Chief justice pushes back against calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump  —  Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement following President Donald Trump's call for a judge to be impeached for ruling against the administration.  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts issued …

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 …

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting.  Others should follow  —  The news business isn't just any business — it serves a vital role in our democracy, recognized by the First Amendment.  But media outlets can't serve that role if they're bankrupt.

Minnesota state Sen. Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor  —  Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn was arrested Monday in Bloomington for allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution.  —  According to Bloomington police records, Eichorn was arrested near the 8300 block …

MAGA Brocasters Grow Suspicious of the Jews  —  Bro podcast antisemitism  —  The bro-comedy podcasts that helped Trump win the election and set off much agonizing about the right's overwhelming podcast advantage have taken up a hot new topic: antisemitism and even, in one case, general Adolf Hitler apologia.

Trump to declare “illicit” fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction,” per draft EO  —  The Handbasket is subscriber-funded.  If you want to support independent media during these dark times for democracy, become a paid subscriber today!  —  Video  —  The heads of the US Departments of Commerce …

Firing federal employees was swift.  Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated  —  Federal agencies continue to unwind the firings of federal employees to comply with court orders, in a labor-intensive process affecting more than 24,000 people nationwide.

For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream  —  The men had just begun new lives in Dallas when officers arrived at their home and arrested them.  Their relatives deny that they have any connection to the Tren de Aragua gang.  —  Just now

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 …

DOJ refuses to respond to some questions from the judge who blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations  —  “The Government maintains that there is no justification to order the provision of additional information,” the Justice Department said in a court filing.  —  The Justice Department …

Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump's Immigration Dragnet.  More Will Be.  —  Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens.  Advocates warn that the Trump administration's immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.

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 …

Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs.  About a third of those took voluntary resignations  —  Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday.

‘Segregated facilities’ are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts  —  After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.

‘Airport Theory’ Will Make You Miss Your Flight  —  This delusional airport trend only appeals to those who have no concept of how time or space work.  Here's how to actually travel like a pro. … If airports weren't already a hellscape, TikTok has found a way to make them worse.

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 …

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 …

MAGA already looking to anoint Vance for 2028  —  Just eight months after President Trump picked JD Vance to be his vice president, Vance is already positioned to be MAGA's heir apparent for 2028.  — “I think it's inevitable at this point that Vance will be the [GOP] nominee in 2028,” …

HIV could infect 1,400 infants every day because of US aid disruptions  —  Around 1,400 infants are being infected by HIV every day as a result of the new US administration's cuts to funding to AIDS organizations, new modeling suggests.  —  In an executive order issued January 20 …

Social Security chief says he will ‘continue to make mistakes’ but vows to ‘learn from them’  —  Lee Dudek, the acting Social Security Administration commissioner, sent a memo to staff Tuesday outlining his vision for the agency moving forward.  —  Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner …

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 …

DOJ Asserts Trump Hypothetically Has Power To Purge All Female Agency Heads, Or Those Over 40  —  The Trump Department of Justice asserted in court Tuesday that, under their theories, the President's removal power is so all-encompassing that he could fire all female agency heads, as well as those over 40 years old.

U.S. Justice Department orders national-security lawyers to review JFK documents  —  The U.S. Justice Department is ordering some of its lawyers who handle sensitive national-security matters to urgently review records from the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy that are due …

Trump terminates program tracking mass abductions of Ukrainian children  —  Observers fear the move has compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials and will hinder efforts to rescue thousands of missing Ukrainian children.  —  The Trump administration has terminated …

Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks  —  Shares of Tesla have plunged nearly 50% since a peak in mid-December.  —  Stickers protesting Tesla CEO Elon Musk are shown on a Tesla Supercharger, on March 12, 2025, in San Anselmo, Calif.

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 …

Kinzinger dares Trump to charge him for Jan. 6 panel role: ‘Bring it’  —  Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Monday welcomed a legal battle with President Trump over the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — hours after Trump claimed to nullify …

There Is No Method to Trump's Madness.  He's Simply Insane.  —  “They say an old man is twice a child,” Rosencrantz remarks in Shakespeare's Hamlet, as he and the prince of Denmark observe Polonius.  It's a borrowed line, dating back to antiquity: Sophocles wrote, “For the aged man is once again a child.”

Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr's crosshairs; funding in question … Federal support for mRNA vaccine research appears in jeopardy after KFF Health News reported Sunday that officials at the National Institutes of Health have directed scientists to remove all references to the lifesaving technology from their grant applications.