Ed Martin confirmation in doubt even after Trump weighs in … Late Monday night, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans noticed an executive business meeting for Thursday that didn't include Martin's nomination.  Time is running out for Martin, who can only serve 120 days as the interim U.S. attorney …

Exclusive: Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard  —  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to three freight airlines operating out of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware …

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years  —  Now the US director of national intelligence, Gabbard failed to follow basic cybersecurity practices on several of her personal accounts, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.  —  Tulsi Gabbard …

US trade deficit surges to record high in March  —  The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record high in March as businesses boosted imports of goods ahead of tariffs, which dragged gross domestic product into negative terrain in the first quarter for the first time in three years.

Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban  —  The blanket ban, expanding on a similar policy Trump proposed in his first term, has been blocked nationwide by lower courts.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to implement his ban …

FAA suspends work of independent panel reviewing air traffic control  —  A panel of experts, including the former chair of the NTSB and former head of NASA, had been asked to evaluate the FAA's oversight of traffic control operations.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration halted the work …

Trump Brags About Gold-Plated Office While Telling Americans to Cut Expenses  —  The president gloated about his “24-karat gold” White House renovation as his nonsensical tariff agenda drives up prices for consumers  —  Austerity for thee but not for me.  As Donald Trump advises …

Exclusive: Democrats target Trump family's crypto empire  —  Senate Democrats are unveiling a sweeping new proposal to ban presidents, lawmakers and their families from issuing, endorsing or sponsoring crypto assets, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Concerns over the Trump family's crypto ventures …

Elon Musk's Grok AI Will ‘Remove Her Clothes’ In Public, On X  —  Elon Musk's Grok, an AI chatbot that people can interact with via X, is being used to undress photos women are posting to the social media platform, as first flagged t0 404 Media by Kolina Koltai, a researcher and trainer at Bellingcat.

ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are targeting DC restaurants today in what is shaping up to be one of the city's most high-profile examples yet of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.  Millie's in Spring Valley …

Ohio governor moves to keep the state GOP from endorsing Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy to succeed him  —  The Ohio Republican Party is slated to take a Friday vote on whether to give Ramaswamy its endorsement in the 2026 race for governor.  —  CLEVELAND — President Donald Trump endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy …

What do disengaged voters think about Trump now?  —  In the 2024 election, Donald Trump gained a surprising edge from an unlikely group: Americans who typically don't vote.  According to a New York Times analysis, these low-turnout voters backed Trump by a double-digit margin …

Trump admin plans to shut down money-saving Energy Star program soon, sources say  —  The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate two key Environmental Protection Agency divisions focused on climate change and energy efficiency, including its consumer-facing Energy Star program, according to two sources familiar with the plan.

Anti-Israel protesters occupy University of Washington building, 30 arrested  —  A group of anti-Israel protesters occupied a building at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle on Monday before police in riot gear intervened and arrested at least 30 of them, according to officials.

Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show  —  The extraordinary request illustrates the administration's aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the U.S.  —  The Trump administration earlier this year urged the Ukrainian government …

India says it attacked nine sites in Pakistan, Pakistani Kashmir  —  Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday as India said it had attacked “terrorist infrastructure” in nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the attacks.

Is the White House for sale?  New reports on Trump's crypto ventures raise concern.  —  A UAE-backed investment group and an international trucking logistics firm are pouring millions into cryptocurrencies linked to the president.  —  Investors appear to be getting a little impatient for some good news on Donald Trump's trade war.

Trump administration to garnish wages of 5.3 million defaulted student loan borrowers this summer … The Trump Administration resumed collection efforts on defaulted student loans Monday after a roughly five-year hiatus — and affected borrowers could begin feeling the financial consequences sooner than experts expected.

Trump-appointed judge reaffirms order that admin seek return of 2nd wrongly deported man from El Salvador  —  The Trump administration expelled the 20-year-old Venezuelan from the U.S. in March despite a legal settlement barring his deportation.  —  BALTIMORE — A federal judge on Tuesday refused …

The IC (with an Assist from Journalism) Liberates the IC's Debunking of Trump's Alien Enemies Act  —  The two NYT journalists who would be targeted in an investigation of the sources of leaks debunking Donald Trump's Tren de Aragua Alien Enemies Act invocation have published a memo …

Far-Right Thinker Curtis Yarvin Argues for Remaking of Harvard at Faculty Club Debate  —  The far-right thinker Curtis Yarvin joined University Professor Danielle Allen for a debate Monday evening, where Yarvin in turn derided Harvard as “an essentially oligarchic institution” …

President Trump's Media Company Is Offering Movies About ‘Lizard People’ And Other Wild Conspiracy Theories  —  Less than two minutes into the movie, the narrator makes a shocking claim.  —  “The evidence we are about to present to you has the potential to rewrite thousands of years of human history.

Loudoun County Is Still Insane: Boys Face Title IX Probe After Girl Allegedly Films Them in Locker Room  —  When you see the words “Loudoun County Public Schools” in the news, you know your blood pressure is about to skyrocket.  Such is the case with a new report out of Loudoun County ("LoCo" …

SCOOP: Trump ally's Gulf of America bill sparks frustration in House GOP  —  'Folks are upset that we're not doing something more important,' one conservative lawmaker tells Fox News Digital  —  A scheduled vote on making President Donald Trump's Gulf of America name change permanent …

She Called a 5-Year-Old the N-Word  —  N-word-slinging woman becomes right-wing hero  —  OVER THE PAST WEEK, portions of the American right have embraced a Minnesota woman whose claim to fame is that she allegedly called a 5-year-old boy the n-word, going so far as to help her raise hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Matt Walsh Defends White People Using The N-Word  —  On Monday, Daily Wire contributor Matt Walsh used his show to defend Shiloh Hendrix, a racist woman accused of calling a Black child the N-word.  After lauding the people who contributed to her online fundraiser, Walsh complained that it's …

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds  —  Most people in the United States rely on federal science in their daily lives but don't realize it, a new nationwide poll of U.S. adults shows.  —  The poll was conducted in early April by the Association …

House Republicans warn Trump administration on Social Security cuts  —  A group of House Republicans is sounding the alarm over recent staffing cuts and plans for more cut-backs across the Social Security Administration — a target of the Department of Government Efficiency's rampage across the federal bureaucracy.