The real reason Trump is destroying the economy  —  The Trump administration's tariffs are, by every reasonable account, an economic catastrophe in the making.  So why are they happening?  —  One explanation is that this is simply democracy at work.  President Donald Trump campaigned …

National Security Agency and Cyber Command chief Gen. Timothy Haugh ousted  —  The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired and reassigned Thursday, according to U.S. officials.  —  just now  —  The director of the powerful wiretapping …

Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University  —  The administration has now targeted five schools' federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.  —  The Trump administration intends to block $510 million …

California, Connecticut and Washington lose federal grant funding for local libraries and museums  —  Sydney Carruth and Ryan J. Reilly  —  Several states were notified this morning the federal grant funding they rely on to operate local libraries and museums has been terminated.

Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid  —  He will oversee how physicians are paid through Medicare.  —  Dr. Mehmet Oz, the heart surgeon turned daytime television star, has a new job — overseeing the nation's largest health insurance programs.

Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants  —  A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration's unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled everything from childhood vaccination programs to opioid addiction treatment.

Eugene Robinson Leaves the Washington Post After Jeff Bezos' ‘Significant Shift’ to Opinion Section  —  “I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you.  I won't be a stranger,” the political columnist tells his colleagues after 45 years at WaPo

RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake  —  He didn't indicate when the reinstatements would happen.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs …

The American Age Is Over  —  1. Canada  —  Fittingly, it was the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, who declared the official time of death. … And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended.  —  Share  —  We cannot overstate what has just happened.

South Korean court removes president from office, says he violated duties  —  The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a decision expected to exacerbate political divisions.  —  Just now

Trump Officials Could Be Held in Contempt for Deportation Flights, Judge Says  —  Judge says administration ‘acted in bad faith’ in removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members under wartime law  —  WASHINGTON—A federal judge said he was considering whether to hold Trump administration officials …

A Response to a Member of Congress  —  Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat of California, accused me of serial sex offenses in a public hearing, then said my lack of response was “telling.”  It's listed below  —  1,746  —  Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democrat representing California's 37th district …

Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers  —  The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe …

Radio Free Europe says US switches off satellite transmitting Russia broadcast  —  PRAGUE - The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on April 3 that the US government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language programme into Russia.

Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition … - Max Kozlov  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  As the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to defund nearly every research project on transgender health …