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Trump Taps a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General  —  Casey Means will work closely with RFK Jr. on health policy, president says  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.

What Ed Martin told the Senate about Jan. 6 — and what he said before  —  Martin's responses to Senate committee are at odds with previous public comments.  His views on the Capitol breach may derail his nomination.

E.U. Unveils a Plan to Hit Back at the U.S. if Negotiations Fail  —  European officials are working on lists of retaliatory tariffs and planning a World Trade Organization case to put pressure on America to do a trade deal.  —  The European Union on Thursday announced a plan to ramp …

Trump administration eyes release of Hur interview blocked by Biden  —  Biden had asserted executive privilege to block House committees from obtaining the recordings.  —  The Trump administration is making plans to release the audio of former President Joe Biden's interview with Robert Hur …

Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say  —  Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.

Chief Justice John Roberts defends independent judiciary as Trump officials criticize courts  —  Speaking in Buffalo, the Supreme Court justice said judges sometimes have to “check the excesses” of the president and Congress.  —  Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday stressed the importance …

From traffic stop to ICE custody: Dalton student now in limbo, family wants answers  —  DALTON, Ga. — After a traffic stop for turning right on a red light in Dalton on Monday, a 19-year-old Dalton State student is now facing possible deportation.  —  Friends say Ximena Arias-Cristobal …

GOP Plans To Cut Medicaid Would Kick Millions Off Health Insurance, New Analysis Says  —  An authoritative analysis by Congressional Budget Office is House Speaker Mike Johnson's latest headache.  —  WASHINGTON ― Some of Republicans' top ideas for reducing Medicaid spending …

Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse  —  Nearly 67,000 crypto novices have pulled out their debit cards to bet on Trump's meme coin venture, a Post analysis found.  So far it's been a monumental bust.  —  Rebecca Davis bought President Donald Trump's meme coin …

Trump's Border Czar Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children  —  WITHOUT A TRACE  —  Two citizens, 5 and 4, simply vanished when their mother was lured to an immigration appointment, advocates say.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Denisse Parra Vargas and her husband, Omar, had just dropped their three children …

America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers  —  When judges act as partisan hacks, it is important to condemn their conduct.  Last month, four Republican justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court blessed the antidemocratic attempt by the fellow Republican judge Jefferson Griffin to subvert …

Trump Slams Fed Chair Powell Again for Keeping Rates Steady  —  President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after the board declined to cut interest rates, but stopped short of repeating his call for Powell to be ousted.  —  “'Too Late' Jerome Powell is a FOOL, who doesn't have a clue.

No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines  —  How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy?  —  Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be.  Most 21st-century autocrats are elected.  Rather than violently suppress opposition like Castro or Pinochet …

Trump's NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  For more than two months, the Trump administration …

Kamala Harris Didn't Lose to the Couch  —  Why did Kamala Harris lose last November?  Three answers have been prominently offered:  — Too many 2020 Biden voters stayed home,  — Too many 2020 Biden voters changed their minds, or  — New 2024-only voters broke heavily for Donald Trump.

Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months  —  The automaker's somber forecast for the fiscal year underscored how quickly fortunes have turned for many companies reckoning with President Trump's tariffs.  —  A year ago, the world's biggest automaker was on a tear.

Democrats Cave, Prepare to Rubber-Stamp Trump Crypto Corruption  —  Pro-crypto senators are poised to pass a stablecoin bill, while failing to crack down on the Trump organization issuing one to collect payments from foreign governments.  —  Despite the twists and turns and drama-creation …

Bernie Sanders partners with Run for Something to train candidates  —  The Vermont senator is adding organizational heft to his appeal for progressives to run for office.  —  Bernie Sanders, who has been calling for progressives to run for office on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour …

Exclusive: Some ‘Les Mis’ cast members plan to boycott Trump's attendance at Kennedy Center performance next month  —  When President Donald Trump descends on the Kennedy Performing Arts Center next month for a high-dollar fundraiser and a performance of “Les Misérables,” …

U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, cables show  —  Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote.  The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, but Musk's role complicates the picture.

Meet Trump's memecoin dinner guests  —  Citation Needed is an independent publication, entirely supported by readers like you.  Consider signing up for a pay-what-you-can subscription to support this kind of deep analysis and reporting.  —  Foreign investors have spent millions scrambling …

Kennedy Announces New Database for Research Into ‘Root Causes’ of Autism  —  The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents.  —  After weeks of confusion about his plans for autism research …

A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms  —  Donald Trump has proposed launching a “gold card” program offering US residency for $5 million.  Elon Musk's DOGE has begun rolling out the technology to enable it.  —  Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency …

West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate  —  It turned out to be easy to undermine West Point.  All it took was an executive order from President Trump and a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dictating what could and couldn't be taught in the military and its educational institutions.

How America built a House that won't hold the president in check  —  Even in swing districts, House Republicans have become much more significantly ideological.  —  When President Donald Trump opened his second term in office with a barrage of attacks on his opponents and the structure …

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University  —  Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library on Wednesday in one of the biggest pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus since last year's wave of protests against Israel's war in Gaza.

Outgoing UMich Prez Santa Ono Pulls His Name from Academic Freedom Letter … Over the weekend University of Michigan President Santa Ono announced that he was leaving his post to take up the leadership of the University of Florida.  It was an interesting choice.