RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development  —  The mRNA vaccines are credited with slowing the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

Abbott sues to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from seat  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has sued to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from his seat amid a battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans over redistricting.  —  “What is at stake here?

Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance  —  Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president's residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General …

Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker  —  Trump floats taking federal control of the city after the man known online as ‘Big Balls’ was injured in a carjacking.  Elon Musk also says city should be taken over.  —  A protégé of Elon Musk …

Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in anticipation of the 2028 Summer Olympics, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.

Miss United States Files Restraining Order Against GOP Rep. Cory Mills  —  Lindsey Langston, a Florida Republican state committeewoman and the reigning Miss United States, has filed a restraining order against Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills, after reporting him to local and state law enforcement …

Trump Suggests Vance is MAGA Movement's Heir Apparent  —  President Trump said Vice President JD Vance was “probably favorite at this point” to succeed him as leader of the hard-right political movement.  —  President Trump said on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance was “most likely” …

Thune's bid to change rules for nominees faces GOP opposition  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate's rules to speed up the confirmation of approximately 140 Trump nominees.  —  Changing the Senate's procedural rules …

The Banality of Weasel  —  Yesterday, the president of the United States appeared without explanation on the roof of the White House, walked aimlessly for a bit, shouted back-and-forth with reporters, said some hard-to-interpret things about nuclear weapons, gesticulated oddly, and then left.

Trump's War on Big Law Means It's Harder to Challenge the Administration  —  Some of America's largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.

Glenn Kessler Believes Fact-Checkers Are Getting Easier to Ignore … Last week Glenn Kessler, the longtime writer of the Washington Post's Fact Checker column, announced that he had accepted a buyout, joining dozens of his former colleagues in walking away from the storied institution.

There Is an Information Blackout at Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp  —  Public records related to Florida's so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have essentially disappeared into what one expert called a “black hole.”  Over 90 pages of contracts reviewed …

Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds  —  The office of Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff asserts it “identified 510 credible reports of human rights abuse” against immigration detainees.  DHS disputed the claims.  —  A monthslong probe by the office of Sen. Jon Ossoff …

GOP Senate chief changed consent law as relative faced rape charge involving 13-year-old  —  The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old.  —  Newsweek reported a Salt Lake City Tribune piece …

MAGA expectations soar after DOJ orders Russia grand jury probe  —  The MAGA movement has spent the past 10 years demanding the arrests of President Trump's political enemies.  — Now, for the first time, the levers of power are aligned to pursue that goal from inside the federal government.

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants  —  The short-lived effort underscores the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump's aggressive deportation targets.  —  On Tuesday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced in an internal email …

Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds  —  Congressional watchdog concludes agency illegally failed to disburse billions in research funds  —  In a scathing report issued Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office found …

Sen Adam Schiff under federal criminal investigation for alleged mortgage fraud violations  —  Investigation follows criminal referral alleging senator falsified bank documents for favorable loan terms  —  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is under criminal investigation for mortgage fraud, a Trump administration source told Fox News.

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help.  Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.  —  Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents' complaints about banks …

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite  —  The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.  —  As NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up plans for terminating the two missions, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatories.

We don't need nuclear reactors on the moon  —  Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's plan to fast-track nuclear reactors on the moon is a dangerous distraction.  —  If Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wanted to do his part …

How ethnic stereotypes underlie Trump's agricultural vision  —  The Trump administration promises to spell out its vision for America's agriculture, but in the meantime, the president indicated on Tuesday that land should be owned by some Americans and farmed by migrant workers.