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 …

On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama  —  As Mr. Musk entered President Trump's orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.  —  As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump's closest allies last year …

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” …

Elon Musk's Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death  —  There is an Elon Musk post on X, his social media platform, that should define his legacy.  “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” he wrote on Feb. 3.  He could have “gone to some great parties.  Did that instead.”

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.

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.

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans … Alex Karp, a co-founder and the chief executive of Palantir, at a forum in Washington in April.  The Trump administration has expanded Palantir's work across the federal government.Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes  —  Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.”

Behind Trump's long campaign to target Chinese student visas  —  The president's action comes amid a fragile trade truce on the line.  —  President Donald Trump's aides and allies have been laying the groundwork for his aggressive crackdown on Chinese student visas for years.

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 …

How Trump's Regulatory Rollbacks Are Increasing Costs on Americans  —  A new DOGE tally claims that erasing rules on credit card fees, appliance standards and health insurance “saves the American people” money.  Data show the opposite.  —  When the Biden administration enacted regulations …

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.

Trump's Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime  —  Critics say President Trump has used the vast pardon powers of the presidency not to settle accounts, as President Biden did, but to burn the ledger.  —  President Trump is employing the vast power of his office …

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.

The Senate Must Scrap the Big Beautiful Budget and Start Over  —  Refusing to grapple with America's debt problem is bad enough.  Maneuvering to make it even bigger is unforgivable.  —  Can the Senate forestall a looming fiscal breakdown?  The House has passed a grossly irresponsible budget bill …

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 …

Ukraine hasn't won over Trump.  But it might not need to.  —  President Donald Trump's seemingly infinite patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin may, in fact, have limits.  —  “Something has happened to him.  He has gone absolutely CRAZY!”  Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform this week …

Has the world had it with Israel?  —  In Israel, left-wing politician Yair Golan, a retired general, recently stirred controversy when he said in an interview with Israel Radio that “Israel is on the way to becoming a pariah state” and added that “a sane country does not fight against civilians …

Musk's Drug Use on Campaign Trail Generated Concern, NYT Says  —  Elon Musk was using drugs more heavily than previously known while on the campaign trail to help elect Donald Trump president, worrying some people close to the mercurial billionaire, the New York Times reported.

RFK Jr. is asking the wrong question about autism.  Here's the right one.  —  Let's start with one unambiguous fact: More children are diagnosed with autism today than in the early 1990s.  —  According to a sweeping 2000 analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

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.

I'm Normally a Mild Guy.  Here's What's Pushed Me Over the Edge.  —  When I was a baby pundit, my mentor, Bill Buckley, told me to write about whatever made me angriest that week.  I don't often do that, mostly because I don't get angry that much — it's not how I'm wired.  But this week I'm going with Bill's advice.