Live Updates: Wall Street Slumps Further as Trump Defends His Tariffs  —  The S&P 500 tumbled, entering bear market territory, after more losses in Asia and Europe.  President Trump said he would not back off his trade war, reinforcing fears of a global economic downturn.  —  Here's the latest.

Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday  —  SHOW OF FARCE  —  The president was previously forced to abandon plans for a procession in Washington, D.C., due to its colossal price tag.  —  President Donald Trump is making plans for a military parade in Washington …

Trump asks Supreme Court to block order returning deportee from El Salvador  —  Judge Paula Xinis gave the Trump administration until midnight Monday to return Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported despite a court order forbidding it.  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court …

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 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.

Trump swipes at California's Dems while celebrating Dodgers  —  President Trump on Monday welcomed the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House.  —  Trump celebrated the Dodgers' victory over the New York Yankees last October, praising the team's resilience, talent and “movie star” looks.

April 6, 2025 (Sunday)  —  After President Donald Trump's tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling.  —  Farmers, who were a part of Trump's base, are “struck and shocked” by the tariffs, the president …

‘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.

Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult  —  🏌️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already …

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.

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

Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless  —  There are none so blind as those that will not see  —  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.

Musk's DOGE team can access government data for now, appeals court rules  —  A divided federal appeals court set aside a court order that had blocked the government downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk from seizing sensitive data from the Treasury Department …

As the markets fell, Trump putted  —  The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion in value since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs.  But on Sunday the president won — at golf.  —  OUTSIDE TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, JUPITER — The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion …

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 …

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.