‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’  —  The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.  —  CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday …

Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos  —  Hitting the road today, but I have time for a note on the news that moved markets yesterday.  Bloomberg reports: … Investors liked this report, but it was, if you think about it, deeply disturbing on two levels.

Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times  —  After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin's claim that a 2017 editorial defamed her.  —  A federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential nominee …

Trump unlikely to dismiss Hegseth, but officials are troubled by disarray in Pentagon chief's inner circle  —  A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the television network where he used to work as a host Tuesday morning in a bid to address the fallout over revelations …

Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash  —  Net income drops 71% in first quarter  —  Tesla's net income slid 71% in the first quarter, as the company struggled to overcome competitive pressure overseas and a reputational hit from Chief Executive Elon Musk's polarizing role in the Trump administration.

ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid  —  Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.  —  ×  —  A man is detained by officers with the U.S. Department …

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: ‘The cruelty is apparent’ … We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025.  Donate today  —  Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.  —  Note: Five-day moving average.  Views are only shown up to 400,000.  Source: X  —  When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022, he promised to create a free speech haven and named himself a “free speech absolutist.”

Sanders says Arkansas in ‘dire need of federal assistance,’ but Trump says no  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Gov. Sarah Sanders said Arkansas is in “dire need of federal assistance” in an appeal letter last week after the federal government denied help after last month's damaging storms.

HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline's Program for LGBTQ Youth  —  In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.  —  The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline …

Trump Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Firing Fed Chair Powell  —  The president has increasingly criticized Powell in recent days  —  President Trump said he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.  —  “We think that it's a perfect time to lower the rate …

Americans sour on Trump's handling of the economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Americans elected President Donald Trump in hopes that he would fight inflation and boost the U.S. economy, but as he approaches his 100th day in office they are giving the Republican poor marks for his handling of both, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.

US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement  —  A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same. … A US State Department cable was sent from the American Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 13th with some major news …

The Trump Administration's War on Children  —  The administration is quietly putting America's children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.  —  The clear-cutting across …

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe's digital rules  —  The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc's Digital Markets Act.  —  The European Commission issued the first fines under its Digital Markets Act on Wednesday …

Harvard Plans to Use Trump's Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut  —  Harvard's lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding.  A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university's case against the government.

Trump administration unwinds efforts to investigate Russian war crimes  —  Several initiatives intended to hold Moscow accountable for war crimes in Ukraine have been vacated, including a bipartisan intelligence coordinator office.  —  The Trump administration has been engaged in a concerted effort …

National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards  —  The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.  —  Casey Fiesler, an information science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder …

Press Freedom Center: Federal judge's ruling in VOA case a win for First Amendment  —  PRESS RELEASE  —  WASHINGTON, April 22 — National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement today on a federal judge's ruling in the Voice of America case:

The Biden Official Who Doesn't Oppose Trump's Student Deportations  —  Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration's professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.  —  After Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023 …

Trump Promised ‘Big, Beautiful’ Deals.  Delivering Has Been Tougher.  —  So far, the goals of many of President Trump's negotiations have been unrealized, even those he said would be accomplished in a matter of days or weeks.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.

DOJ cancels grants for gun-violence and addiction prevention, victim advocacy  —  In an email to staff, the head of the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs said the canceled grants did not align with Trump administration priorities.  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday canceled hundreds …

What DEI threatens isn't merit.  It's monopoly.  —  A few days ago, Jonathan Berk, a professor of finance at the Graduate School of Business, responded to a piece by professor Elliott White Jr., an assistant professor of earth system science, writing that DEI has no place at Stanford.

He disappeared after detention.  Now ICE is silent on the fate of Venezuelan man  —  A Venezuelan man has disappeared into the U.S. immigration system.  His family is looking for answers.  —  Where is their brother?  Where is her boyfriend?  —  Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, 27 …

Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in the 5-4 court case - a possible sign of the court's thinking as it gears up to hear high-profile immigration cases next month

EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees  —  The agency previously announced a rollback of environmental regulation, eliminated some probationary workers and put other workers on administrative leave.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency continued its staffing shake-up Monday …

Federal Appeals Court Halts Ballot Curing in North Carolina Supreme Court Election  —  A federal appeals court blocked North Carolina from beginning ballot curing as part of Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin's effort to overturn the results of the state's 2024 Supreme Court race.

Vance Says Concessions Needed for Deal to End War in Ukraine … Americas … Europe

The Supreme Court's “Don't Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools  —  Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland, approved several books with LGBTQ characters for use in public school classrooms.  Not much else is known about these books, how they have been used …

In defense of our institutional independence  —  Today, America's universities remain the best in the world.  And rightly so.  For generations, they've made transformative contributions to our society — from scientific breakthroughs and medical advances to the humanities, the arts and yes, even college football and March Madness.

RFK Jr. eyes reversing CDC's Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for children  —  RFK Jr. has raised doubts about the need for kids to get vaccinated against the disease.  —  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weighing pulling the Covid-19 vaccine from the government's list of recommended immunizations …

Harvard professor offers a grim assessment of American democracy under Trump  —  Steven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into authoritarianism.  He says the Trump administration has already done grave damage: “We are no longer living in a democratic regime.”  —  DAVE DAVIES, HOST:

Tesla warns that trade policy and politics are taking a toll as it announces sizable revenue decline  —  The electric automaker — which is increasingly trying to diversify into high-tech products like robots — said profits fell 71% to $409 million compared to $1.39 billion during the same quarter one year ago.