Senator Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Democrat, Won't Run Again in 2026  —  Ms. Shaheen's retirement will set off a high-stakes fight for an open seat in a state where she has been a leading political figure for decades.  —  Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will not run for re-election in 2026 …

How Do You Like the Trade War Now?  —  Trump is furious that Canada won't take his tariffs lying down.  —  President Trump wanted a trade war with the world, and Americans are getting it, good and hard.  Stock prices continued to decline on Tuesday amid the latest Canada-U.S. tariff tit-for-tat.

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security's Thoughts on DOGE and Trump  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Since the arrival of a team …

Why I Left the Washington Post  —  Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years.  After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided to quit.  —  I walked into the Washington Post building …

New CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump's handling of economy  —  Americans are not impressed with President Donald Trump's stewardship of the economy, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, putting him underwater on the nation's top issue even as he sees ratings among the best …

Texas measles outbreak grows, while New York and California report new cases  —  Counties in California, New York and Maryland detected their first measles cases of the year.  The CDC has warned travelers to be vigilant as spring break begins.  —  Los Angeles County in California …

Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system  —  A basic democratic norm is that laws are implemented as they are written.  Another norm is that the implementation of the law be even-handed, applied equally to all groups.  The idea that some groups would become less eligible for public support …

‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading  —  Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items  —  The renowned German classical violinist Christian Tetzlaff was blunt in explaining …

Trump's Economic Messaging Is Spooking Some of His Own Advisers  —  The president's team has received a flood of calls from business executives concerned about the mixed messaging on tariffs  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's stop-and-start trade policy and uneven economic messaging have rattled …

Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office  —  As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency's chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office …

University of Maine System's USDA funding ‘temporarily’ paused  —  ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) learned Monday that its funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been temporarily paused.  —  An email forwarded to the University of Maine that appears …

Rahm Emanuel Is Gearing Up to Run for President  —  The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center.  —  Rahm Wants to Run.  —  Yes, that Rahm.  And, yes, for that office — the presidency.  —  “I've only been back two months …

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose  —  Especially when you're running a country  —  A note to subscribers: I've taken my weekend primer on Social Security out from behind the paywall, partly in response to popular demand but also because it's relevant to today's post.  —  This will, I hope, be a fairly short post.

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts  —  Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts  —  The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University …

How to Lose a Green Card  —  Green card holders like Columbia University's Mahmoud Khalil are entitled to due process before having their permanent residency taken away.  —  @mboaz.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … At 11:30 a.m. this morning, Judge Jesse Furman of the U.S. District …

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring  —  A contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and many other U.S. government agencies has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull a target individual's publicly available data from a wide array of sites …

Turns out DOGE can't beat FOIA by shouting NOT AN AGENCY  —  🚘 💨 🛣️ 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.

The right's new embrace of an old idea about race  —  Earlier this week, we learned that a senior State Department official called Secretary of State Marco Rubio stupid.  The insult was delivered using peculiar phrasing — “low IQ” — that's actually quite telling about the nature and ideas of the American right today.

Trump, Perkins Coie and John Adams  —  The President breaks a bedrock legal principle by targeting the law firm for representing clients he doesn't like.  —  Tap For Sound  —  As he campaigned for a second term, Donald Trump often said his retribution against opponents would be “success.”

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit  —  A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.  —  It aims to ease traffic to the city …