An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status …

A Cory Booker Staffer Was Arrested for Carrying a Gun on Capitol Grounds, Police Said  —  The arrest comes the same day the New Jersey senator began a protest of President Donald Trump's agenda.  — Copy  —  A staffer for Sen. Cory Booker was arrested Monday by U.S. Capitol Police …

The CDC Has Been Gutted  —  Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force.  Experts say people will die.  —  Thousands of federal employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

D-Day for Musk: Democrats in Special Elections Target Trump's DOGE Chief  —  Special Elections Reveal Trump's Weak Spot: Elon Musk  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Trumpeting new tariffs he hopes will return industry to America, President Donald Trump has called April 2 “Liberation Day.”

Attorney General Pamela Bondi Directs Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement:  —  “Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children …

EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump's mega tariffs  —  Brussels sees America's transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles' heel.  —  BRUSSELS — It's one thing to hit Harley-Davidson motorbikes and bourbon whiskey.  It's another to go after Silicon Valley or Wall Street.

Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks  —  Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin expressed concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youth … Jeremy Lewin recently became deputy administrator for policy and programs for what's left of USAID …

'I don't know anyone that isn't pissed off at him': Trump world turns on Lutnick  —  As ‘Liberation Day’ nears, patience for the Commerce secretary is wearing thin across the Trump administration.  —  Inside the White House, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been perhaps the biggest proponent of …

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

Trump Hit by Brutal New Polls on Econ as GOP Tariff Panic Goes Nuclear  —  President Donald Trump is set to announce that he'll impose sweeping new global tariffs on imports, and congressional Republicans are already scrambling wildly to try to shield their states and districts from the fallout.

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 …

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”  —  Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump's immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.

Alabama Can't Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules  —  The state attorney general had raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state.  —  Alabama cannot prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations …

23 states, DC sue Trump administration over billions in lost public health funding  —  Democratic attorneys general and governors in 23 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

Federal Workers Get Second Musk Buyout Offer  —  Some federal departments are offering employees a second chance to accept a buyout offer, the latest effort to downsize the US government amid a wave of cuts spearheaded by Elon Musk.  —  The Transportation Department gave workers through April 7 …

Professors Pushed Harvard to Resist Trump.  Now Billions Are on the Line.  —  Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism.  The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.  —  The Trump administration …

Ten weeks that shook the world  —  On many fronts, and with deliberate haste, America is vaporising its soft power  —  Civilisations are not murdered, said the historian Arnold Toynbee.  They die from suicide.  Though military clout and geographic fortune will sustain America, its republic is flirting with Toynbee's script.

Rahm Emanuel is coming to Wall Street  —  THE SCOOP  —  Rahm Emanuel, a veteran Democratic leader and political brawler widely seen as a 2028 presidential contender, is coming to Wall Street.  Emanuel, who served most recently as Joe Biden's ambassador to Japan, is rejoining investment …

The Coming Recession Will Be Self-Inflicted  —  The looming economic contraction will be unique in past-war America in that it will be the first directly caused by White House policy.  —  The US economy is plodding toward a recession, a result of the Trump administration's pursuit …

Trump's “Art of the Deal” hits new hurdles  —  President Trump's global dealmaking blitz is facing new obstacles, with early optimism eclipsed by broken ceasefires, pissed-off allies and thinning patience at home and abroad.  —  Why it matters: Ten weeks isn't a long time in foreign policy.

Want to know how Trump gets in?  Just look at the coverage of Le Pen  —  The press takes a leading role destroying the rule of law  —  The truth of the Marine Le Pen story is simple.  She fucked around.  She got found out.  —  What did she actually do?

Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants' Social Media  —  The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

Some federal agencies launch a new ‘deferred resignation’ effort to encourage workers to leave their jobs  —  The new buyout offers were specific to the will of each agency and not dictated by the Office of Personnel Management, according to an administration official.

Dr. Oz ‘Disavows’ Support for Transgender Care, Assuaging a Senator's Concerns  —  Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician's confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.

Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down  —  Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair.  The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.  —  The Center for Public Integrity, a thirty-six-year-old nonprofit newsroom in Washington, DC …