Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies  —  President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.  —  As a young staff member in the Reagan administration …

Trump's latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s  —  The president and his aides have escalated anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies in recent weeks.  —  Just now … Somalis are “garbage,” and “we don't want them in our country.”  Migration from “all Third World countries” should be halted.

How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans' Faith in Immigration … In the weeks after Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected president, advisers delivered a warning: His approach to immigration could prove disastrous.  —  Mr. Biden had pledged to treat unauthorized immigrants more humanely …

Donald Trump's Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political  —  In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington's cultural hub.  Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.  —  On the day in February that President Donald Trump took over the John F. Kennedy Center …

Europe's populist right hails Trump team's EU bashing  —  Europe's far-right firebrands are rushing to hitch their fortunes to Washington's new crusade against Brussels.  —  Senior U.S. government officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

Mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest  —  In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son's godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.  —  Just now

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows  —  The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.  —  More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested …

Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets  —  Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump's campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.

Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court  —  More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to serve as their own attorneys in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.

Hegseth declares end of US ‘utopian idealism’ with new military strategy … “Out with idealistic utopianism,” he said.  “In with hard-nosed realism.”  —  The Defense secretary's speech revealed an administration moving toward a policy that recognizes zones of influence led by great powers …

Judge blocks prosecutors' access to James Comey's lawyer's emails and data … Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee based in Washington, issued the restraining order before getting a formal response from prosecutors to a petition Richman filed last week seeking return of his data.

Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings  —  Joe Lonsdale, a billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia” who is also a co-founder of Palantir, wants a return to draconian punishment and public executions in the United States.  —  Wrote Lonsdale on X yesterday:

The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump's immigration crackdown  —  Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”  —  Just now … WAUKEGAN, Ill. — If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High School …

How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions … Smugglers, money launderers and people facing sanctions once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork to store illicit fortunes.  The luxury goods could help hide wealth but were cumbersome to move and hard to spend.

Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment  —  The judge's decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.  —  A federal judge on Saturday night threw …

Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home  —  Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen.  The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it “determined the individual in question was not the target.”  —  Masked immigration authorities …

Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine … Zelenskyy himself has not been accused of corruption.  —  “Because of the war, and because he's one of the great marketers of all times, Zelenskyy became a borderline deity, especially to the left, where he could do no wrong, he was beyond reproach,” Trump Jr. said.

Trump on Cuellar running as Democrat after pardon: ‘Such a lack of loyalty’  —  President Trump on Sunday offered more insight into his decision to pardon former Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife Imelda, who were both indicted last year on bribery charges, but criticized the former congressman …