Johnson's spending holdouts  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Johnson, White House hammer holdouts  — Thune taps a debt-limit whisperer  — More tax complications on GOP agenda  —  EAT LIKE A LAWMAKER — POLITICO Magazine is out this morning with a rundown of where Republicans …

Trump to Require Registration of Some Canadian Visitors  —  President Donald Trump's administration is preparing a new travel rule that could force Canadians planning to stay in the country for more than 30 days to register their information with the US government and submit to fingerprinting.

How the US economy went from booming to a recession scare in only 20 days  —  New York CNN —  Just 20 days ago, the US stock market was sitting at all-time highs.  The US economy appeared to be growing at a solid pace.  And a recession was nowhere in sight.  —  Now, the R-word is seemingly everywhere.

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X  —  Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack.  Security experts say that's not how it works.

The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil  —  “..the first arrest of many to come.”  —  I believe it's appropriate now to refer to the present government of the United States not as an “administration” but as a “regime,” with all of that word's dark and ugly connotations.

National Poll: At 50 Days, Trump's Honeymoon Fades as Economy Becomes Key Vulnerability  —  Home Polls National Poll: At 50 Days, Trump's Honeymoon Fades as Economy Becomes Key Vulnerability  —  Voters Sour on Both Political Parties, With Democrats Facing Greater Backlash

Elon Musk's self-destruction  —  The cost for Donald Trump of keeping the world's richest man by his side is growing  —  When Elon Musk said he loved Donald Trump “as much as a straight man can love another”, the emetic effect was widespread.  Trump is one of the few people left in Washington DC who likes having Musk around.

His Daughter Was America's First Measles Death in a Decade  —  A visit with a family in mourning  —  Peter greeted me in the mostly empty gravel parking lot of a Mennonite church on the outskirts of Seminole, a small city in West Texas surrounded by cotton and peanut fields.

USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks  —  States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.  —  The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food …

131. Five Questions About the Khalil Case  —  The government's arrest and detention of a pro-Palestinian Columbia student (and green card holder) raises difficult questions about both technical immigration statutes and the First Amendment.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) …

Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud  —  Elon Musk pushed debunked theories about Social Security on Monday while describing federal benefit programs as rife with fraud, suggesting they will be a primary target in his crusade to reduce government spending.

Washington Post Columnist Resigns After Paper Spiked Criticism of Jeff Bezos  —  Ruth Marcus, a longtime columnist at The Post, said its publisher refused to run her critique of the new focus for the paper's opinion section.  —  Ruth Marcus, a columnist and editor for The Washington Post's opinion section …

The Economic Excuse Industry is Booming  —  First, we got big promises.  Now we're getting lame excuses.  However, one thing has been consistent about Donald Trump's economic rhetoric: rank dishonesty.  —  Trump made a lot of extravagant economic promises during the campaign …

Luna uses rare maneuver to try to force vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced a rare motion Monday seeking to force a vote on proxy voting after she struggled to balance the responsibilities of being a lawmaker and a new parent in the last legislative cycle.

Ukraine Targets Moscow With Large-Scale Drone Attack  —  The mayor of the Russian capital called the attack the war's largest against the city.  It appeared to be a reminder of Ukraine's power to strike as its president proposes an air truce.  —  Russian officials said Ukraine attacked Moscow …

FAA Employees Return to Office to Discover Lead in Their Water  — Union has filed grievance, claiming lack of transparency  — Building shortfalls detected as workers are asked to come back … The labor union that represents employees working at the FAA's main base has been raising …

Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson's Gun Rights  —  Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.

A Tale of Two Bigots  —  Before we start: I'll be live on Substack with Noah Smith at 1:00 p.m. EDT to talk about tariffs, economic meltdown, and the future of Taiwan.  You'll get an email from me right before the show gets rolling.  —  1. Good Bigot  —  If you want to know what …

Republicans join bill to protect workers after DOGE firings  —  A new bill to address the mass firings of probationary federal workers by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is picking up bipartisan support.  First-term Republican Reps. Michael Baumgartner of Washington and Jeff Hurd …

Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown  —  Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.  —  As President Donald Trump has been trying …