Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence  —  The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.  —  CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of …

Info Pete Hegseth shared with wife, brother came from top general's secure messages  —  Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Minutes …

3 Adams Case Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Express Regret to Justice Dept.  —  They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.  “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.

Under Hegseth, Chaos Prevails at the Pentagon  —  The defense secretary's inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon in January with almost no government experience …

George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump  —  GMU student Nicholas Decker's Substack essay “When Must We Kill Them?” earned him a visit from the Secret Service  —  In 1787, Thomas Jefferson declared that “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

Venezuelan Immigrant Deported by Trump Administration Has Disappeared  —  The immigrant does not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends have no idea of his whereabouts.  He has essentially disappeared.  —  In late January, Ricardo Prada Vásquez …

Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department  —  The Trump administration's proposed shake-up targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan Tuesday to significantly reorganize the State Department …

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts  —  The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans  —  The National Institutes of Health is amassing private medical records from a number of federal and commercial databases to give to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday.

Al Gore draws parallels between Trump 2.0 and early Nazi Germany in speech  —  Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turn  —  Al Gore said there were “important lessons” to be learned from similarities between the early rise …

Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal  —  Few think administration's negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain  —  Created with Highcharts 9.0.1Performance since April 2 'Liberation Day'Sources: Dow Jones Market Data …

Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long Beach, sees steep drop … The pullback in trade between the U.S. and China as a result of President Trump's steep tariffs on Chinese goods and fears of a recession are starting to show up in major ports data …

Stop!  In the Name of Trump!  —  Yesterday Bloomberg posted an article titled “Markets Are Discovering the Real Trump Trade Is ‘Sell America’.”  That's about right.  Look at the value of the dollar on international markets, shown at the top of this post.  For a while after the election investors loved Trump, not wisely but too well.

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them  —  Without scientist Kseniia Petrova's expertise, no one can fully unlock the data's potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

White House is ‘close’ on Japan, India tariff agreements — but expect them to be light on specifics  —  One person close to the White House said that it “may take months to hammer out the final deals.”  —  The White House is closing in on general agreements with Japan and India …

The Fire Jerome Powell Market Rout  —  Investors render a verdict on tariffs and politicizing the Fed.  —  Click for Sound  —  If the White House wanted a test of how firing Jerome Powell would go over in the markets, it succeeded on Monday.  U.S. stocks and the dollar plunged while yields …

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism  —  WASHINGTON — A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism.

The Force That Holds Trump's Coalition Together  —  Traditional Republican elites tolerate the authoritarianism because they want the tax cuts.  —  When I was 5 or 6 years old, I pulled an extremely mean trick on my little brother.  I told him that if he cleaned my room, I “might give him a dollar.”

From Fake Eyelashes to Care Bears, U.S.-Bound Goods Are Stuck in Tariff Limbo  —  Some companies are torn: Do they revamp supply chains or wait for the trade war to ebb?  —  Just after the Trump administration raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 145% this month, a truck full of fake eyelashes came …

Authorities won't charge man caught on video vandalizing Teslas in Minneapolis  —  Police chief responds with frustration that the state white collar employee is being spared prosecution after causing more than $21,000 in damages. … A man was caught on video vandalizing a Tesla in Minneapolis last month.

Former Tesla Engineer Says Elon Musk Threatened to Deport Her Team for Pointing Out a Problem With the Brakes  —  A Tesla engineer has accused Tesla of threatening her team with deportation after bringing up a brake safety issue with CEO Elon Musk in 2014.  —  Balan was fired after informing Musk …

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom … Look around, take stock of where you are, and know this: Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you'll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America.  If this sounds dramatic to you, it should.

Supreme Court weighs parents' objections to LGBTQ content in elementary schools  —  Some parents in Montgomery County, Md., schools say they have a religious right to ensure their children aren't exposed to LGBTQ books in the classroom.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday considers …

Keir Starmer no longer believes trans women are women, says Number 10  —  Updated Tuesday 22 April, 14:36.  Asked by BBC News if Keir Starmer he still believes that transgender women are women, the prime minister's official spokesman said: “No, the Supreme Court judgment has made clear …

The Market Is Discovering Trump May Be Crazy  —  Oh, look, the president is attacking the Supreme Court again:  —  Isn't it great to live in a world where we just note that in passing before getting on to the rest of the lunatic news?  Happy Tuesday.  —  More Like ‘Ow Jones,’ Am I Right?

Bessent Expects Tariff Standoff With China to De-Escalate  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with China cannot be sustained by both sides and that the world's two largest economies will have to find ways to de-escalate.

Gov. Ferguson signs bill restricting out-of-state military forces in Washington  —  OLYMPIA, Wash. (KATU) — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering the state without explicit permission.  —  House Bill 1321 …

Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools  —  A policy under consideration by the White House and seen by The Post instructs federal agencies on how to incorporate artificial intelligence into classrooms.  —  The Trump administration is considering issuing …

26, including 2 foreigners, feared dead in Pahalgam terror attack: Sources  —  Pahalgam terror attack: Terrorists opened fire on a group of tourists at the Baisaran mountain top in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.  Twenty-six people are feared to have been killed in one of the worst terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.

GOP Rep. Byron Donalds faces shouting, critical questions over DOGE at contentious town hall  —  GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida faced frequent shouting from the crowd at a contentious town hall on Monday with a number of attendees asking critical questions about the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.

US Birthrate Falls Through the Floor  —  I have written a lot of articles about the anti-natalism of the Left.  —  You see it everywhere, and the movement started sometime back in the 1960s, with Paul Ehrlich, The Club of Rome's zeal about “overpopulation,” forced abortions and sterilization …

State to slash 15% of domestic staff, eliminate 132 offices  —  Layoffs expected by July 1, though embassy and overseas closures are not yet part of the plan  —  The State Department will eliminate 15% of its domestic staff as part of a reorganization of the entire agency, which will usher in the closure of 132 offices.

The Art of the F*ckup  —  1. A pileup of screwups  —  Last week's revelation that the Trump administration's high-stakes standoff with Harvard University had been sparked by a demand letter sent erroneously is notable for two reasons.  The most obvious is that the resulting imbroglio …