Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect  —  Treasury secretary helped persuade president to take time to negotiate with trading partners in face of pressure from business leaders  —  President Trump finally blinked.  —  It took a week for the plunge in the stock …

House Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions  —  Two weeks after Donald Trump issued a sweeping anti-voting executive order, the House of Representatives is set to pass a measure, the SAVE Act, that is described by voting rights advocates …

Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies  —  The president targeted two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm as part of his campaign for retribution.  —  President Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders punishing two officials …

The Pool Filter  —  Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.  —  At approximately six-thirty on Tuesday evening, Joseph Morton …

Addressing Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES  —  The Federal Government has a constitutional duty and a moral responsibility to respect and promote the free speech rights of Americans.

American Is Arrested in Thailand on Charges of Criticizing Royalty  —  The U.S. State Department said it was alarmed at the arrest of Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations, under Thailand's strict lèse-majesté laws.  —  The arrest of an American academic …

Feds move to drop criminal case against man they previously called a major gang leader  —  Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and President Donald Trump celebrated his arrest.  —  Federal prosecutors have abruptly abandoned the criminal case against a Virginia man portrayed by the Justice Department …

Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window  —  The arrest was captured on camera by her daughter  —  This Monday started off like any other day for Karen Cruz Berrios.  —  The 18-year-old and her mother — Elsy Noemi Berrios, 52 …

H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump  —  Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News.  It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president.

Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas.  Then she voted in Hawaii  —  As Tulsi Gabbard completed her transformation from a Hawaii Democratic politician to a MAGA surrogate last year, she put down stakes in a far redder state.  Gabbard and her husband bought a home outside of Austin …

NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University  —  Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment  —  After April Fools' Day purge, U.S. health agencies spiral into chaos  —  Sifter  —  Gene editing fixes DNA—and treats incurable lung and liver disease

Trump administration ends union dues collection for most feds without notice  —  The Trump administration has apparently ceased collecting federal workers' union dues via voluntary payroll deduction at agencies targeted by a recent executive order seeking to strip employees …

Russia Frees U.S.-Russian Dual National Ksenia Karelina in Prisoner Swap With United States  —  Russia released U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina in a prisoner exchange with the United States early Thursday in Abu Dhabi, U.S. officials confirmed.  —  “American Ksenia Karelina …

Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name  —  It's the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.

Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom.