War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge  —  References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens …

How Trump's ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious  —  President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn't like their shared water agreements.  —  After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada on Tuesday …

Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk  —  The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power.  —  President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You're in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk.  —  According to two administration officials …

Trump's “Crypto Reserve” is a world historical grift  —  🚀 💰 📊 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.

Trump's Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook  —  Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.  —  President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders.

Trump Administration Forces Maine Parents To Visit Social Security Offices To Register Newborns  —  The Social Security Administration canceled contracts that allowed Maine parents to sign up newborns for Social Security numbers at the hospital.  —  For decades, new parents across …

Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  The dishonest and dangerous activity of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP ("Perkins Coie") has affected this country for decades.

Jeffries calls Ogles ‘complete and total fraud’ over move to remove Al Green from committees  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), accusing him of being a “complete and total fraud” over his vow to remove Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and others from committee assignments.

How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight  —  WITH NO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE TO ENFORCE our nation's basic laws, the most practical check on a tyrannical president is Congress's power of the purse.  And for the last couple of weeks, as the March 14 deadline for passing a government funding bill approaches …

Breakup of SpaceX's Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports  —  Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.

The One Question That Really Matters: If Trump Defies the Courts, Then What?  —  It is not hyperbole to say that the future of American constitutional democracy now rests on a single question: Will President Trump and his administration defy court orders?  —  Federal judges have issued …

U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in February.  —  It could be the calm before a storm, or it may be business as usual.  —  U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in February, the first full month under the new Trump administration, extending a streak of job growth to 50 months.

Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency  —  A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.  —  Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials …

DOGE Is Trying to Shutter Crucial Volcano Observatory Facilities  —  The Trump administration plans to terminate leases for buildings that are used to monitor active volcanoes close to population centers.  Reductions in force could make relocating these facilities even harder.  — Copy

Inside Trump and DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water  —  Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency repeatedly pressured the head of a United States water management agency to open a major California pump system in late January …

As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear  —  Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.  —  The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened significantly, and the country's ability …

Kamala Harris sets a deadline for her next move  —  “I am staying in this fight,” she's told allies in phone calls and at private gatherings.  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris is seriously considering a run for governor of California — and has given herself a deadline to decide.

Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear “pro-Hamas”  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio is launching an AI-fueled “Catch and Revoke” effort to cancel the visas of foreign nationals who appear to support Hamas or other designated terror groups, senior State Department officials tell Axios.

Second death reported in growing measles outbreak  —  The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.  —  just now  —  An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death …

Trump expands retribution campaign against law firms that aided his foes  —  Trump hit another major law firm that worked for his political rivals with an executive order seeking to limit its ability to work for the U.S. government.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday targeted another elite law firm …

First Thing: Russia launches wave of strikes across Ukraine  —  Strikes follow European leaders committing to a huge boost in defense spending.  Plus, another of Elon Musk's Starship rockets explodes within minutes of take-off  —  Good morning.  —  Russia has carried out a vast wave …

The Situation: A Ukrainian Hostage Situation  —  Toying with the lives of Ukrainians in the United States  —  Meet The Authors  —  Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With  —  The Situation on Monday compared Donald Trump and JD Vance to Neville Chamberlain and found them wanting.

IKEA beds?  Dressers?  Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup  —  Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.  —  As DOGE staffers dismantle the federal workforce, they're following Elon Musk's ethos of moving fast and breaking things.

The Miraculous Life of Shane DiGiovanna  —  SHANE DIGIOVANNA IS WORRIED.  Like so many other Americans, the 27-year-old relatively recent college graduate is concerned about what Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and RFK Jr. are doing to the government.  For him, it's not just a matter of effective government …

Why the Maga mindset is different  —  US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west  —  The recurring question in liberal circles during Donald Trump's first term as US president was whether to take him seriously or literally.