Hegseth's Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities  —  The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat …

Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME  —  President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on April 22.  —  Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed a wide range of issues, including his trade war and the economy …

Elon Musk and DOGE's Savings May Be Erased by New Costs  —  An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk's cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.  —  President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings …

A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought  —  Five days before his 100th day in office - and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine - President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker …

Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats' Cash Engine  —  The president ordered an inquiry into ActBlue, the main Democratic fund-raising platform, in his latest move using the government to target political opponents.  —  President Trump on Thursday directed …

Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer  —  President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.

Trump's immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll …

How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions  —  Nearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after its promoters said top buyers could join the president for dinner.  —  Buyers have poured tens of millions …

Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem  —  The day after Donald Trump's election last year, three Georgetown Law students started a political movement to brace for impact.  —  The students texted each other, started organizing, and eventually discovered …

The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools.  Now They're Closing.  —  Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color.  Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.

George Santos faces sentencing today on Long Island.  Here's how long he faces behind bars.  —  Former U.S. Rep. George Santos faces sentencing Friday on Long Island.  He pleaded guilty last August to federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, admitting he exaggerated or fabricated large parts of his backstory.

White House ousts trade official over alleged ties to ‘Anonymous’ author  —  George Bogden, a senior aide at Customs and Border Protection, was pushed aside after officials circulated a photo of him at Miles Taylor's wedding.  —  The White House ousted a top customs official earlier …

Pull the Plug on the White House Correspondents Dinner  —  I'm sorry Washington.  But it's time to pull the plug on “Nerd Prom.”  At least for now.  —  The White House Correspondents Dinner, in its current form, sends exactly the wrong message at a critical time for the free press in the United States.

We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention.  What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All.  —  A young woman walked casually down a public street only to find herself suddenly surrounded by masked law enforcement officers in plain clothes.  Without explanation — and in the absence of criminal charges …

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry  —  The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.

The Coming Economic Nightmare … i remember the little stickers on restaurant menus.  —  In the 1970s, it cost much more to print a menu than it does today.  Restaurants did not change them often.  When prices rose, they'd retain their old menu—but affix little stickers with the new, handwritten prices atop the previous ones.

Chart of the week: Young people are anti-Trump again  —  If it's Friday, it's time for the Chart of the Week!  I was going to write about Trump's sinking approval ratings on economics and immigration, and about the stock market, but I already wrote about that this week so I decided to do something new instead.

The Trump Victim I Can't Stop Thinking About  —  I understand why Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become the face of Donald Trump's monstrous policy of sending migrants to a gulag in El Salvador.  In a court filing, the administration's own lawyers initially admitted that his deportation was an …

Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy  —  Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group's efforts inside Ukraine  —  Alleged former members of an international neo-Nazi terrorist organization are claiming …

Why 72% of American Jews disapprove of Trump  —  American Jews continue to reject Donald Trump overwhelmingly.  —  A new poll from the Mellman Group finds: … The disapproval extends, but not as overwhelmingly, to how Trump is “handling antisemitism.” … Think about it.

Trump Says He Would Sign Bill Banning Congressional Stock Trades  —  President Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” sign a bill banning congressional stock trading, saying he was concerned lawmakers could be using insider information for an advantage.  —  “I would be okay with it,” …

U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing  —  The Trump administration replaced lawyers who had exposed flaws in its legal battle over New York City's congestion pricing program.  —  The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday said it took the extraordinary step …

Behold, the Social Security Administration's AI Training Video  —  Social Security workers are being asked to use an AI chatbot.  An animated instructional video fails to mention that you can't trust it with personally identifiable information.  —  Amidst the chaos and upheaval …

Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor  —  Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job.  Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.  —  Participants hold signs during a news conference with Federal Workers …

Trump Sees Trade Deals Getting Done in Three to Four Weeks  —  President Donald Trump said he expected to wrap up trade deals with US partners looking for lower tariffs soon.  —  “I would say, over the next three to four weeks, and we're finished, by the way,” Trump said of the deals …

April 24, 2025  —  “Vladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.  Yesterday Trump berated Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky for rejecting a peace deal that heavily favored Russia; hours later, Russia launched its deadliest assault on Kyiv since last July …