Trump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African ‘Genocide’  —  US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.  —  Mixed into the deck of papers he unveiled …

CBO Confirms GOP Budget Bill Triggers Medicare Cuts  —  Republican Plan Adds to the Deficit, Will Trigger Automatic Cuts Under Federal Law  —  “This Republican budget bill is one of the most expensive—and dangerous—bills Congress has seen in decades.  The nonpartisan CBO makes it clear …

How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: ‘Keep Him Where He Is’  —  A Maryland man's deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.  —  A mistake had been made.  That much was clear.

Judge dismisses Baraka charges, reprimands prosecutors  —  Prosecutors announced the decision to drop trespassing charges against the mayor earlier this week  —  A federal judge on Wednesday scolded federal prosecutors and announced he will dismiss trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka related …

2 Israeli Embassy staff shot and killed in front of Capital Jewish Museum in DC … A man and woman were shot and killed in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Northwest D.C. Wednesday evening.  —  The victims were Israeli Embassy staffers, sources familiar with the investigation said.

ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  One morning, sitting in an immigration office in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen found himself transformed.  Only a day before, he was a welding foreman …

White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website  —  The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos.  There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has removed official transcripts …

U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump  —  The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.  —  The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar …

‘The View’ Told to Tone Down Trump Bashing by ABC News Boss  —  COOL IT  —  Multiple sources shared details with the Daily Beast about a meeting in which the ABC News president delivered a message that left the co-hosts unnerved.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Disney and ABC News have asked the hosts …

The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  “Fuck you!  Fuck you!  Fuck you!”  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was shouting at Elon Musk in the halls of the West Wing last month …

Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon  —  The event was held in the Pentagon's auditorium during working hours and featured Mr. Hegseth's pastor.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon's auditorium on Wednesday morning …

Trump Hands Putin Another Victory  —  For years, President Donald Trump has bragged that he, and only he, could bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.  “I'll have that done in 24 hours,” he said repeatedly during his most recent presidential campaign.  Once back in the White House …

FEMA Has Canceled Its 4-Year Strategic Plan Ahead of Hurricane Season  —  Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.  —  Less than two weeks before the start of hurricane season …

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery  —  Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker.  Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.  —  Wesley Lowery—the winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award …

By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall  —  Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows.  This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11.

Larry Krasner Easily Wins in Philadelphia, Reinforcing Network of Reform DAs  —  Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a national figurehead of the so-called progressive prosecutor movement, survived impeachment proceedings initiated by Republican lawmakers soon after he began his second term in 2022.