After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos  —  The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs.  They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week's major sell-off.  —  There was little rest on Wall Street this weekend.

Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador  —  Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants who were flown from the U.S. to a maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago.

Kennedy announces support for measles vaccine amid outbreak  —  The statement is a surprising turn for the health secretary and comes amid reports of a second child's death.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spent years promoting debunked theories and sowing doubts about the safety …

Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report ‘fake news’  —  Markwayne Mullin recounted how a reporter fatally shot a former congressman in 1890, adding there might be less “fake news ... if we could still handle our differences that way.”

Exclusive: how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat  —  Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making  —  Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist …

Treasury Sec. Bessent says 'there doesn't have to be a recession': Full interview  —  Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent exclusively joins Meet the Press days after President Donald Trump unveiled expansive tariffs on the United States' largest trading partners.

Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C.  —  President Donald Trump for years has lusted after a big military parade over which he could preside—just like he sees leaders do in other mostly authoritative countries.  —  During his first term in 2018 …

Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad  —  Since Trump took office, the park service — an agency charged with preserving American history — has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow

Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age  —  Many complain the party is dominated by an older generation of leaders who have lost touch with Americans' day-to-day struggles.  —  Just now  —  LOS ANGELES — Democrat Saikat Chakrabarti decided to challenge …

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked  —  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum likes chocolate-chip cookies—preferably freshly baked and still warm.  —  This peculiar fact became the talk of the Department of Interior in recent weeks after his chief of staff, JoDee Hanson …

Chinese woman detained by US border patrol in Arizona dies by suicide  —  Officials reportedly didn't publicly acknowledge death until inquiries were made about woman, 52, who overstayed visa  —  A woman being detained in Arizona by US border patrol for overstaying her visa has died by suicide …

NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough.  Layoffs are delaying it.  —  A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.

Try that in a small town  —  ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children.  Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no. … If you want to support independent media during these dark times for democracy, become a paid subscriber today. … Principal Jaime Cook describes one of the third graders …