House Republican moves to rein in tariff powers  —  Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he plans to introduce a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation aimed at reclaiming Congress' authority over tariffs, becoming the first House Republican to openly challenge the powers President Donald Trump …

Buffett denies social media rumors after Trump shares wild claim that investor backs president crashing market  —  WATCH NOW  —  Warren Buffett went on the record Friday to deny social media posts after President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social a fan video that claimed the president …

Judge orders Trump administration to bring back Md. man mistakenly deported  —  U.S. officials have argued in court records that the United States is powerless to effectuate his return because he is now in Salvadoran custody, and that Kilmar Abrego García's lawyers have “not clearly shown” that he would face harm in the prison.

Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election  —  The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November.  The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.  —  In the prolonged legal battle …

A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled  —  Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.  —  Just now  —  Over the past few years, electric vehicle manufacturing facilities producing lithium batteries …

IRS will cut 25% of its employees, eliminating its civil rights office  —  The tax agency began telling employees about the coming reduction in emails sent Friday.  —  Just now  —  The Internal Revenue Service plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce in layoffs starting Friday …

Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up for Core Values  —  As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn't be intimidated.  But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.

Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.'s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance  —  Peter Marks says the new health secretary's team wants to show vaccines aren't safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments  —  The top vaccine regulator ousted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

Supreme Court, in a win for Trump, lets admin cancel $65M in teaching grants  —  Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's three liberal justices dissented from the high court's ruling.  —  The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cancel $65 million in education grants targeted …

RFK Jr. Says He's Rehiring Thousands Of People He Mistakenly Fired  —  The cuts were a mistake he'd always planned to make, Kennedy said in head-scratching remarks.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, told reporters Thursday that he plans …

George Santos Should Get Seven Years for Campaign Fraud, US Says  —  Former US Representative George Santos should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for committing fraud while campaigning for Congress, federal prosecutors said.  —  A “significant” sentence is needed to protect …

New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order  —  New York's stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration's threats.  —  The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response …

About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump's executive orders targeting the legal community  —  President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the legal community pose “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself,” according …

Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever  —  Almost two dozen repositories of research and public health data supported by the National Institutes of Health are marked for “review” under the Trump administration's direction …

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault  —  Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police  —  The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault.

Trump Rejects Biden Plan to Expand Medicare Coverage for Obesity Drugs  —  Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid.  —  The Trump administration …

China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

It's a terrifying time for free speech and civil liberties in Trump's America  —  We don't have to imagine what Trump would do with wartime powers.  He's already doing it, and U.S. citizens could be next.  —  President Donald Trump is running headlong into his radical reimagining of America …

Felon Freed by Trump Is Sent Back to Prison After Child Assault Charge  —  Jonathan Braun, a drug smuggler, on Friday made an obscene gesture toward people in the courtroom and complained about his legal representation.  —  A violent felon whose sentence was commuted by President Trump …

Fate of the Filibuster Emerges as a Central Issue in Senate Budget Fight  —  Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future.  —  Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader …

FEMA chief given lie detector test after leak of private meeting  —  The Department of Homeland Security tested acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton shortly after he met with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.  —  The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was given a lie detector test …

A Miracle Underground: Sean Duffy Rides the Subway.  (He Survived.)  —  Mr. Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary who has characterized the New York City subway as dirty and dangerous, rode a train with Mayor Eric Adams on Friday.  —  For weeks, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy …

Judge finds FEMA withholding grants in violation of court order  —  A federal judge Friday ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to disburse millions of dollars of grants to Democratic-led states, finding the administration's withholding of the funds breached his previous ruling.