Trump's Tirade at Reporter Wrecks His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia  —  President Donald Trump grew angry as a reporter persistently questioned him about his refusal to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a prison in El Salvador—and in so doing, Trump accidentally demolished his whole case …

US economy goes into reverse from Trump's abrupt policy shifts  —  The US economy just had its worst quarter since 2022 as President Donald Trump's significant policy changes unnerved consumers and businesses.  —  Gross domestic product, which measures all the goods and services produced in the economy …

DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations  —  A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.

Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs  —  The Senate on Wednesday killed a resolution that would have effectively reversed President Trump's 10% tariffs on all imported goods, with just three Republicans joining with Democrats in support of the measure.

Judge frees Columbia student activist whom Trump administration wants to deport  —  Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by immigration authorities as part of a crackdown on foreign students who were legally studying in the United States.  —  BURLINGTON, Vermont — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered …

Behind Trump's Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador's Most Feared Prison … As they addressed reporters inside the Oval Office in mid-April, President Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart appeared to be operating in lock step.  —  The United States had just deported more than 200 migrants …

Three House Democrats ask to be removed from Trump impeachment resolution  —  A trio of House Democrats asked to be removed as co-sponsors of a resolution to impeach President Trump, a sign that many in the party do not want to go down the path of trying to remove the president from office — at least at the current moment.

Johnson fails to solve SALT problem after key meeting  —  House Republicans came away empty-handed Wednesday afternoon from a high-stakes meeting aimed at ending a yearslong standoff within their caucus over a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions.  The meeting between Speaker Mike Johnson …

DOGE hits Trump country  —  Red states have borne the brunt of DOGE's targeting of AmeriCorps  —  Three months in, it's become abundantly clear that it's not just federal Washington-based programs and overseas aid that are feeling the wrath of Elon Musk and DOGE.

House Republicans advance plan to cut federal worker benefits and undermine civil service protections  —  Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday mostly along party lines to advance a series of proposals that would require federal workers to pay …

Robert De Niro's Son Comes Out as Transgender at Age 29  —  Robert De Niro's 29-year-old son Airyn (formerly Aaron) has come out as transgender after beginning hormone treatment in 2024.  —  Born via surrogate with the acclaimed actor's ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith, Airyn told Them magazine …

Trump is losing  —  In the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term, his administration has proven exceptionally good at breaking things.  The Department of Government Efficiency's total demolition of USAID, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s depopulation of America's public health agencies …

US and Ukraine Sign Agreement on Access to Natural Resources  —  The US and Ukraine reached a deal over access to Ukraine's natural resources Wednesday, a move that Kyiv sought to solidify President Donald Trump's backing in ceasefire talks with Russia.  —  The deal will grant …

Musk's Parting Gift: The Construction of a Surveillance State  —  Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured.  DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration …

RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research  —  NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola.  Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s department.

12 Most Painfully Sycophantic Comments From Trump's ‘Kim Jong Il-Style’ Cabinet Meeting  —  President Donald Trump assembled his cabinet Wednesday for a two-hour meeting — in which every official seated at the table went out of their way to fawn over him.  —  One-by-one, the Trump officials …

In ‘Partisan Effort to Steal a Seat on the Supreme Court,’ Ruling Gives GOP Control of NC Election Board  —  North Carolina's second-highest court Wednesday upheld a Republican effort to gain control of the state's election board, boosting the GOP bid to undo Democrat Allison Riggs' narrow victory in the state's 2024 Supreme Court race.

Haitian national in ICE custody passes away  —  MIAMI — Marie Ange Blaise, a 44-year-old citizen of Haiti in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was pronounced deceased by medical professionals at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida, April 25 …

Exclusive: FBI reassigns agents from iconic photo of them kneeling during George Floyd protest  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling with demonstrators during a 2020 protest in the wake of police killing of George Floyd, people briefed on the matter told CNN.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Border Patrol's Stop-and-Arrest Tactics in California  —  Border Patrol agents carried out sweeps in California's Central Valley.  Lawyers argued that people were stopped and arrested based on their skin color.  —  In January, Border Patrol agents conducted sweeps …

RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory … With the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brain worms have gotten a bad rap.  —  A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a parasitic worm “got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.”

GOP Lays Groundwork To Restrict Abortion Pill With New Junk Science Report  —  Recent comments from Trump's FDA commissioner, coupled with an anti-abortion study on mifepristone, are setting off alarm bells among reproductive rights groups.  —  Republicans and right-wing media have jumped …