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.

Treasury Announces Agreement to Establish United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund  —  WASHINGTON — On April 30, the United States and Ukraine signed an agreement to establish the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.  In recognition of the significant financial …

Majority of public opposes GOP plan for Medicaid cuts: Poll  —  Large majorities of Americans, including Republicans, oppose federal funding cuts to Medicaid, according to a new poll from health policy research group KFF.  —  The results are yet another warning sign for congressional …

Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk  —  With profits and stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at company  —  About a month ago, with Tesla's stock sinking and some investors irritated about Elon Musk's White House focus …

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.

Fight Like Our Democracy Depends on It  —  The first 100 days of President Trump's second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction.  Mr. Trump is attempting to create a presidency unconstrained by Congress or the courts …

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.

Chris Krebs kicked off CBP's Global Entry program  —  Chris Krebs', President Donald Trump's former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, membership in Global Entry has been revoked.  Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the security of the 2020 election …

RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested, HHS says  —  The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends …

The last boats without crippling tariffs from China are arriving.  The countdown to shortages and higher prices has begun  —  New York CNN —  Some of the last cargo ships carrying Chinese goods without crippling tariffs are currently drifting into US ports.  Come next week, though, that will change.

The Rush to Beat Tariffs Is Distorting the Economy.  There's More to Come.  —  Surging U.S. imports, while likely temporary, are frustrating the president's goal of reducing America's trade imbalances  —  The rush to get goods to the U.S. ahead of President Trump's tariffs has already led …

Trump Wants a New Air Force One So Badly He's Refurbishing a Qatari Plane  —  The luxury plane is being outfitted in Texas for Trump's use as his frustration mounts with Boeing  —  President Trump is done waiting for Boeing .  —  Frustrated by delays on Boeing's work to deliver a new Air Force One …

Trump Town Hall Bursts Into Laughter When He Says He Hasn't Made Any Mistakes  —  NOTHING BUT WINNING  —  The president said there's nothing he would have done differently during his first 100 days in office.  —  Donald Trump's first 100 days back in office have been marked by chaos …

New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories  —  Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about President Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths  —  Non-profits scramble to continue program despite ‘devastating’ loss of federal support  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has cancelled federal participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign …

Trump's Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen  —  The largest investors in Donald Trump's crypto coin have been promised a private audience with the president.  The arrangement could put Trump at odds with the Constitution and add fuel to calls for his impeachment, experts say.

Trump says he ‘could’ bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but won't  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday acknowledged that he could secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month but refuses to do so.

‘Bumbling f-king idiot’ Steve Witkoff shouldn't be leading Iran, Russia negotiations, allies and insiders say  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, former real estate attorney and investor Steve Witkoff, has left administration insiders distressed by his approach …

Dems make Pennsylvania midterm's ground zero  —  House Democrats are making an aggressive play in their push for the majority, targeting key Pennsylvania seats with early investments and recruiting former members to help.  —  Democrats are hoping to flip four seats in the Keystone State …

A judge just blew up Apple's control of the App Store  —  The judge in Epic v. Apple has banned Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside the App Store because of its ongoing anticompetitive behavior. … Apple says it will appeal the order.

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.

Thousands to rally against Trump, Musk in nationwide May Day protests  —  Protests against what organizers are calling a “billionaire takeover” are planned in every U.S. state.  —  Across the U.S., thousands of people are expected to participate in protests against the Trump administration …

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.”

Republicans and Democrats Can Agree on This: Stop Minting Pennies  —  Bipartisan bill aims to cut government spending on the one-cent coin's production  —  The movement to stop producing pennies is picking up steam.  —  A bipartisan bill expected to be introduced in the Senate on Thursday calls …

Haagen-Dazs and Buddha: Elon Musk waxes philosophical on his time with Trump  —  Musk reflected on what it has been like at the center of the U.S. Doge Service.  At times, the man running the show wondered aloud how the show even started.  —  Elon Musk sat down in the Roosevelt Room late Wednesday afternoon …

New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to a Foreign Government  —  The Trump Organization agreed to partner on a real estate project in Qatar in the latest of a series of projects tied to foreign governments.  —  The Trump Organization has agreed to a new Middle East golf course …

RFK Jr. Goes Full Tinfoil, Pledges to Stop Chemtrails in Latest Dr. Phil Interview  —  The Secretary of Health and Human Services appeared to blame the existence of chemtrails on DARPA, saying he would do everything in his power to stop the emissions. … Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gone full conspiracy buff.

David Horowitz, Leftist Turned Trump Defender, Is Dead at 86  —  Once a Marxist, he came to embrace hard-right positions, including the falsehood that Mr. Trump won in 2020, and to mentor Stephen Miller, later the Trump adviser.  —  David Horowitz, a radical leftist of the 1960s who did a political …