Trump's Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing  —  The president offers many reasons for imposing tariffs, including revenue, leverage over competitors and job creation.  But history suggests a more complex history.  —  President Trump's simultaneous trade wars …

Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats won't provide votes to pass GOP funding bill as shutdown draws near  —  After meeting with his conference, the Senate minority leader said “Republicans do not have the votes” to advance the House-approved measure, which requires 60 to pass.

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes  —  Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation's largest megachurches — has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.

Scoop: White House to pull CDC director nomination  —  The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Dave Weldon to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), per a source close to Senate health committee and another source familiar.

Pete Buttigieg, a Possible 2028 Contender, Won't Run for Senate in Michigan  —  The former transportation secretary, who moved to Michigan from Indiana in 2022, had been seen as the most prominent potential candidate in next year's marquee contest.  —  Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary …

Trump's FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups  —  The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.  —  Citibank revealed in a court filing Wednesday that it was told …

Russia says it does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine  —  Putin's foreign policy adviser says Moscow wants long-term settlement taking its interests into account  —  Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and is pushing for a long-term peace settlement that will take into account …

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents  —  The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.  —  A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find …

Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts  —  Tim Walz is headed back out on the road - this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country.

ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities  —  A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.  —  The Trump administration has abruptly cleared out a second group …

DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find  —  Elon Musk's group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency.  But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency …

NH's new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates  —  It took three trips, but Brooke Yonge was finally able to cast her ballot.  —  On her first trip to the Derry polls Tuesday morning, Yonge didn't bring proof of her U.S. citizenship …

E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose  —  Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency's mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.  —  In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday the Trump administration …

Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions  —  The demands for information are designed to clarify the “parameters of DOGE's and Musk's authority.”  —  A federal judge has ordered that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency turn …

Fox's Laura Ingraham Advises Viewers to ‘Ignore’ Tumbling Stock Market Because Trump ‘Is Good for Business’  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham advised her viewers to “ignore” the tumbling stock market and “sky is falling reports in the regime press,” Wednesday, because President Donald Trump is “good for business.”

‘I just call Elon.’ To avoid DOGE cuts, lawmakers just need the right connections and an ‘R’ after their names  —  WASHINGTON — At Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, there is no official help line for members of Congress to call with questions about how the billionaire's far-reaching effort …

Trump Officials Are ‘Pretending’ a Judge Didn't Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders  —  A judge blocked the administration from forcing organizations to accept anti-diversity contract terms.  Trump officials haven't let them know … Trump's Justice Department decided the fairly broad injunction only covered certain agencies.

At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump  —  There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school's president.  Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.  —  Days after immigration officers arrested a prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist …

Is the US headed for a recession?  —  Donald Trump has a gift for inheriting valuable things.  And the economy of January 2025 was no exception.  —  When the president took office, stock values were hitting record highs, unemployment was hovering near historic lows, and consumer confidence was stable.

Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR … Federal workers obviously don't like government shutdowns.  Most of them are furloughed.  Others are forced to continue working without pay.  But in a letter addressed to members of the Senate, which I obtained …

Who's in Elon's ear — and DMs  —  Musk's most trusted advisers remain a tight-knit group of executives who have followed him from his companies but lack political experience.  —  Unlike traditional Washington power players, Elon Musk doesn't have a deep bench of policy wonks …

Experts give Kennedy low marks as measles outbreak tests him  —  A worsening measles outbreak in West Texas has spread to two other states, providing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his first real test of responding to a major public health incident.

Federal Workers Return to the Office.  Custodial Staff Doesn't.  —  There are reports of clogged sinks, overflowing trash cans, and a lack of toilet paper.  —  With the Capitol shut down to tourists, a workman performs a routine cleaning of surfaces in the Capitol Visitor Center, March 13, 2020, in Washington.

In reversal, NPR permits anchor to attend Pride event  —  The Scoop  —  National Public Radio dissuaded one of its most visible gay employees from attending a corporate LGBTQ Pride event, as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans put pressure on the public broadcaster.

Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three  —  The Highway Patrol's investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.

Former US Ambassador to Japan Michael Armacost dies at 87  —  Former US Ambassador to Japan Michael Armacost has died at the age of 87.  He was known as “Mr. Gaiatsu,” or “Mr. Foreign Pressure,” for pushing Japan to dispatch its Self-Defense Forces during the 1991 Gulf War.