Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Trump: Interim National Security Adviser  —  The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies.  He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China's leader, who has only three main titles.  —  Secretary of state.

GOP balks at approving a fraction of Musk's DOGE cuts  —  Republican lawmakers have told administration officials that pushing sweeping cuts through Congress will be difficult.  —  White House officials have in recent weeks brainstormed strategies for enshrining into law the government cuts implemented …

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting.  The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …

Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns  —  Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly …

Abbe Lowell launches his own law firm  —  Hunter Biden's former lawyer is teaming up with attorneys who have quit major law firms over Trump's executive orders targeting the legal industry.  —  Prominent defense lawyer Abbe Lowell has officially launched Lowell & Associates …

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones … - Dan Garisto  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice …

Ed Martin, Trump's controversial U.S. attorney pick, on thin ice in the Senate  —  President Trump's pick to be Washington's top prosecutor appears to be in trouble with Senate Republicans.  No GOP senator has said they will oppose Ed Martin to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia …

Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics … A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all communications between the staff …

Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept.  —  Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.  —  A top Trump appointee in the Justice Department ordered …

Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost $1 billion  —  Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies.  —  Liz Oyer, the Justice Department's recently fired pardon attorney …

Trump to Propose Slashing $163 Billion in Government Programs in Budget Blueprint  —  The president's budget wish list would cut health research, climate and education programs  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to propose far-reaching cuts to federal environmental, renewable energy …

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans  —  The ruling, which is limited to the Southern District of Texas, prohibited the administration from using the wartime law because the president's claims about a Venezuelan gang do not add up to an “invasion.”

Tulsi Gabbard is out to prove Covid came from a lab  —  The director of national intelligence told podcast host Megyn Kelly she's working with top HHS officials to investigate Covid-19's origins.  —  National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's office is working with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya …

Ilhan Omar Cusses Out Right-Wing Reporter Over Question on Wrongfully Deported Man  —  NO REGRETS  —  A reporter from The Daily Caller asked whether the Democratic lawmaker would encourage more of her colleagues to fly to El Salvador.  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar had no patience for a right-wing journalist …

Pentagon Inspector General Expands Investigation Into Hegseth's Use of Signal  —  Probe seeks to determine who put sensitive military information in unclassified chat group that included Hegseth's family  —  The Pentagon inspector general has expanded an investigation into Defense Secretary …

Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump's attacks on judges  —  The Supreme Court justice warned Thursday that increasingly hostile rhetoric poses a dire threat to the country's political fabric.  —  RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully condemned attacks …

Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs  —  The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and child care policy …

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order.  Others are expected to fall  —  When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating …

Trump radically remade the US food system in just 100 days … This story is part of a Grist package examining how President Trump's first 100 days in office have reshaped climate and environmental policy in the U.S.  —  Despite its widespread perception, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is involved in much more than farming.

Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages  —  Mike Waltz, who was until Thursday U.S. National Security Advisor, has inadvertently revealed he is using an obscure and unofficial version of Signal that is designed to archive messages …

U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans  —  The Justice Department accused large insurers of colluding with national brokers to steer older people and those with disabilities toward coverage that might not offer the best medical care.

RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will ask the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop new guidance for treating measles with drugs and vitamins, an HHS spokesperson said.

China Is Considering Trade Talks With U.S., but It Has Conditions  —  Despite mounting financial pressure, China says it won't negotiate until the Trump administration shows “sincerity” by canceling tariffs on its goods.  —  In a potential softening of the bruising trade war between China …

HHS redirects $500 million to Trump appointee's vaccine project, bypassing reviews  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has transferred $500 million from research into next-generation COVID-19 vaccines, redirecting the money to a single vaccine project linked to the Trump …

Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants  —  If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.  —  The Senate voted Thursday to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting …