Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill  —  President Trump would veto the legislation introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would limit the president's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, according to a White House statement seen by Axios.

Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge's order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported  —  The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia's deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”  —  The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court …

Donald Trump's tariffs will fix a broken system  —  Next we must tackle the barrage of non-tariff weapons used to strangle American exports  —  The writer is President Trump's senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing  —  The international trade system is broken — and Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff doctrine will fix it.

EU Commission proposes 25% counter-tariffs on some US imports, document shows  —  The European Union flag pattern with the word “tariffs” is seen in this illustration taken April 7, 2025.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights  —  The European Commission proposed counter-tariffs …

RFK's Anti-Vax Flock Turns on Him  —  RFK's biggest fans turn on him  —  For vaccine opponents, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as secretary of health and human services represented something close to nirvana.  It was a chance, finally, to take on Big Pharma and to bring …

US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-lawyer over congressional testimony, letter shows  —  The U.S. Justice Department sent armed U.S. Marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.

How actual ‘fake news’ caused a market whiplash  —  New York CNN —  An errant post on X may have just shaken the stock market, showing how influential — and unreliable — the social media platform can be.  —  Unsourced “headlines” about a potential “90-day pause in tariffs” …

Peter Navarro says Vietnam's 0% tariff offer is not enough: 'It's the nontariff cheating that matters'  —  WATCH NOW  —  White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Monday that an offer by Vietnam to eliminate tariffs on U.S. imports would not be enough for the administration to lift its new levies announced last week.

Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself  —  Donald Trump may finally get his long-desired military parade through the streets of Washington.  —  The Washington City Paper, citing an unnamed D.C. source, reports that the president has chosen June 14, 2025 …

Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff  —  The worsening problems come as Elon Musk's DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.  —  Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages …

Trump says U.S. holding nuclear talks with Iran in surprise announcement  —  President Trump said Monday that the U.S. had been holding “direct talks” with Iran and that a “very big meeting” involving “very high-level” officials will be taking place this Saturday.

Scoop: Schatz expands holds to more than 300 Trump nominees  —  Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is expanding his holds on President Trump's nominees to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters …

UAW President Shawn Fain explains why he supports Trump's tariffs  —  President Trump's announcements on tariffs have dismayed many of his erstwhile supporters on Wall Street.  The suddenness — and steepness — of the tariffs announced last Wednesday prompted some global manufacturers …

Exclusive: US admiral at NATO fired in expanding national security purge  —  U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top officials by the Trump administration, three sources told Reuters on Monday.

I Should Have Seen This Coming  —  When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left.  The reactionary fringe has won.  —  Listen to more stories on Hark

Bluesky Can't Take a Joke  —  Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads.  But while there's less hate, there's also fewer lolz.  —  Amy Brown was not screaming.  She was not crying.  She was not throwing up.  —  But on Bluesky she said that she was doing all three, simultaneously.

‘Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down’: Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly  —  Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED the return-to-office order has resulted in widespread chaos, plummeting productivity, and significantly reduced services to the public.

PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS  —  Application (24A949) to vacate injunction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, submitted to The Chief Justice.  —  Letter of applicant Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed.

US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts  —  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Monday that it is ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the “heartbreaking” …

Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless  —  As we wait to see what fresh hell awaits us this week, one obvious question is, who put these malevolent clowns in power?  —  The short answer is ignorant people.  But political ignorance takes two different forms.