Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident …

The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense  —  The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.  —  NPR has reached out to the White House for comment.

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88  —  Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday.

Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning … “We need to channel the MAHA spirit and really dive deep into infertility,” said Emma Waters, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, referring to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again campaign.Rebecca Kiger for The New York Times

House Dems travel to El Salvador to secure Maryland man's return  —  More Democrats are making the trip abroad to raise awareness for what they call a “constitutional crisis” surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation.  —  Four more Democratic lawmakers have landed in El Salvador …

My Dinner With Adolf  —  Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1939 a letter arrived at my house inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world's most reviled man, Adolf Hitler.  I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much predicting everything …

Trump to Meet Walmart, Target Executives as Tariff Angst Spreads  —  President Donald Trump is set to meet with major retailers at the White House to discuss the impact of sweeping tariffs on their businesses. … The discussion comes amid a 90-day pause in Trump's higher tariffs …

How Democrats Won Wisconsin In 2025: Turnout.  —  Democrats swelled with confidence after their victory in the State Supreme Court race in Trump-won Wisconsin.  It seemed that public opinion swung sharply against Donald Trump and the GOP despite Elon Musk's eight-figure investment in the state.

Solicitor General John Sauer's Predicament  —  His incompatible duties to the president and the Supreme Court are coming to a head. … Yesterday Justice Alito published a fiery statement explaining his dissent from the Supreme Court's early Saturday morning order directing the U.S. government …

Who will be next pope after Francis?  Key contenders ahead of conclave.  —  Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines and Italians Pizzaballa and Parolin.  —  Fifteen to 20 days after the death of Pope Francis …

The ‘5 things’ emails are going by the wayside as Musk readies his exit  —  After the DOGE leader demanded federal workers list accomplishments, agencies applied an inconsistent patchwork of policies.  —  When Elon Musk and President Donald Trump commanded all federal workers …

Trump's Surgeon General Pick Distorted Key Parts of Her Résumé  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, an urgent-care physician and former Fox News medical contributor 1 who is President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general of the United States, has over at least the last 15 years falsely represented …

Is Donald Trump Breaking the Law?  Seven Experts Weigh In.  —  Trump critics say we are in a constitutional crisis.  The White House says that's hysterical.  What do our top legal minds say?  —  The first 90 days of President Trump's second term have been marked by a series of aggressive legal maneuvers.

'There's a reckoning to be had': San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center.  —  Local party leaders are advancing an ideology they call “new pragmatism.”  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Democrats in San Francisco — who for decades pushed their party down an increasingly progressive path …

Diplomats Are Freaking Out About Trump's Leaked Executive Order  —  STATE OF PANIC  —  One official said monkeys with a typewriter could have come up with a more logical plan for the State Department.  —  American diplomats spent the weekend panicking about a possible plan to radically reshape …

Polls aren't going to save us from Trump  —  Democrats are praying on polls too much.  They need to act instead.  —  About 50 percent of Americans now disapprove of President Donald Trump, compared with just 46 percent who approve of him, according to recent polls.

Trump Gives New York ‘One Last Chance’ to End Congestion Pricing  —  The Trump administration is threatening to stop future federal approvals for transportation projects in Manhattan and may withhold funding if New York City's congestion pricing program continues.

NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests  —  New rules appear to be next step in Trump assault on campus diversity programs and antisemitism  —  The National Institutes of Health appears to be preparing to prohibit the awarding …

Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States  —  U.S. stocks are tumbling Monday as worries about President Donald Trump's trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve cause investors to pull further from the United States.

GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump's costly agenda  —  Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump's agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.  —  Without finding some new ideas …