Trump says Elon Musk will face ‘very serious consequences’ if he funds Democratic candidates  —  In an interview with NBC News, the president also said he assumes his relationship with the tech billionaire is over following their recent falling out.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday …

Trump says he thinks the government has a ‘very easy case’ against Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  In an interview with NBC News, the president said it was the Justice Department's decision, not his, to bring the Maryland man back to the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday …

White House security staff warned Musk's Starlink is a security risk  —  Starlink satellite connections in the White House bypass controls meant to stop leaks and hacking.  —  Elon Musk's team at the U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House communications experts worried …

Los Angeles ICE raids spark protests, fear, outrage.  ‘Our community is under attack’  —  A series of surprise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in downtown Los Angeles on Friday prompted fierce pushback from elected officials and protesters, who decried the enforcement actions as …

Five Proud Boys leaders, including Philly resident Zach Rehl, want the government to pay them $100 million in restitution for Jan. 6 convictions  —  Zach Rehl, the former leader of the Philadelphia Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in helping incite the Jan. 6 …

The Great Un-Awokening  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Bethany Irvine  —  Happy Saturday.  This is Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  President Donald Trump attends UFC-316 featuring Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O'Malley at 9:30 p.m.  —  DRIVING THE DAY

Sikh man from Vineland criticized for leading Congress in prayer  —  After leading the U.S. House in a prayer with an entreaty to God to help people “remember that we belong to one family” on Friday, a Sikh man from South Jersey was the target of a highly critical social media post by U.S. Rep. Mary Miller …

Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event  —  The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right  —  An international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US …

The great poaching: America's brain drain begins  —  The Trump administration's spending cuts and restrictions on foreign students are triggering a brain drain — and American scientists are panicking.  —  Why it matters: U.S. researchers' fears are coming true.

After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out.  But DOGE Is Just Getting Started.  —  With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team's approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.  —  With members embedded in multiple agencies …

Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead  —  A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.  —  On Friday afternoon, heading into the weekend, the U.S. Supreme Court told the Trump administration that the non-department Department …

There are only two commissioners left at the FCC  —  After two departures on Friday, parts of Brendan Carr's agenda are in limbo. … After the departure of one Republican and one Democratic commissioner on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission is down to two members …

Trump stokes fear, confusion with pulled emergency abortion guidance  —  The Trump administration sowed confusion and fear among physicians with its move this past week to rescind Biden-era guidelines to hospitals that provide life-saving abortions.  —  While the move doesn't change the law …

Ohio food banks strain as Trump slashes federal aid programs  —  On a warm spring morning, volunteers at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective plucked cucumbers from a greenhouse where a state psychiatric hospital once stood and the land lay fallow.  Now the state's largest food bank is working that ground again …