Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury Over Low Arrests—and Hands Dems a Weapon  —  The potential deportation of people like Carol Hui, which has shocked locals in the Missouri town where she's lived for 20 years, has inspired a searching debate: What did people think they were voting for when they chose Donald Trump?

Trump critic David Jolly running for governor as Democrat  —  Former Florida Republican congressman and Trump critic David Jolly on Thursday officially launched his campaign for governor as a Democrat.  —  “Let's end the politics of division and return Florida to voters who simply want an economy …

Medicare is a target as Senate GOP faces megabill math issues  —  Republicans have so far kept hands off the politically sensitive program.  But senators are now desperate to find additional spending cuts.  —  Senate Republicans are eyeing possible Medicare provisions to help offset the cost …

Bidenworld goes scorched earth on Karine Jean-Pierre  —  Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Tuesday that she's written a book about a “broken” Biden White House and what she sees as the betrayal of the former president by the Democratic Party.

Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States …

Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio  —  A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn't get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.

Millions Would Lose Their Obamacare Coverage Under Trump's Bill  —  Though Republicans are not explicitly trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a series of small, technical changes would substantially reduce enrollment and increase the cost of coverage.  —  Millions of Obamacare enrollees …

Scoop: Trump admired Ukraine's “badass” attack, but worries what's next  —  President Trump thought Ukraine's surprise drone attack over the weekend was “strong” and “badass,” sources who discussed it with him tell Axios, but he's also concerned it will make his ceasefire mission even harder.

Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination  —  On Tuesday, after Elon Musk blasted out the screed above, a friend texted me: “I guess the worm has turned.  Oh, wait, I guess that's RFK.”  Indeed.  We don't know exactly what set off this tweet and the series of whines that followed, but it may have been the ketamine talking.

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump's Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention  —  One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government's main hub for combating violent extremism.

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration.  But Lawmakers Won't Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.  —  Texas' conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify.  Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted …

The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  When President Donald Trump blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for the deadly January crash …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor  —  The New York City congresswoman said she would list Adrienne Adams second on her Democratic primary ballot and urged the left to unite to defeat Andrew Cuomo.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

How to become a right-wing star?  Harass people  —  Here is one version of the story: A Brown University student created a shoddy AI that labeled individual university administrative employees with terms like “DEI,” “antisemitism,” and “flunkie.”  He emailed all of the employees …

Trump speaks with Xi, will resume talks between U.S. and China over tariffs … WATCH NOW  —  President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Thursday and agreed that officials from the U.S. and China will meet soon for more talks to resolve an ongoing trade war.

When Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways  —  Things were going fine for Pete Hegseth, right up until a chance encounter with the world's richest man.  His pursuit of Donald Trump's agenda at the Pentagon had made him a star among the president's advisers.

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Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Trump's Secret ICE Plot  —  A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of using a secret subpoena to force Colorado officials to ignore state laws and hand over private financial information of residents sponsoring unaccompanied immigrant children.

I.R.S. Upheld a Biden Pledge: More Audits, but Only on the Wealthy  —  At the same time, the audit rate for those making under $500,000 declined slightly in 2024, fulfilling a promise by the Biden administration.  —  It was a promise repeated many times by President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s administration …