Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law  —  A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.  The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based Court …

STAT+: HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains …

Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit.  Trump Wants More.  —  President's team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks  —  A month into negotiations between Paramount Global and President Trump to settle his lawsuit against CBS News, the parties remain far apart on terms.

A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump.  Then Carol Was Detained.  —  For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.

Marco Rubio: US to ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of Chinese students  —  The announcement didn't specify how many would lose the ability to study in the country.  —  The U.S. will “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday in an escalation …

Trump will ‘take a look’ at pardoning convicted Whitmer kidnap plotters, he says  — The government alleged in 2020 that men upset with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's handling of the coronavirus pandemic had conspired to kidnap her.  — Prosecutors had mixed success in court but did land convictions in both federal and state courts.

Trump nominates one of his former personal attorneys for prestigious federal appeals court seat  —  President Donald Trump has nominated Emil Bove, one of his former personal attorneys and now a top Justice Department official, to be a federal appeals court judge.

Secretary Noem Releases Statement After ICE Arrests Illegal Alien who Threatened to Assassinate President Donald J. Trump  —  WASHINGTON - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan charged with rape in the UK  —  Bedfordshire Police issued an international arrest warrant for the brothers over allegations, which they “unequivocally deny”, said to have occurred between 2012 and 2015.  —  Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate …

Trump's Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged—and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam  —  President Donald Trump has mostly justified his lawless attempt to restrict international students from attending Harvard University by pretending it's designed to root out the antisemites, woke radicals …

Crime is Now Legal (At Least for Trump's Friends)  —  Corruption is spreading fast within the Justice Department … A lot of attention has come in recent days to the sheer size of the corruption racket surrounding the president and the White House.  The New York Times did a great piece …

Trump's Air Force One deal with Qatar not final, despite U.S. claims  —  The delay reflects lingering concerns about legal liabilities stemming from a White House maneuver to transform what was originally a sale between two countries into a “gift.”  —  Despite claims by the Defense Department …

US judge blocks Trump from halting Biden-era migrant ‘parole’ programs  —  A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from halting legal entry “parole” programs that have allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants with U.S. sponsors to enter the country legally.

A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He's Exiting Washington  —  The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.  —  Elon Musk during a cabinet meeting at the White House last month.Eric Lee/The New York Times

Immigration courts are dismissing cases of those sent to El Salvador, potentially cutting off their return  —  An immigration judge in San Diego dismissed the asylum claim of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela — one of at least 14 such dismissals to take place in recent weeks.

Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist  —  The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday said she would grant bail to Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed …

Why Musk is so important  —  WHY MUSK IS SO IMPORTANT.  Elon Musk's giant Starship spacecraft went out of control, tumbled, and broke apart several minutes into a test flight Tuesday night.  It was the latest in a series of unsuccessful-but-still-instructive tests of Musk's hugely ambitious rocket program …

Back at SpaceX, Musk says in interview DOGE became D.C.'s ‘whipping boy’  —  Musk made his comments at an inflection point for SpaceX amid a string of failures of its Starship spacecraft in recent test flights.  —  STARBASE, Tex. — Elon Musk, returning to SpaceX on Tuesday for a test flight …

Trump Has Commuted Larry Hoover's Sentence  —  The president, on a pardon spree, shortened the infamous former gang leader's sentence after years of advocates pressing for his release.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, the infamous former gang leader …

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures jump as court blocks Trump tariffs, Nvidia earnings impress  —  US stock futures rose after a US trade court blocked some of President Trump's tariffs, and Nvidia (NVDA)'s mixed earnings report impressed Wall Street despite the company's warnings on chip curbs.

Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her  —  According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.

Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall  —  District materials highlight a decrease in A grades for ‘more privileged’ students.  —  Without seeking approval of the San Francisco Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Maria Su plans to unveil a new Grading …

Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after criticizing president's ‘big beautiful bill’  —  Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

Part One: DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Reveals Jill Biden's Chief of Staff Ran the Biden White House  —  Key Quotes - David Hogg, Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee  — “Jill Biden's Chief of Staff [Anthony Bernal] had an enormous amount of power.”  — “The bigger issue was the inner circle that was around Biden.”