Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting  —  It's the latest salvo against universities, many of whom rely heavily on foreign students for funds.  —  The Trump administration is weighing requiring all foreign students applying to study …

White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims  —  Exclusive: Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides  —  The White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Pete Hegseth used …

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner  —  Paul Walczak's pardon application cited his mother's support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.  —  As Paul Walczak awaited sentencing early this year …

Tuberville announces Alabama governor run  —  His decision will set up an open Senate race in the state in the midterms.  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for Alabama governor in 2026.  —  The Alabama Republican launched his campaign website on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation …

Trump Intends to Cancel All Federal Funds Directed at Harvard  —  A letter to federal agencies will instruct them to end contracts, totaling about $100 million.  It is meant to sever the government's remaining ties with Harvard.  —  The Trump administration is set to cancel …

NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House  —  NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tuesday morning in federal court against the Trump White House over the president's executive order purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for NPR and PBS.

Hegseth's Safe Space  —  As backlash brewed over new restrictions on press access, the Pentagon made a second, quieter move—one that sent another troubling signal about how far it's willing to go to create a safe space for Pete Hegseth.  —  On Friday afternoon, just before the holiday weekend …

There's a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk's Broken Promises  —  The entrepreneur's habit of overpromising on deadlines may be frustrating for investors—but for those looking to see whether a Musk pledge will come good, there's a key phrase to watch out for.

Trade Crime Is Soaring, U.S. Firms Say, as Trump's Tariffs Incentivize Fraud  —  President Trump's steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them.  Some U.S. companies say the government is ill-equipped to keep up.  —  President Trump's steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them.

Trump's 5-step push to keep GOP control of the House in '26  —  President Trump's team has launched an early and aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to maintain the GOP's tenuous grip on the House in 2026 — and avoid his third impeachment.  —  Why it matters: Trump allies believe …

Tesla's Europe sales plunge 49% on brand damage, rising competition … European sales of Tesla vehicles plunged in April, as the U.S. electric car maker continues to face reputational damage regionally and rising competition.  —  Tesla sold 7,261 cars in Europe in April, down 49% year on year …

US Poised to Receive Golden Share in US Steel-Nippon Tie-Up  —  The US government is poised to receive a so-called golden share in United States Steel Corp. as a condition for approving Nippon Steel Corp.'s proposed acquisition of the American company.  —  The plan, which would give …

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals  —  The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.  —  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened …

Trump Court Pick Once Called For Bringing Back Literacy Tests In Elections  —  Literacy tests were banned in the 1960s for being racially discriminatory, but such tests “are not a bad thing,” Josh Divine argued in a 2010 college opinion piece.  —  WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump's nominees …

GOP declares war on GAO  —  Republicans are undermining the Government Accountability Office, the century-old agency that roots out waste, fraud and abuse.  —  The independent Government Accountability Office has served Congress as the nation's chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century.

US, Argentina launching new ‘alternative’ to WHO  —  The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO).  —  On the first day of his second term …

Trump is ‘remarkably like’ 1930s far-right regimes, billionaire investor warns  —  Ray Dalio writes in book president wants to ‘dictate’ Maga policies and calls his skirting of democratic norms more ‘aggressive’ than Andrew Jackson and FDR  —  Donald Trump wants to “dictate” …

A Letter to Europe  —  On Friday Donald Trump, claiming that he was unhappy with European negotiating tactics, announced his intention to impose 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from the European Union.  A rate that high would virtually shut down trans-Atlantic trade.

ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows  —  Data from a license plate-scanning tool that is primarily marketed as a surveillance solution for small towns to combat crimes like car jackings or finding missing people is being used by ICE, according to data reviewed by 404 Media.

The ugly truth behind ICE agents' masks  —  Victoria Brownworth was one of those forces of nature you tend to find here in Philadelphia.  She was a pioneering LGBTQ journalist whose work in recent years appeared in the Philadelphia Gay News, the Inquirer Opinion section (here and here), and too many other outlets to count.

MAGA Erupts Over ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent's Viral Warnings About Trump  —  SOMETHING HE SAID?  —  Scott Pelley decried how journalism and freedom of speech are now “under attack” in the U.S.  —  The MAGA faithful lashed out at Scott Pelley after the veteran CBS reporter delivered …

The New Dark Age … The warlords who sacked rome did not intend to doom Western Europe to centuries of ignorance.  It was not a foreseeable consequence of their actions.  The same cannot be said of the sweeping attack on human knowledge and progress that the Trump administration is now undertaking …

Obama world loses its shine in a changing, hurting Democratic Party  —  Obama White House and campaign alumni have been setting the course of the Democratic Party for years.  After 2024, more Democrats want to see that change.  —  After Kamala Harris entered the presidential race last year …

ACOG Statement on HHS Recommendations Regarding the COVID Vaccine During Pregnancy  —  The following is a statement from Steven J. Fleischman, MD, FACOG, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG):  —  “ACOG is concerned about and extremely disappointed …

Surely Trump's Wacko West Point Commencement Speech Proves He's Mentally Unfit to Serve  —  Trophy wives.  Short golfers.  This guy is really our president?  —  Oh, The New York Times, you are a normalizing machine, you are, titling your article “Trump Administration Highlights …

Supreme Court rejects student's challenge to ‘two genders’ T-shirt ban  —  A middle school student in Massachusetts was told he could not wear the T-shirt based on the school's dress code, which forbids hate speech.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear …

MAHA in Disarray: Leading Anti-Vaxxer Parts Ways with RFK  —  New MAHA Turmoil  —  There could be more trouble afoot in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement.  —  The primary fault line in MAHA land runs between the anti-vaccine veterans and the more optics-focused influencers eager …