US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority  —  A U.S. trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a sweeping ruling on Wednesday that found the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from U.S. trading partners.

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist  —  The Trump administration's “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don't exist, according to the listed authors.  — Copy  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” …

China thought it had a truce with the US.  Then Trump dropped two bombshells  —  A one-two punch from the United States risks shattering the already fragile trade war truce between Washington and Beijing, with Chinese tech companies and students both dealt shock blows by the Trump administration Wednesday night.

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

Trump finds more convicted congressional Republicans to reward with pardons  —  Thanks to the president's latest flurry of pardons, he's now pardoned most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.  —  It's been a challenge keeping up with the flurry …

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 subtypes …

The US Is Storing Migrant Children's DNA in a Criminal Database  —  Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

The Punch That Launched Trump's War on American Universities  —  Threats to withhold billions in federal research funds to punish campuses grew heated after a 2019 altercation left a man with a black eye

Live Updates: Judge Intends to Block Trump Effort to Stop Harvard From Enrolling Foreign Students  —  Students and faculty waged small acts of protest at Harvard's graduation ceremonies as the university's lawyers temporarily beat back the Trump administration's attacks in court.

National Association of the Deaf Sues White House for Access to Press Briefings  —  Washington D.C., May 28, 2025 — The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) filed a lawsuit today to compel the White House to immediately resume providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters during broadcasts …

Photos: NYPD Arrests Protesters Blocking ICE Vans Transporting Detained Immigrants  —  On Wednesday night in Lower Manhattan, the NYPD arrested dozens of protesters who were attempting to block the path of two vans that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were using to transport people they had recently detained.

Rep. Steny Hoyer draws a challenger who makes the age argument explicit  —  A 35-year-old volunteer firefighter said longtime incumbent is “still operating in this 1980s information environment.”  —  Rep. Steny Hoyer has drawn a primary challenger with a pointed message about the 85-year-old …

The Totalitarian Logic of Immigration Controls  —  There were many terrible moments in Donald Trump's nakedly fascist 2024 campaign, but I will personally never forget taking the time, in May, to read Radley Balko's extensive discussion of how mass deportation might work in practice.

Supreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a decision that could speed up approvals of highways, airports and pipelines.

Sen. Lindsey Graham gets a 2026 challenge from Democrat Annie Andrews, who ran against Nancy Mace  —  Dr. Annie Andrews, the South Carolina Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022, says she's running against Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026 …

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.

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 …

House Democrat launches investigation of Trump's meme coin dinner  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin demanded a detailed list of the dinner guests and the sources of the funds they used to buy the cryptocurrencies.  —  A top House Democrat on Wednesday night opened a probe into the private dinner …

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime Richmonder, dies at 96  —  Since 2020, Harrison Ruffin Tyler was the last living link to a vanished America.  —  The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, a man who founded water treatment company ChemTreat …

What We Don't Know Will Hurt Us  —  The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.  —  On January 28, Dr. Troy Jacobs was in Ethiopia getting ready to board a plane from Addis Ababa to Washington, DC, when his phone and computer suddenly stopped working.