GOP heavyweights join bipartisan bashing of Trump Qatar jet deal  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune and GOP firebrand senators are among those voicing discomfort with the deal.  —  A number of Republican lawmakers are souring on President Donald Trump's plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft …

America Is the Land of Opportunity—For White South Africans  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  When the welcome ceremony was over, and the Trump officials drove off in their black SUVs, a dozen or so newly arrived South African …

How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump  —  At a fateful event last summer, Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others were stunned by Biden's weakness and confusion.  Why did he and his advisers decide to conceal his condition from the public and campaign for reëlection?

Republicans Slip Nonprofit Killer Bill Into Budget Plan  —  House Republicans' draft budget bill includes a clause to give Donald Trump the ability to revoke the tax-exempt status of any group the Treasury Department says is a supporter of terrorism.  —  The move appears to be a revival …

Exclusive: Biden aides discussed wheelchair use if he were re-elected, new book says  —  This story is adapted from the forthcoming book “Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson.

Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB  —  In a historic, sweeping decision, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday removed Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list.

Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired … What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office by having Donald Trump remove the officials in charge has now backfired …

Millions Would Lose Health Coverage Under G.O.P. Bill.  But Not as Many as Democrats Say.  —  A widely circulated talking point about cuts to Medicaid inflates the legislation's effects by about five million people.  —  On Sunday, Republicans released their package of proposals to cut federal spending on Medicaid and Obamacare.

12-year-old boy left alone on sidewalk after ICE raid in Massachusetts  —  A 12-year-old boy was left behind on a street after an immigration raid in Waltham, Massachusetts.  —  United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were seen on camera leaving the boy by himself …

2 more Fetterman aides leave embattled senator's office  —  The departures are the latest in a string of staff exits over the past year and a half.  —  Two more aides left John Fetterman's office in recent weeks, the latest in a stream of staff exits amid the Pennsylvania senator's shifting political persona …

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport  —  Would you let your family fly out of Newark? … Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy keeps going on TV and insisting it's safe to fly in and out of Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey …

Mild April Inflation Captures Early Stages of Tariff Effects  —  CPI was up 0.2% over the month, while annual inflation was 2.3%  —  Inflation was relatively mild in April, but economists said tariffs will end a recent lull and push up more prices in the coming months.

Why are ICE agents such cowardly wusses?  —  Taking most of a week off, as I've just done, is impossible in the Trump 47 era.  Since I last attacked the keyboard, we got our first American pope, the mayor of Newark was arrested by federal agents, and Qatar is bribing the president with a $400 million plane, along with 57 other things.

First judge approves Trump invoking Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans  —  A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump can invoke the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to remove Tren de Aragua members but determined the administration has provided insufficient notice before carrying out the deportations.

The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren't in ICE Detention  —  When I moved to America from Russia to join a biology lab at Harvard Medical School in 2023, it felt as if I found my dream job.  America was a paradise for science.  Everything was flourishing.  There was freedom of discourse; conferences, seminars.

Trump's Habeas Corpus Threat  —  No president, even Lincoln, has ever suspended the writ without Congress.  —  Deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller last Friday told reporters that the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus …

GOP proposal would boot three N.J. Democrats from House committees  —  Rep. Buddy Carter is proposing to strip three New Jersey lawmakers of their House committee assignments after they participated last week in a protest at a Newark migrant detention facility.

DNC moves toward nullifying election of David Hogg, Malcolm Kenyatta as vice chairs  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has taken a first step toward possibly requiring a new election for two of its vice chairs, including David Hogg, who has stirred controversy with his call …

DOJ ‘weaponization’ group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says  —  As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.

Buttigieg to headline Iowa town hall amid 2028 speculation  —  He didn't rule out a presidential bid during an interview on Tuesday.  —  In this Feb. 3, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg arrives at a watch party at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Thinks Trump's Hilarious ‘Fat’ Businessman Story Was All About Him  —  PLOT THICKENS  —  The Tesla CEO has previously admitted taking weight-loss drugs.  —  Elon Musk is President Trump's “seriously overweight” friend who takes “the fat shot,” according to the Tesla CEO's own artificial intelligence bot.

Why I'm Resigning from Positions at the National Science Foundation and Library of Congress  —  Today, I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.  —  Even as the White House threatens the foundational tenets of constitutional democracy …

Why does Alabama's GOP chairman have a Tennessee driver's license?  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Stories involving Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl tend to wind up in strange places.  —  Like, how did a butterfly farmer — real thing — become one of Alabama's most powerful political figures?

Trump's Effort to become the Supreme Leader Has Roots in a Nazi Philosopher  —  His lawless view of his sovereign powers was articulated by Carl Schmitt  —  In a legal filing defending Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act (of “Alien and Sedition Acts” notoriety) …

Shame on the White House  —  If the White House wants to fire the librarian of Congress, it can.  But it was interesting to have recently had the experience of meeting this dynamic, dedicated person, and feeling so proud that she was our librarian of Congress, then reading the White House's sloppy …

Trump's ICE Used a Woman's Kids and Grandchild as ‘Bait’ To Arrest Her  —  The president's crackdown on immigrants has roiled the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, following a chaotic arrest last week  —  When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira …

How Trump Is Disappearing Migrants  —  From CECOT to domestic jails, the Trump administration is engaging in incommunicado detention to cut migrants off from legal protections.  —  Meet The Authors … On March 15, the Trump administration flew more than 200 Venezuelan citizens to El Salvador …

Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Other C.E.O.s Join Trump at U.S.-Saudi Lunch  —  Many of the executives — including representatives of four of the 10 biggest U.S. companies by market value — are seeking business from Saudi investors and a chance to lobby top Trump officials.

Trump's Middle East trip marked by potential private business conflicts  —  The Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals in all three countries Trump plans to visit this week.  —  President Donald Trump kicks off the first major international trip of his second term Tuesday …

In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation  —  Israel's government has publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis looms if food supplies are not restored.