The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X  —  The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.  —  The Social Security Administration …

Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported  —  Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of kicking the activist …

Why Beijing is not backing down on tariffs  —  In response to why Beijing is not backing down to Donald Trump on tariffs, the answer is that it doesn't have to.  —  China's leaders would say that they are not inclined to cave in to a bully - something its government has repeatedly labelled …

Judge demands ‘daily updates’ on whether Trump admin is complying with court order to return illegally deported man  —  DOJ said it could not provide information on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts or the efforts to return him to the United States, despite a court order.

Trump tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by Customs ‘glitch’ … An alert from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday notified users of a glitch in the system that is used to exempt freight from tariffs, including shipments from China that were already on the water …

Who's In and Who's Out at the Naval Academy's Library?  —  An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.  —  Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou's transformative best-selling …

US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952  —  Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.  —  Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday …

Trump envoy's embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, U.S. allies  —  Less than 48 hours after dining with a negotiator sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington last week, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with Moscow, sat down with President Donald Trump …

Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump  —  Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.  —  Five more prominent law firms facing potential punitive action …

RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ references past work with ‘the r—  d’ in speech to FDA staff  —  The HHS secretary's remarks shocked staffers at the Food and Drug Administration, prompting some of them to walk out.  —  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s visit to the FDA Friday …

Trump's draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research  —  The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices …

Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project  —  For the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.  —  Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel …

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’  —  “It's very 'Handmaid's Tale'-esque,” one official said.  —  The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” …

European travellers cancel US visits as Trump's policies threaten tourism  —  International visitors stay away as political and economic tension and fears of a hostile border rise  —  The number of European travellers visiting the US has fallen sharply as political and economic tension …

US fires Greenland military base chief for ‘undermining’ Vance  —  The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.  —  The US military's Space Operations Command …

Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading  —  The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds.

BEST WEEK EVER: Trump Frees Hot Ballerina After Winning Trade War, Making Showers Great Again (PHOTOS)  —  President Donald Trump is having one of the best weeks of his presidency.  The stock market surged on Wednesday after Trump declared victory against unfair trade practices.

Small plane crashes in Boca Raton, Florida; all 3 on board killed  —  One man on the ground suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  —  Emergency crew inspects the site of a small plane crash, April 11, 2025 in Boca Raton, Fla.  —  All three people on board a small plane were killed …

Inside the DOGE immigration task force  —  The taskforce, led by Musk confidante Antonio Gracias, is providing the technical infrastructure for a sweeping set of actions aimed at revoking parole and terminating visas.  —  DOGE's bread and butter has been slashing headcounts but it is now wielding …

Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians  —  More than 10,000 people will be put on track for deportation in May and June as a result of the Department of Homeland Security's action.  —  The Trump administration will end temporary protections for more than 10,000 people …

Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants  —  Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador.  —  Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House …

Joe Concha uses his daughter's experience to defend Maine father silenced while protecting girls sports  —  Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha detailed how his young daughter recently had to share the soccer field with a high school boy when defending a Maine father who was silenced trying to defend girls' sports.

Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts  —  Musk team's $150 billion in savings barely dents $6.8 trillion in spending largely on autopilot, WSJ analysis finds  —  Cumulative total spending since Trump's inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024

She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine.  She fears arrest if she is deported there.  —  President Trump's immigration …

CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team.

Pennsylvania Man Charged with Making Threats to Assault and Murder President Donald J. Trump, Other U.S. Officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents  —  For Immediate Release  —  Shawn Monper, 32, a resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been charged by federal criminal complaint …