Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session  —  Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past hardened Democratic opposition toward …

Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda  —  In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”  —  Just now  —  Former president Barack Obama called …

138. Abrego Garcia, Constructive Custody, and Federal Judicial Power  —  Federal courts don't have jurisdiction over foreign prisons.  That doesn't mean that they're powerless when the U.S. government wrongly removes someone from the United States.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an …

April 4, 2025  —  The stock market rout continued today.  As expected, China announced retaliatory tariffs in response to those President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.  Chinese leaders say they will impose a 34% tariff on all U.S. goods imported into China next Thursday.

These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library  —  The office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics.

DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants  —  The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information.  But immigration officials now say they're seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without authorization.

Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump—and Set Off a Clash With Recruits  —  Law students at top schools reconsider offers at Skadden and other firms while associates cancel interviews in protest  —  Campus recruiting is the newest front in the Trump-induced turmoil at some of the country's most prominent law firms.

I was a British tourist trying to leave America.  Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre  —  Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime.  But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE.

Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger  —  The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country's fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.  —  When President Trump abruptly fired …

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On  —  The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers.  The video appears to contradict Israel's version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

US embassy's response to Russia's Kryvyi Rih attack ‘surprisingly disappointing,’ Zelensky says.  —  The U.S. Embassy to Ukraine's response to Russia's attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4, which killed 19 people and injured 68, was “unpleasantly surprising,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 5.

Tariffs bring overnight economic chaos  —  In one 48-minute speech, President Trump scrambled every American's budget, every U.S. company's balance sheet and every global alliance.  — Tariffs, a sometimes obscure economic tool, have massive power, especially when enacted this expansively.

President Trump's Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense.  It's Also Based on an Error.  —  President Trump on Wednesday announced tariffs on practically every foreign country (and some non-countries), ranging from a 10 percent minimum all the way up to 50 percent.

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 …

You're Not Crazy.  America Has Gone Mad … This is an oft-quoted passage from Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism.  And it's one that has proven especially popular in the years since the rise of Trump and explosion of global authoritarianism.  —  I open with it here because I …

Jaguar Land Rover suspends shipments to US after Trump tariffs  —  The company, which exports almost a quarter of its production to the U.S., is pausing shipments in April as it works out longer-term solutions.  —  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), U.K.-based luxury automaker, said it will “pause” …