Trump, asked if he has to ‘uphold the Constitution,’ says, 'I don't know'  —  Trump said on NBC News' “Meet the Press” that he's following lawyers' advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.

Trump's 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison  —  The administration rounded up some of the Venezuelans two days before the flights took off, pressing forward even as Venezuela agreed to accept deportees.  —  The message from Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

Eight arrested in two separate anti-terror operations  —  Eight men, including seven Iranian nationals, have been arrested in two separate counter-terrorism police investigations.  —  Five were arrested at various locations around England on Saturday as part of a “pre-planned” …

DOJ opens probe after left-wing DA requires prosecutors to consider race in plea deals  —  Soros-backed prosecutor in Minneapolis hit with DOJ civil rights probe  —  The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis-area Hennepin County Attorney's Office's …

What It Takes to Win—or Lose—in a Meeting With Trump  —  Companies and institutions are honing a playbook for approaching an unpredictable president  —  When Ohio State University President Ted Carter visited the White House last month, he brought President Trump and Vice President JD Vance …

Justice Department lawyers face skeptical judges upset by ‘shoddy work’  —  As they defend against more than 200 lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's initiatives, some government lawyers are getting scolded from the bench.  —  Justice Department lawyers defending …

‘Everyone knew it but him’: Tiffany Trump's father-in-law has seen role diminished since the transition  —  Massad Boulos' struggle to gain influence is a case study in Trump power politics.  —  Massad Boulos arrived at Joint Base Andrews in early April as the Trump administration's newest official …

Elon Musk's Starbase on its way to becoming a Texas city after lopsided early voting results  —  The South Texas home of Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic name: Starbase.  A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city …

Republicans in Congress Use Obscure Law to Roll Back Biden-Era Regulations  —  As G.O.P. lawmakers have largely ceded power to President Trump, they are also pushing the bounds of a little-known statute to undo federal rules — and potentially undermining the filibuster.

Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials  —  Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and other fascists in Trump's government.

Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League … President Trump's attacks on Harvard and other Ivy League schools have endeared him to his base.Sophie Park for The New York Times  —  There it was for all to see, President Trump's tangled relationship with the Ivy League …

V.A. Mental Health Care Staff, Crowded into Federal Buildings, Raise Patient Privacy Alarms … At a V.A. clinic in Oakland, mental health professionals are sharing call center-style offices, such as a mailroom where supervisors had the cubby-hole mailboxes removed to install two desks.

How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town  —  Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources.  These days, they're often not sure what information to trust.  —  As time has gone on, traditional news outlets in Oakdale …

Voice of America's fate still in flux after appeals court pauses back-to-work orders  —  Less than two months ago, when the Trump administration turned off the Voice of America's networks and websites, Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist to President Donald Trump, said the agency is “unsalvageable.”

Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health  —  More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.  —  The Trump administration has scrapped …

Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: ‘Peanuts compared to the value’  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News' “Meet the Press,” Trump also outlined a White House renovation he hopes to carry out — which he said he will pay for himself.

AP PHOTOS: Many in Gaza face malnutrition and hunger as blockade enters its third month  —  Malnutrition and hunger are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Gaza Strip as Israel's total blockade enters its third month.  A shortage of food and supplies has driven the territory toward starvation, according to aid agencies.

How a School in a Tiny, New York Town Beat ICE  —  Sackets Harbor demanded that Tom Homan return three children and their mother.  Why did he cave?  —  When the school board, or most of it, met for its regularly scheduled session on April 15, Sackets Harbor was still a feel-good story.

Love on the Spectrum stars call on RFK Jr. to resign  —  Two stars of the popular Netflix reality dating show Love on the Spectrum said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial comments about autism couldn't be further from their reality — and they have the potential to do tremendous damage to the community.

Despite their denials, China is losing the tariffs war and retreating as fast as it can  —  As President Trump brings manufacturing back to the US — and closes in on trade deals with India, Japan, and South Korea — China's days as “the world's factory floor” are numbered.  And Beijing is furious.