Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs … Smartphones and computers will be exempted from President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  —  The guidance comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 125% tariffs …

Trump administration says wrongly deported man is alive in El Salvador prison  —  The U.S. government continued to refuse to provide any details about whether it has taken any steps to return him to the United States.  —  The Trump administration confirmed Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia …

Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead  —  A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency's deaths database were ignored.  —  Just now  —  Two days after the Social Security …

Whitmer Shows How Democrats Are Playing With Fire in Cozying Up to Trump  —  The Michigan governor's awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president.

‘Why are high fertility people always so weird?’:  A weekend with the pronatalists  —  CNN's Meena Duerson travels to Austin to join roughly 200 “pronatalists” for the second-ever Natal Conference, an event devoted to discussing the world's declining birth rates and potential solutions.

‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump's push for mass deportations.  —  Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.  —  Just now  —  As the Trump administration aggressively pushes to deport …

Trump Can't Recall the Details of His Favorite Cognitive Test  —  AN APPLE A DAY  —  Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “It's a pretty well known test.  Whatever it is.  I got every one right.”  —  President Donald Trump was unable to recall the details of the cognitive test …

Dozens of DHS staffers, including top FEMA officials, given lie detector tests over alleged leaks  —  The Department of Homeland Security has administered lie detector tests to about 50 staffers in recent weeks, including FEMA's acting administrator and roughly a dozen officials at the disaster relief agency …

Paris said au revoir to cars.  Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.  —  Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.  —  Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries …

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”  —  Uncovered: How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to Patients  — Shortchanged: Blue Cross Louisiana OK'd mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital's full bills.  For some claims, it paid nothing.

So You Want to Be a Dissident?  —  A practical guide to courage in Trump's age of fear.  —  Once upon a time—say, several weeks ago—Americans tended to think of dissidents as of another place, perhaps, and another time.  They were overseas heroes—names like Alexei Navalny and Jamal Khashoggi …

Musk's Latest Fraud Finding Isn't What It Seems  —  His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits.  But that fake data exists for a reason.  —  Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency announced this week that they had found something especially startling …

Trump Cuts Funds for Boston's Museum of African American History  —  When people ask me to take them to the most important historic site in Boston, I take them to the Museum of African American History (MAAH) on Beacon Hill.  The museum, located in Smith Court along Joy Street …

Far-right Republicans tease rebellion but fall in line when Trump asks  —  The House Freedom Caucus, which used to drive a hard bargain on spending, is facing an identity crisis and has capitulated when pressured by the president.  —  Just now  —  First, they threatened …

In Trump's Washington, MAGA fashionistas lay claim to American hotness  —  At a party thrown by a conservative lifestyle publication, an “objectively beautiful lifestyle” and an “objectively superior worldview” go hand in hand.  —  “We are the zeitgeist now.”

Donald Trump is now badly wounded.  Europe and the UK can seize an advantage  —  It's time to fashion a new global trade order without the US  —  The game-changing geopolitical event last week was the near collapse of the immense $29tn market in US government debt, threatening the stability …

Bill Maher Praises ‘Gracious,’ ‘Measured’ Trump After Wild White House Meeting: 'You Can Hate Me For It, But I'm Not a Liar'  —  Bill Maher praised President Donald Trump as “gracious” and “measured” during their recent White House meeting while providing a “book report” from the night's events to his audience.

USDA's $1B bird flu plan uses money intended for schools, food banks  —  The move tees up a major political fight over the Trump administration's priorities — and the small pot of money USDA has to spread around.  —  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' $1 billion plan for fighting bird flu …

Harvard University professors sue Trump administration to block review of nearly $9 billion in federal funds  —  The Harvard faculty chapter of the American Association of University Professors, along with the national organization, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration …

Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funds to Maine  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funding that was allocated to Maine from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — funds that had been withheld following President Trump's clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the issue of transgender athletes.

Wisconsin teen allegedly killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says  —  Nikita Casap, 17, is accused of killing his mother and stepfather.  —  Nikita Casap is shown in court in the screen grab from a video.  —  WISN  —  A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to …