Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting University Accreditors  —  Move is latest in effort to remake higher education after the president and other Republicans have long criticized the accreditation process  —  President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday to shake …

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy  —  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.  A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law.

Laura Ingraham's Angry Rants at Dem on Fox Reveal MAGA's Dark Endgame  —  Democrats have long intensely debated whether to appear on Fox News.  Going on Fox risks providing a sheen of legitimacy to a propaganda outlet.  But not going on risks leaving Republican news consumers …

U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish  —  A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.  —  The personal cellphones of dozens of current and former Barnard College employees pinged Monday evening …

President Trump to Host Dinner With Holders of His Memecoin  —  President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday.  —  At the “intimate private dinner” on May 22 at Trump National Golf Club near Washington …

Trump's Job Rating Drops, Key Policies Draw Majority Disapproval as He Nears 100 Days  —  Majorities in both parties say Trump administration must stop an action if a federal court rules it is illegal  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Majorities in both parties …

Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer  —  The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.

Trump's Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia  —  Donald Trump said on the campaign trail that he would make peace between Ukraine and Russia in a day.  Three months later, he's behind schedule, and his plan now is to end the fighting quickly by selling out Ukraine and its people to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up  —  The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children, after the government posted their home address to social media.

Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match  —  Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated shouting match in earshot of President Trump and other officials in the White House last week during a dispute about the IRS, two witnesses and three sources briefed on the matter tell Axios.

Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations  —  The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to deport immigrants to Rwanda who can't be sent back to their country of origin due to fears of prosecution.  —  The Handbasket newsletter reported Tuesday that a State Department cable sent …

U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false  —  On April 8, Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was wrongfully incarcerated by immigration authorities in Arizona, who claimed he was an undocumented immigrant.  He was held for 10 days …

White House Considers Slashing China Tariffs to De-Escalate Trade War  —  Levies could be cut by more than half in some cases although Trump hasn't yet made a final decision  —  The Trump administration is considering slashing its steep tariffs on Chinese imports—in some cases by more than half …

Jan Schakowsky planning May 5 retirement announcement  —  The veteran House Democrat is facing a longshot primary challenge.  —  Rep. Jan Schakowsky is planning to announce next month she won't seek reelection after 14 terms in the House and has started informing allies of her retirement decision …

STAT+: New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias  —  Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias.  Now, one of the world's leading medical journals, has received a similar inquiry as well.

Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin decides 'it's time,' won't seek reelection  —  The 80-year-old Democrat told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in Congress.  —  Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek a sixth term next year …

Americans souring on Trump's economic strategy, polls say  —  A majority of Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of the economy, particularly his trade policies, per two new polls out Wednesday.  —  Why it matters: Over 10 years in and around public office …

Let's talk about a civic uprising  —  Mainstream media coverage of the widespread anti-Trump protests on April 19 was much more extensive than it was after the April 5 protests — despite smaller crowds.  —  Watch MSBNC's Rachel Maddow wrap up the coverage and the protests on her show Monday night - it's must-see TV.

Majorities disapprove of some key Trump administration actions  —  Post Infographics  — More disapprove than approve of the administration's government cuts, but views largely split along partisan lines  — Among Republicans, support for ending DEI policies in federal government varies across demographic groups

A dozen states sue to stop Trump's tariffs  —  Democratic attorneys general from 12 states filed a joint lawsuit arguing that the president doesn't have the constitutional authority to execute his sweeping tariff agenda.  —  Twelve states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the legality …

NIH autism study will pull from private medical records  —  The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.

The courage to be decent  —  One of the more pernicious effects of authoritarianism is to make the everyday participation in civic life we take for granted feel subversive.  The goal isn't to police all behavior at all times.  It's to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.

Democratic Governor Moves To Boycott El Salvador For Aiding Trump  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Prtizker is ordering the state's pension funds and procurement agencies to review any investments in the Latin American country.  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is asking his state's pension funds …

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.  —  Note: Five-day moving average.  Views are only shown up to 400,000.  Source: X  —  When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022, he promised to create a free speech haven and named himself a “free speech absolutist.”

Investors got hosed when Trump's tariffs tanked markets.  Some of America's billionaires managed to sell before the plunge  —  New York CNN —  Many of America's wealthiest business leaders have lost millions, if not billions, of dollars in net worth since the start of the year, as President Donald Trump's policies hit markets.

White House partners with conservative college for Independence Day videos  —  The partnership comes amid an intensifying battle between the Trump administration and Harvard University.  —  The White House is partnering with a prominent conservative Christian college in Michigan …