Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now … WATCH NOW  —  A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs.  —  The Trump administration had earlier told …

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations  —  A report on children's health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.  —  The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” …

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’  —  The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe. … Secretary Marco Rubio's State Department published a reorganization chart Thursday morning showing massive cuts to diplomatic offices and functions, plus a few new additions.

White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies  —  The Trump administration is building up federal manpower and resources to meet the White House's desire to triple the number of daily immigration arrests - signaling a renewed push to go well beyond efforts from previous administrations.

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion  —  Earlier this month authorities in Texas performed a nationwide search of more than 83,000 automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras while looking for a woman who they said had a self-administered abortion …

WIRED Talked to a Fired DOGE Staffer About Who Was Really in Charge  —  Sahil Lavingia, who says he was fired from DOGE after speaking out about his experiences there, told WIRED about how he communicated with the group, who appears to be in charge, and what might be coming next.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump promised not to pardon kidnapping plotters  —  On Wednesday, Trump told reporters that he would “take a look at” pardoning the men, saying the trial looked “like somewhat of a railroad job.”  —  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said Thursday …

OPM ‘merit’ hiring plan includes bipartisan reforms, politicized new test  —  Federal job applicants will soon be quizzed on their favorite Trump administration policy as part of the hiring process, according to the Office of Personnel Management's new “merit hiring plan.”

Pam Bondi Locks Bar Association Out Of Vetting Trump's Judicial Nominees  —  America's main legal organization “no longer functions as a fair arbiter of nominees' qualifications,” said Trump's attorney general.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday informed …

Federal Authorities Probe Effort to Impersonate White House Chief of Staff  —  An unknown individual impersonated Susie Wiles in calls and texts to prominent Republicans and business executives  —  WASHINGTON—Federal authorities are investigating a clandestine effort to impersonate White House chief …

Your guide to Cryptogate, Trump's $4 billion corruption scandal that's 10 times bigger than Watergate  —  Here's an in-depth guide to the key players, companies, and deals behind Donald Trump's scheme to cash in on his presidency.

RFK Jr. yanks pandemic vaccine funding as Moderna reports positive results … The Department of Health and Human Services—under the control of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—has canceled millions of dollars in federal funding awarded to Moderna to produce an mRNA vaccine …

The WITAOD Chronicles  —  One woman's maddening search for the head of a non-existent federal agency.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … Valentine's Day.  Other women are getting flowers and taking selfies and posting mushy stuff on social media.

Intelligence agency employee accused of attempting to leak classified documents out of frustration with Trump  —  The FBI says he sought to share the material with an unspecified friendly foreign country.  —  An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency is accused of attempting …

American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration  —  Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and left the country.

SEC Drops Binance Lawsuit Days After Crypto Exchange Lists Trump's Stablecoin  —  Topline  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission dropped a lawsuit against Binance on Thursday, days after the crypto exchange began listing a stablecoin created by World Liberty Financial, one of President Donald Trump's blockchain ventures.

Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69  —  Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died.  He was 69.  —  The New York Police Department confirmed his death Thursday on social media.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 141. 5/29/25  —  ... TACO Trump is all the rage on social media after CNBC reporter Megan Cassella asked Trump this question about him always backing down on tariffs: “Wall Street analysts have coined a new term called the ‘TACO’ trade.

Trump's tariff tally: $34 billion and counting, global companies say  —  President Donald Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, a toll that is expected to rise as ongoing uncertainty …

For These Trump Voters, a Rubber-Stamp Congress Is a Key Demand  —  In a recent pair of focus groups, voters loyal to President Trump judged members of Congress almost entirely according to whether they backed him — and rejected lawmakers who dared to dissent.

Musk Is Leaving Washington Pretty Much as He Found It  —  As the DOGE chief's stint comes to an end, the White House returns to politics as usual — which isn't necessarily an improvement. … Today's Agenda Did DOGE Work?  —  Last night, Elon Musk thanked President Donald Trump “for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.”

Exclusive: Trump aims to exceed first term's weapons sales to Taiwan, officials say  —  The United States plans to ramp up weapons sales to Taipei to a level exceeding President Donald Trump's first term as part of an effort to deter China as it intensifies military pressure on the democratic island, according to two U.S. officials.

FBI leaders say jail video shows that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide  —  Kash Patel and Dan Bongino promised to release a surveillance video showing that no one entered the jail cell of the convicted sex offender before he was found dead in 2019.  —  The FBI's top two leaders said in interviews …

Big Law Firms 3, Trump 0  —  Three judges across the political spectrum have now said the President's punitive executive orders are unconstitutional.  —  Click for Sound  —  President Trump dismisses court rulings against him as judicial overreach, and sometimes he's right.

CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared  —  The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply.