Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing  —  One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's intelligence chief …

Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks  —  The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.  —  President Trump appears to be declaring independence from outside constraints on how he nominates judges …

Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard's fate, source says  —  College and university leaders have been privately negotiating with a deputy to top Trump aide Stephen Miller in hopes of avoiding the same aggressive targeting of Harvard University …

White House to pull NASA nominee Isaacman  —  The Scoop  —  The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA administrator, just days before he was set to receive a confirmation vote in the Senate, according to three people familiar with the matter and confirmed by the administration.

Nadler staffer briefly detained by DHS in altercation at lawmaker's Manhattan office  —  The agency said the unidentified staff member was not charged.  —  Officers with the Department of Homeland Security briefly detained a staff member in Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-N.Y.) …

Business owners confront ICE agents during arrest at Great Barrington job site  —  ‘I felt like I was in North Korea’  —  GREAT BARRINGTON — Federal agents arrested one of two men at their landscaping job site on Friday morning, but their clients confronted the agents and prevented the second man from being taken into custody.

Trump Says Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Will Double to 50%  —  The president at a rally says U.S. Steel, which is in a deal with Nippon Steel, will remain U.S.-controlled  —  WEST MIFFLIN, Pa.—President Trump said he would double tariffs on imported steel, a move he said would bolster the domestic industry and protect U.S. jobs.

Wall Street warns Trump aides the GOP tax bill could jolt bond markets  —  White House officials maintain bankers' concerns are overstated and discount expected revenues from the president's tariffs.  —  Wall Street bankers and executives are privately warning the Trump administration …

‘Devastating.’ NIH cancels future funding plans for HIV vaccine consortia  —  Researchers decry agency's decision just as new leads reinvigorate search for long-sought vaccine  —  Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward  —  Audio is AI-generated.  Report an issue|

It's called the Library of Congress.  But Trump claims it's his.  —  The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.  —  The Trump White House has a new target in its campaign to expand executive power: the Library of Congress.

MAGA outlet's Pentagon correspondent criticized Hegseth.  And then she was fired, she says  —  Gabrielle Cuccia criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's crackdown on press access at the Pentagon.  And then, she said, she was fired.  —  Cuccia was briefly the chief Pentagon correspondent …

Really, Secretary Rubio?  I'm Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?  —  I see Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a good man doing bad things, but perhaps he thinks even worse of me: He recently suggested that I was a liar.  —  While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed …

Trump to meet with Germany's Merz in Washington next week  —  President Trump is set to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz next week in Washington, marking the first in-person meeting between the two leaders.  —  Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) …

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts  —  With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.  —  For decades, Bangalore, India, has been an incubator …

Iran Builds Up Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Despite Nuclear Talks  —  U.N. atomic agency reports that Iran hasn't cooperated with nuclear probe, raising prospect of snapback of sanctions on Tehran  —  Iran has continued to produce highly enriched uranium at a pace of roughly …

Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government  —  Some judges have tossed charges against unauthorized immigrants who fail to register with the federal government under a new Trump administration initiative.  —  The Justice Department is wielding a little-known law …

Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order  —  A federal appeals panel ordered officials not to deport a 31-year-old to El Salvador.  Minutes later, it happened anyway.  The government blamed “administrative errors.”  —  The Trump administration deported a 31-year-old Salvadoran man minutes …

Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric  —  President Donald Trump has long called for escalating the U.S. drug war against Mexican cartels and wants tougher penalties for dealers selling fentanyl and other street drugs in American communities.

After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left  —  “In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities.  We thought that the USA could be different,” one student said.  —  Chinese students say they're questioning …

Trump pardons drive a big, burgeoning business for lobbyists  —  With Trump issuing pardons on a rolling basis, lobbyists say clients are willing to pay significant sums to get their cases in front of the president.  —  Seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump has become big business …

The U.S. Plan to Hobble China Tech Isn't Working  —  Chinese solar panels, electric vehicles and drones are better than those made in the U.S. Is AI next?  —  The U.S. has tried almost everything to win the tech race against China—across areas as varied as AI, energy, autonomous vehicles, drones and EVs.