Trump's Case Against Man Deported in “Error” Just Took Another Big Hit  —  As Trump administration officials seek to defend their refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after deporting him in “error,” one of the government's chief justifications has been that he was a member of the MS-13 gang.

IRS to Lose 20% of Workforce to New Trump Resignation Offer  —  About 20,000 IRS workers—roughly one-fifth of the agency—are taking the Trump administration's second deferred resignation offer, according to a person familiar with the matter.  —  That uptake effectively reverses the staff hikes …

Exclusive: Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe  —  One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data  —  In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.

Pentagon's ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse  —  Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE.  “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.  —  Under pressure from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, nearly all the staff …

‘Alien Enemies’ or Innocent Men?  Inside Trump's Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants  —  The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang.  But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backgrounds or links to the gang.

State Terror  —  Yesterday the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man who was mistakenly sent to a gulag in another country, celebrated the suffering of this innocent person, and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.  —  This is the beginning …

US Economy to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away … The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk elevated.

Columbia Vows to Reject Any Trump Deal That Erodes Its Independence  —  A message from the university's acting president said that talks with the Trump administration were continuing as the White House is seeking to place the school under judicial oversight.

Republicans Are Trying to Steal an Election  —  Republicans are trying to steal an election in North Carolina.  They have been laying the groundwork for five months, and unless the federal courts intervene, they just might succeed.  If they do, it could usher in a new era of election subversion in future contests across the country.

Trump's immigration agenda is not popular  —  To start this post, I am going to ask you a key question about immigration policy.  But first, I need to establish a few facts based on recent news:  —  On Monday, April 14, 2025, Donald Trump met with the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, in the Oval Office.

The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long  —  For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”  —  As President Trump has stated …

Autism rate increased, CDC says in report that contradicts RFK Jr. on cause  —  In a sample of communities, the biennial autism surveillance report found that 1 in 31 8-year-olds had the condition.  The CDC attributed the increase to better screening.  —  One in 31 8-year-olds had autism …

Senator Chuck Grassley grilled at Iowa town hall over ‘shameful’ Trump policies  —  The Republican, 91, was confronted by attendees angered over mass deportations and executive overreach  —  The Republican senator Chuck Grassley struggled to control a town hall meeting on Tuesday …

MITRE-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding Wednesday  —  The U.S. government funding needed for non-profit research giant MITRE to develop, operate and maintain its flagship Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program will expire Wednesday, the company confirmed to Nextgov/FCW.

‘Treated like a criminal’: US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada  —  Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont  —  A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home …

CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.  —  Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.

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4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War  —  The notorious imageboard 4chan is down following what appears to be a major hack of its backend.  The hackers claim to have exposed code for the site, the emails of moderators, and a list of mod communications.

Mayra Flores hospitalized hours after launching comeback House bid  —  Former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores was hospitalized hours after she announced a run for embattled Rep. Henry Cuellar's (D-TX) House seat in Texas, her campaign said in a Tuesday statement.

Here's What Happened to Those SignalGate Messages  —  A lawsuit over the Trump administration's infamous Houthi Signal group chat has revealed what steps departments took to preserve the messages—and how little they actually saved.  —  Attorneys suing the United States government over its use …

‘Home Alone 2’ director says Donald Trump cameo has ‘become this curse’  —  San Francisco filmmaker Chris Columbus said Donald Trump's cameo in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” more than 30 years ago has been “an albatross for me” and “wishes it was gone.”  —  “I can't cut it,” …