White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by Trump  —  Paul, Weiss's chair hung former partner out to dry after a series of attacks on US legal community by president  —  Inside the White House, advisers to Donald Trump reveled in their ability to bully Paul, Weiss …

Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES  —  I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information …

Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS  —  Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.  —  Just now  —  Senior tax officials are bracing for a sharp drop in revenue collected this spring …

Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge  —  Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration's judiciary clash intensifies  —  In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution …

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million  —  A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand.  It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump.  He did not forget it.  —  Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.

Trump says he didn't sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act  —  President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.

“A pivot moment”: Some travel agents are now urging their clients to avoid the United States  —  Tourists are cancelling their trips, spooked by recent incidents that suggest the U.S. is not a safe place to be  —  By midday Wednesday, Canadian travel agent Micheline Dion had received another …

U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport  —  The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process …

Trump's Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality  —  Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working.  But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.

Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown  —  Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.  —  Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants …

Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Mass. and mental health advocate, dies at 88  —  Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts who was an outspoken advocate for people with mental illness and addiction in the face of her own experiences with those diseases, has died.

How low is Trump's popularity floor?  —  It's been a busy week: I've been in the midst of moving apartments 1 and we have a lot of new subscribers because of the NCAA Tournament.  But don't worry, we haven't forgotten about politics, which is why you're getting a relatively unusual Saturday brunchtime politics newsletter.

Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY  —  Lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable.

Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda  —  New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies  —  One in five Americans plan to turn their backs for good on companies …

Bernie Sanders, AOC rally crowd of 30,000 in Denver's Civic Center  —  “We will not allow America to become an oligarchy,” Vermont senator says  —  In what he described as his largest rally ever, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, spoke to a crowd that filled Denver's Civic Center on Friday evening …

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its federal funding and close next month.

Centralizing Personnel Authority  —  Trump issued a new memo that gives the Office of Personnel Management more power to remove federal employees.  More specifically, it allows OPM to determine if probationary employees will be allowed to stay with their agencies at the end of their probationary hiring period.

How #TeslaTakedown is bringing the fight to Musk  —  “Part of the reason people are coming out is because they feel it's having a real impact on Elon's pocketbook.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🚙🪧🚙  —  While the Trump administration and DOGE recklessly dismantle the federal government …

An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while he's still in office  —  House Republicans say they're honoring the sitting president with their unprecedented bills.  Historians see something darker.  —  Benjamin Franklin might have made scientific breakthroughs …

Pentagon announces investigation into leaks that could include lie detector tests  —  The Pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information.  Defense Department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest such inquiry by the Trump administration.

George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76  —  He claimed a world title in his 20s and again in his 40s, and then made millions selling grills.  —  George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45 …