Trump Offers An Uneasy World No Reassurance In Word Salad Oval Office Remarks  —  WASHINGTON ― With a world economy on edge since he declared a trade war with the rest of the planet last week, President Donald Trump offered no reassuring words Monday and instead provided yet more evidence …

140. The Disturbing Myopia of Trump v. J.G.G.  —  In normal times, it might be possible to defend the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on Monday vacating a pair of temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act case.  But these aren't normal times.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an …

Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family  — Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was detained and questioned at Detroit Metro Airport about his clients and asked to surrender his cellphone.  — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated …

China Criticizes JD Vance for Calling Its People ‘Peasants’  —  A spokesman for China's foreign ministry denounced the vice president's comments as “ignorant and impolite.”  —  Beijing has denounced Vice President JD Vance's rhetoric as “ignorant” after he said the United States was borrowing money from …

Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say  —  Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency's communications …

Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex  —  By now it's obvious to anyone willing to see — which many people still aren't — that Donald Trump is, in practice, waging war against American greatness.  And the attack is taking place on multiple fronts.  —  For the past few days everyone …

Musk calls Navarro “moron” as trade spat intensifies  —  Elon Musk escalated his war of words with Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday, calling him “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks” over comments about Musk's businesses.  —  Why it matters: The gloves are off …

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FBI creates multiagent bodyguard team to protect Dan Bongino  —  The former pro-Trump podcaster is the first deputy director to have a security detail.  Full-time protection could require up to 20 agents, former officials said.  —  The FBI has issued a call for agents to voluntarily serve …

I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants' Tax Information with ICE  —  The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service's efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.  —  The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to help homeland security officials find immigrants …

Influencer Who Bought Trump a Rolex Has Lost Over $10M Since Tariffs Hit the Market: 'It's So Bad'  —  “It's bad, I'm not gonna lie to you”  —  Just months after gifting President Donald Trump a gold Rolex and a custom MAGA-wrapped Tesla Cybertruck, controversial streamer Adin Ross …

Trump administration fires senior Navy female officer at NATO.  She appeared on a ‘woke’ list  —  U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO's military committee, was fired over the weekend by the Trump administration, U.S. officials said Monday.

1 big thing: 🥵 Scoop: New donor plea  —  Republicans admit President Trump's tariffs are spiking their blood pressure.  Their Wall Street donors are feeling it too, with some giving top GOP lawmakers an earful this weekend.  —  Why it matters: Trump is making it clear he won't tolerate …

MTA, feds reach agreement that could keep NYC congestion pricing tolls in place into the fall  —  The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement that could keep New York City congestion pricing in place into the fall.  —  Once the agreed-to timeline expires …

What is the Underground Railroad?  —  I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.  —  The Underground Railroad—the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight …

Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump.  It Has Yet to Pay Off.  —  With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.  —  The biggest technology companies …

Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels  —  The administration has increased surveillance flights over Mexico as it tries to track the powerful cartels that dominate the fentanyl trade.  —  The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels …

Major steel project in JD Vance's hometown on a list of Trump cuts to manufacturing industry  —  The centerpiece of President Donald Trump's America-first economic agenda is reinvigorating the manufacturing industry.  But his administration is planning to slash a key program that invests …

Justice Dept. Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump's Policies in Court  —  Inside the department's civil division, litigators are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses' instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.  —  The Trump administration's aggressive efforts …

Tariffs Weaken American National Power  —  The Trump administration drops the D.I.M.E.  —  NATIONAL POWER IS A DIFFICULT THING to define.  But in teaching and studying strategy at all our military's war colleges, our senior military and government civilians use the acronym “DIME” …

Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order  —  The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.