US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier  —  A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.

DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets  —  Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two independent sources tell NPR.

‘I Run the Country and the World’ … b  —  efore we begin, a primer on the science of arranging an interview with a sitting American president:  —  In ordinary times, reporters seeking an on-the-record encounter with the commander in chief first write an elaborate proposal.

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster  —  An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do … A Trump administration budget proposal leaked a few days ago specifies a massive budget cut for NIH — 44%, for over $20 billion in cuts.

A Road Map of Trump's Lawless Presidency, According to 35 Legal Scholars  —  In his first hours back as president, Donald J. Trump did an extraordinary thing: He made a direct assault on the Constitution.  He declared that his government would no longer treat U.S.-born children …

Public sours on Musk's role, is skeptical that government is cutting waste  —  Thirty-five percent of Americans approve of the way Musk is handling his job in the Trump administration, while 57 percent disapprove, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows.

U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its finding that the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts  —  Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”  —  The new head of the Justice Department's civil rights division …

Karl Rove Guts Donald Trump in Scathing Fox News Interview: ‘In Very Bad Shape’  —  RAPID FAIL  —  The former adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney said Americans no longer trust the president on the economy.  —  Fox News analyst Karl Rove tore into President Donald Trump …

‘A great friend’: Audio undercuts Trump US attorney nominee's disavowal of alleged Nazi sympathizer  —  Ed Martin, the Trump-appointed interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to serve in the role permanently, says he now regrets praising a Capitol rioter …

Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges … The Trump administration is open to arresting Supreme Court judges, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told it on Monday morning.  —  “You guys arrested a Milwaukee County Circuit judge …

Elon Musk's Doge conflicts of interest worth $2.37bn, Senate report says  —  Committee calls figure a ‘conservative estimate’ and warns Musk may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability  —  Elon Musk and his companies face at least $2.37bn in legal exposure from federal investigations …

Trump's justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit  —  Donald Trump's appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department's voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases …

New Yorkers Boo and Jeer GOP's Lawler at Circus-Like Town Hall  —  Boos, shouts and insults dominated New York Representative Mike Lawler's rowdy town hall on Sunday as the GOP lawmaker's constituents seethed over President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

Scoop: Trump staff puts immigrants' mug shots on White House lawn  —  Trump administration officials late Sunday began placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway.  — It's a provocative, sure-to-be-controversial move aimed …

Agriculture isn't nearing trade war tariffs crisis, ‘it is full blown crisis already’ farmers say … The clock is ticking on trade deals that the U.S. will need to strike with many nations, most notably China, to avoid what Trump's Treasury Secretary has described as an “unsustainable” tariffs war.

Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation  —  🏛️ ⚖️ 👩‍⚖️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. … 🏛️ ⚖️ 👩‍⚖️

Donald Trump is threatening the press because he doesn't like his poll numbers.  Can you afford to ignore him?  — The president says polls published by The New York Times and The Washington Post, along with ABC, are “fake polls.”  — He says those publishers should face “election fraud” investigations.

Connolly to step down as top Dem on Oversight, paving the way for generational change  —  Rep. Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will step down from his leadership post on the panel and not run for reelection.

The group chats that changed America  —  THE SCOOP  —  Last Thursday morning, a bit before 10 am in Austin and nearly 11 pm in Singapore, Joe Lonsdale had enough of Balaji Srinivasan's views on China.  —  “This is insane CCP thinking,” Lonsdale, a co-founder of Palantir, wrote to a 300-member Signal group.

Judge questions US Defense Department role in Venezuelans' deportations  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to turn over the names of any migrants flown recently from the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador so he could determine whether they were deported in violation of a court order he issued.

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Revealing Admission on Abrego Garcia Case  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 28 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.

The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here  —  “At least now I saw you're way more gorgeous and more beautiful than you were in the photo you sent me,” an older white man with a greying beard says during a Skype video call.  He is talking to an elderly woman who appears to be in her car, staring into her phone's front-facing camera.

Did Peter Navarro Save Democracy?  —  Economic failure has given us a chance to stop Trump's authoritarianism  —  Just a few short weeks ago the prospects for American democracy looked bleak.  Donald Trump was elected despite the events of January 6th and his clear threats of retribution …

UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration  —  BRUSSELS — Britain and the European Union are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of Donald Trump's tariff agenda.  —  A leaked draft seen by POLITICO promises a “new strategic partnership” …

FCC chair says 'all options" open in CBS ‘60 Minutes’ news distortion review  —  The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said Monday “all options remain on the table” in the agency's ongoing investigation into a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Pritzker Thunders Against ‘Do Nothing’ Democrats as He Stokes 2028 Talk  —  In a fiery speech in New Hampshire, the Illinois governor railed against both President Trump and what he called the “simpering timidity” among some Democrats.  —  Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois strode into a ballroom filled …