144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us.  If you're not already a subscriber, I hope you'll consider becoming one (and …

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard  —  An official on the administration's antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.  —  Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration …

Three Ways Abrego Garcia's Rights Violated — Two of Which the Government Admits  —  As the controversy over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from Maryland to El Salvador has raged, the Trump administration has sought to focus the public's attention on Abrego Garcia's alleged membership in MS-13, a violent international gang.

Trump Advisers Took Advantage of Navarro's Absence to Push for Tariff Pause  —  Peter Navarro, an adviser to Trump in favor of wide-ranging tariffs, had been a fixture on the president's side after ‘Liberation Day’  —  They needed to get the president alone.  —  On April 9, financial markets were going haywire.

DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color  —  Campus mentors.  Move-in events.  Scholarships.  Diversity offices that made them feel welcome on predominantly white campuses.  —  As U.S. colleges pull back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices …

BYU doctorate student's visa reinstated after unexpected revocation  —  SALT LAKE CITY — A Japanese doctorate student at Brigham Young University will now be able to stay in the U.S. after his visa was revoked earlier this month.  —  BYU student Suguru Onda is a year away from finishing his doctorate.

Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post  —  Other Defense Department officials were placed on leave earlier this week.  —  Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff will leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency …

The Naval Academy Thinks Midshipmen Can't Handle the Truth  —  For the past four years, I have been delivering a series of lectures on the virtues of Stoicism to midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and I was supposed to continue this on April 14 to the entire sophomore class on the theme of wisdom.

The Lever Cometh For Trump's Taxman  —  It's a long shot for Billy Long, the Google-opoly comes crumbling down, Chicago teachers ace a big test, attorneys stand up against Trump's legal bullying, and immigrants score a reprieve.  —  This full story is for paid subscribers.  —  Select Your Paid Subscription

Why is no one talking about the millions of Americans the House GOP wants to uninsure?  —  Let's say you're a House Republican in a losable district.  And you're also a member of the smallest House majority in a century.  How do you announce that you're planning on uninsuring millions …

Senator Says Abrego Garcia Was Denied Phone Call During Deportation  —  About three kilometers outside of CECOT, we were pulled over by soldiers.  You could see the rest of the traffic was allowed to go by.  We were pulled over by soldiers and told that we were not allowed to proceed any farther.

Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias  —  An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.  —  A federal prosecutor has sent letters …

The Next Terrorist Attack  —  Thirty years ago today, I was driving a moving van across the country, from the west coast to the east.  The hold was packed well; the ride was wobbly, and I kept the heavy vehicle between the lines, mile after mile.  Driving carefully, I was surprised to be stopped by state troopers.

Nearly 70 percent of CEOs disapprove of Trump's tariffs: Survey  — 329 CEOs and business owners were surveyed - It was conducted by Chief Executive magazine  — April's rating of the business market dipped compared to March  —  A large swath of chief executives in the U.S. shares …

Trump Just Scrapped My Anti-Kremlin Streaming Platform  —  The Trump administration's decision to take a hammer to the funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty might be legally dubious, but politically pretty safe: Its programming wasn't intended to reach American audiences, so who would miss it, really?

'I can hear James Carville's head exploding': Gen Z DNC official claps back at Dem critic  —  Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg escalated the firestorm he created this week when he announced a new multimillion-dollar campaign targeting incumbents in his party - an effort he made clear that he isn't backing down from.

More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests  —  Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’  —  The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek …

J.K. Rowling's war on trans people won't stop us from existing  —  The world has always had trans people, and always will.  —  On Wednesday morning, my social feeds showed me two stark reactions to a historic rolling back of trans rights in the United Kingdom.

DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants  —  DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.  —  Operatives from Elon Musk's so-called Department …