Will Trump Pretend to Fix What He Broke?  —  The Trump administration is planning to announce its first trade deal today, with Britain.  Except it won't be a deal; more of a “deal.”  Reportedly it will mainly be a “framework” for an actual deal that may or may not happen sometime in the future.

Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts  —  Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  Your guide to what Trump's second term means for Washington, business and the world

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.

New surgeon general nominee cofounded ‘biowearables’ startup with DOGE operative  —  Casey Means is a MAHA celebrity; her cofounder is now in charge of dismantling the IRS. … Before she was chosen as Donald Trump's latest nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means came from the world …

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.

House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America  —  The House has passed a Republican-led bill that would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, moving a step closer to codifying President Donald Trump's push to rename the body of water.

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.

Biden enlists veteran Democratic operative to help defend his reputation  —  The Trump administration, meanwhile, is eying the release of Biden's interview with Robert Hur.  —  Joe Biden is in reputation management mode, hiring a veteran campaign and communications strategist to help burnish …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

House Democrat starts ‘abundance movement’-inspired caucus  —  It comes amid a broader conversation in the party about its post-2024 message and the failures of governance in blue states and cities.  —  House Democrats are getting Ezra Klein-pilled.  —  A bipartisan group of lawmakers led …

NOAA ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to impossible …

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 …

Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general  —  Exclusive: Prosecutors impanel federal grand jury in Virginia to hear evidence after Trump official's referral against Letitia James  —  Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation …

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 …

Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow revocation of migrants' legal status  —  President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its bid to revoke the temporary legal status granted by his predecessor Joe Biden to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan …

DOGE Employee Who Screamed for CFPB Job Cuts Leaves Agency  —  An employee of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency who was leading efforts to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's workforce has now left the agency himself.  —  Gavin Kliger, who according to court filings …

Judge Boasberg grills DOJ on Trump's comments about El Salvador deportations  —  “Was the president telling the truth?” the judge asked.  —  Public comments from President Donald Trump and his aides are once again scrambling the Justice Department's efforts to defend his administration's deportation policies in court.

The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism  —  Trump seems to be ceding the future to China while emulating its past.  —  China may well come to dominate the next century—because President Donald Trump is taking a page from the most famous Chinese leader of the previous one.

Trump's Worst Idea Since Tariffs  —  The President is pitching a plan to outdo Democrats on drug price controls.  —  Loading...  President Trump and Republicans appear to be shrinking from reforming Medicaid, but that's not the worst of it.  To replace the spending slowdown they won't get in Medicaid …

Some ‘Les Misérables’ Cast Members Plan to Skip Trump Kennedy Center Gala  —  Several members of the “Les Misérables” cast are said to be planning to boycott a gala performance at the Kennedy Center, which President Trump took over as chairman.

West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH  —  Morgantown, West Virginia — In West Virginia's coal country, Marion Tennant says he was destined to work in the mines.  —  “That was the only thing in this area when I graduated high school,” Tennant said.

‘Disturbing’: Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network  —  Voice of America will start airing content from the right wing-outlet One America News.  It marks a dire shift for the broadcaster, which was founded during the Cold War to counter Communist propaganda.

Trump Has Been Stopped By Courts More Than 200 Times  —  President Donald Trump's expansive use of executive power faced at least 328 lawsuits as of May 1 — with judges halting his policies far more often than they allowed them.  —  Courts entered more than 200 orders stopping …

Russia building major new explosives facility as Ukraine war drags on  —  Increasing the supply of explosives available to fill munitions is critical to Russia's war effort in Ukraine.  A Reuters analysis of documents and satellite imagery finds that the new production line could boost its firepower significantly.