —  Hooters — the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings — filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday.  But the decades-old brand said it isn't going anywhere.

Is Elon Musk Buying Today's Election in Wisconsin?  —  A state judicial race has turned into a referendum on a billionaire.  —  Listen and follow ‘The Daily’  —  On paper, the election in Wisconsin on Tuesday is about who should control the state's highest court.

How Biden's frailties hampered Harris  —  Democratic Party officials and White House staffers were well aware of former President Biden's frailties ahead of his choice to end his ill-fated reelection bid last summer, according to exclusive excerpts of a new book released to The Hill.