Federal judge issues temporary restraining order curtailing Trump's immigration enforcement in California  —  Biden-appointed judge requires ICE to document reasoning for stops and prohibits using race or language as sole factors  —  A federal judge in Los Angeles late Friday issued …

Trump announces 30% tariffs against Mexico, EU to begin on Aug. 1  —  President Trump on Saturday announced he is levying 30% tariffs against Mexico and the European Union.  They are set to begin on August 1.  —  He announced the tariffs on two of the United States' biggest trade partners …

Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI  —  The investor in a private group chat also criticized Stanford and said colleges are biased against Trump voters: “My people are furious.”  —  Influential tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen recently …

FEMA Didn't Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show  —  Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren't extended.  —  Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas …

US Justice fires nine more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources say  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired at least nine more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump's retention of classified records …

Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn't Like  —  The president is now musing about trying to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's birthright citizenship because he doesn't like her  —  Since the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump has been trying …

Contrarians to the Rescue on Birthright Citizenship!  —  Publisher's Roundup 26  —  A couple of weeks ago, when the Roberts Court struck down some nationwide injunctions protecting birthright citizenship in the Casa case, we here at The Contrarian told you not to panic.

Lights Out: U.S. Withdraws Support for Global Media  —  Foreign aid cuts to USAID, other outlets, cast a long shadow over journalism around the world  —  In the 12 years since Radio Rozana's first broadcast, founder Lina Chawaf has worked tirelessly to expand the outlet's coverage of her native Syria.

US demands to know what allies would do in event of war over Taiwan  —  Trump administration raises eyebrows by calling for commitments from Australia and Japan  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  The Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role …

Surely, You Are Not Surprised  —  We can be — and ought to be — shocked by the various scenes unfolding before us, but we cannot really be surprised can we?  The chaos and the cruelty were always the point; and what did we expect from an administration crammed full of reductio ad absurdum appointees at every level?

Columbia Has Discussed $200 Million Payment in Civil-Rights Settlement With Trump Administration  —  The Ivy League school has been locked in battle with the government for months  —  Columbia University has discussed paying roughly $200 million as part of a deal with the Trump administration …

Bannon warns GOP could lose 40 House seats over Epstein files  —  Former White House aide Steve Bannon suggested Friday that the GOP could lose dozens of House seats in the 2026 midterms over the Trump administration's handling of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Scoop: Putin urges Iran to take “zero enrichment” nuclear deal with U.S., sources say  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has told both President Trump and Iranian officials that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, sources familiar with those discussions tell Axios.

State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps  —  The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps …

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino weighs quitting over Trump admin handling of Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’  —  WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino butted heads with Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier this week over the Trump administration's handling of its Jeffrey Epstein investigation …

David Gergen, political insider who advised four presidents of both parties, dies at 83  —  David Gergen, who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties and educated generations of Americans about leadership and civic engagement, has died.  He was 83.