Chuck Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader  —  The Senate minority leader responded to criticism from within his party about his handling of a GOP government funding bill and accused Trump of triggering a constitutional crisis.  —  WASHINGTON — A defiant Senate …

SpaceX Positioned to Secure Billions in New Federal Contracts Under Trump  —  Elon Musk's role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies.  Supporters say he has the best technology.  —  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket preparing …

Trump Won't Win a War Against the Courts  —  President Trump has wasted no time in his second term in declaring war on the nation's federal judiciary, the country's legal profession and the rule of law.  He has provoked a constitutional crisis with his stunning frontal assault on the third branch …

Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43  —  The cause of her death is still under investigation  —  Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said.

Tax Cheats Could Prosper Under Trump, IRS Experts Say  —  The Internal Revenue Service could lose 10 percent of its revenue — $500 billion — because taxpayers and businesses think the Trump administration won't go after them for not paying taxes … According to internal projections …

'This is not your grandmother's Easter Egg Roll': White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event  —  The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year's Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns …

Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94  —  Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years …

Deportations Haven't Surged Under Trump.  But Here's How They've Changed.  —  In the first two months of President Trump's immigration crackdown, the administration has taken new and unusual measures to conduct deportations.  It has enlisted military planes, pressured other countries …

Immigration crackdown now hitting green card holders  —  HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Green card holders are officially Lawful Permanent Residents of the United States, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  But being a resident of the United States is very different from being a citizen.

Sen. Ruben Gallego: Trump set political ‘trap’ for Dems on deportation issue  —  U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego said President Donald Trump has set a political “trap” for Democrats with his controversial deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador.  In an interview with the Arizona Daily Star …

March 22, 2025  —  Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend's rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump last night told reporters that he didn't sign the proclamation that set that legal process in motion.

More US states report measles cases amid vaccine misinformation  —  Ohio, Maryland and Alabama among states to report new cases, with 378 confirmed in first few months of 2025  —  More US states are reporting measles cases as the Texas outbreak expands, surpassing last year's total, amid vaccine misinformation and hesitancy.

Homan says Trump administration won't defy judge's order on deportation flights  —  But Trump's “border czar” says he doesn't care what judges think.  —  Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, appears in ABC News' “This Week” on Mar. 23, 2025.  —  Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's …

Trump allies press the White House to dial back Elon Musk's media interviews over his Social Security jabs  —  Republicans are voicing concerns about Musk's downsizing efforts, which include closing some Social Security offices and curtailing telephone services.

John Roberts has created a monster — and he knows it  —  Five or six years ago, I was in federal court on an evidence motion.  I don't remember the issue, the claim, or whether I was for or against the motion.  What I do remember like it happened today is the exchange I had with the judge.

Columbia University's Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed  —  Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.  —  Many professors saw it as surrender, a reward to the Trump administration's heavy hand.