Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’  —  The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father's efforts to keep her in the United States.  —  A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported …

How Trump Plays Into Putin's Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions  —  Many of President Trump's actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.  —  If President Vladimir V. Putin …

Playbook: Trump and Zelenskyy's Vatican diplomacy  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Happy Saturday.  It's Adam Wren in the air to Washington.  Get in touch.  —  WHCD TEASER: The White House Correspondents' Dinner festivities unfolded at a fever pitch across Washington ahead of tonight's main event.

Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their 'people's pope'  —  The pope's unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of “simplicity and essential things.”  —  VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell …

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide  —  Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.  —  Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday.

Four Perspectives on Trump's Weak Poll Numbers  —  It's not easy to burn this much good will so fast, and it doesn't usually get any easier from here.  —  We have the first New York Times/Siena College poll since the election, and almost everyone will probably agree on this much: The findings are not good for President Trump.

Trump Pardons Executive Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden's Diary  —  The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.  —  President Trump on Wednesday pardoned …

Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts  —  Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support - the opposite of what the site was set up for.  —  WASHINGTON - A few years ago …

Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows  —  Provoking your enemies, alienating your friends and actively sabotaging your own defenses is no one's idea of a sound national security plan.  And yet, this is the playbook that President Trump has apparently followed over the first 100 days of his second term.

The Arrest Of A Milwaukee Judge: A Troubling Assault On The Judiciary  —  The recent arrest of a Milwaukee state court judge has raised serious legal and constitutional concerns.  In this commentary, I break down the core allegations, explain why the criminal case appears tenuous both factually and legally …

MAGA maximalism: Trump's base loves Wisconsin judge arrest  —  The FBI's arrest of a Wisconsin judge shocked the establishment.  But it's exactly the kind of escalation the MAGA base has been agitating for.  — “This is not the time for summer soldiers or sunshine patriots,” …

Scoop: DOJ rescinds policy against subpoenaing journalists  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi said in an internal memo obtained by Axios that the Justice Department is rescinding her predecessor Merrick Garland's policy restricting most subpoenas for journalists.

Medical journals complain of ‘harassment’ from Justice Department  —  Multiple scientific publications have received letters from the Trump administration questioning their editorial practices and standards.  —  At least three medical journals have received letters from the U.S. Department …

US to miss out on billions as Trump's policies deter overseas tourists  —  Number of visitors sinks 11.6% in March as deportations and tariffs make US a less appealing destination  —  Every summer, Cheryl travels to Iowa, from her home in St Kitts.  She rents a three-bedroom house for her and her US-based adult children.

Inherent Vice: Can America Come Back From Who We've Become?  —  At the richest moment in world history, in an unparalleled time of comforts and luxuries, we have elected self-harm and self-pity. … This extended quotation comes from the Greek historian Appian's account of the Punic Wars …

Trump's Vicious Sewing Circle  —  I was already feeling queasy about the Trump administration when I saw that the Agriculture Department was withdrawing a Biden-era proposal meant to reduce salmonella in poultry.  —  So besides making us jittery — and “yippy” — the Trump gang is trying to make us actually sick.

Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk's X ahead of election  —  FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney  —  As Canadians prepare to go to the polls on Monday, they are being bombarded with misleading rightwing content …