US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building  —  President Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order aiming to shrink the federal government  —  Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute …

Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Across White House Complex  —  Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel's Office.  —  Starlink, the satellite internet service operated …

Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations  —  The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge pressed …

Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump's Cuts to Voice of America  —  Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free Asia, for highlighting human rights abuses in China.  —  Chinese state media is gloating about drastic budget cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia …

Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas  —  Israel resumed the war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against what it described as Hamas targets all across the enclave overnight.  —  The big picture: The strikes come exactly two months …

Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order  —  Articles about the renowned Native American Code Talkers have disappeared from some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled “DEI.”  —  Why it matters: From 1942 to 1945 …

Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support  —  An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposes changes to its phone service that could derail the benefits application process for many Americans.  —  Why it matters: The Trump administration has repeatedly …

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.'s Scientific Research Arm  —  More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm …

Trump Insists He Was Being “Sarcastic” About Major Campaign Promise  —  One month before the election, 70 percent of Americans felt that foreign affairs comprised either a “very important” or “extremely important” component of their vote.  But as it turns out, Donald Trump's repeat campaign promises …

Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost.  Economists Disagree.  —  President Trump and his advisers say his policies may cause short-term pain but will produce big gains over time.  Many economists are skeptical of those arguments.  —  Presidents usually do all they can to avoid recessions …

This is why Kamala Harris really lost  —  Democrats have spent months debating how and why they lost the 2024 election.  But the full picture of what happened on Election Day is only now coming into view.  —  The most authoritative election analyses draw on a variety of different data sources …

Trump to end Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden  —  When President Joe Biden took office, he extended protections to Trump's adult children for six months.  —  President Donald Trump said Monday that he is terminating Secret Service protection for his predecessor's two adult children: Hunter and Ashley Biden.

At Kennedy Center, Trump envisions remaking Honors, suggests he could host  —  Trump and his board suggested several artists for the awards, including Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth.  —  President Donald Trump visited the Kennedy Center on Monday …

Trump appoints Charlie Kirk, Walt Nauta, Michael Flynn to military boards  —  President Trump on Monday announced a slew of allies would be appointed to the Board of Visitors at the nation's military academies, including lawmakers and conservative media personalities.

EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas Sends Letters to 20 Law Firms Requesting Information About DEI-Related Employment Practices  —  WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity …

The Stages of Trumpist Economic Grief  —  Or, how Scott Bessent (sort of) became spiritual  —  While much of MAGA is motivated by hatred of an open society — by racism, misogyny and the desire to end all things woke — the swing voters who put Donald Trump over the top thought they were supporting …

STAT+: NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease  —  The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized …

Schumer is doing damage control.  It isn't working.  —  The Senate minority leader and his aides have been talking privately with liberal groups.  —  Chuck Schumer is in damage-control mode.  It isn't going great.  —  The Senate minority leader and his aides in recent days …

The US establishment is scared of its own shadow  —  Fear and muddled thinking are stopping Trump's opponents from acting in defence of a democracy in peril  —  “We will never, ever, in any way, shape or form be part of the United States,” says Mark Carney, Canada's new prime minister, about Donald Trump's designs on his country.

The alarmingly high stakes in an easy Supreme Court voting rights case  —  Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether Louisiana's congressional maps are an illegal racial gerrymander, should be one of the easiest cases the justices have heard in many years.  That's because less than two years ago …

The ugly history behind the obscure law Trump is using for mass deportations  —  President Donald Trump has invoked an 18th-century wartime law to carry out a large-scale deportation operation.  —  As he promised on the campaign trail, Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to send hundreds …

How Matt Gaetz poisoned the House Ethics Committee  —  The panel is still reeling from accusations of leaks and breaches of confidentiality in the previous Congress.  —  Scandal-ridden former Rep. Matt Gaetz is gone from Congress, but the wounds he inflicted on the House Ethics Committee that investigated him remain fresh.

Trump's mass deportation plans hit riskier phase with legal immigrants, court fights  —  The new strategy, especially involving immigrants with green cards or American spouses, poses political test.  —  President Donald Trump's immigration agenda has reached a turning point in recent days …