Kennedy Center adds Trump's name to building  —  The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.” … The Kennedy Center began updating signage on the exterior of the building Friday morning, a day after its board voted …

DOJ won't meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files … “I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks, so today several hundred thousand and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more,” Blanche said.

Motive sought after suspect in Brown University shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say  —  What to know about the investigations into the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor:  — The suspect in the Dec. 13 mass shooting on the campus …

ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys  —  Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday.  ICE won't release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.  —  A Maryland woman has spent days …

Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think.  We Asked Them.  —  Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more  —  Gen Z conservatives are often portrayed by the media as a cohort radicalized by economic despair.

Tax the Rich, Like Me  —  In 2012, political ads suggested that some of my policy proposals, if enacted, would amount to pushing grandma off a cliff.  Actually, my proposals were intended to prevent that very thing from happening.  —  Today, all of us, including our grandmas …

Trump Judge Threatens to Hold Government in Contempt Over ICE … A Trump-appointed judge was so upset with the living conditions in which ICE detained an immigrant in Long Island, New York, that he threatened to hold the government in contempt.  —  U.S. District Judge Gary Brown …

Trump's pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims  —  In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president's clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments. … By the time a federal judge in 2023 sentenced convicted fraudster Trevor Milton to four years in prison …

It's time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced  —  We need to remake the US high court so Americans don't suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule  —  The justices of the US supreme court - even its conservatives - have traditionally valued their institution's own standing.

Cincinnati ICE Leader Charged Federally, Booked into Butler County Jail  —  “This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail,” said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email

Facing Trump's wrath, Jack Smith requests public hearing in House GOP probe  —  Former special counsel Jack Smith requested to testify in “an open and public hearing” in a Thursday letter from his attorneys to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

After Airport Pat-Down, Sean Duffy's Daughter Calls T.S.A. ‘Unconstitutional’  —  Evita Duffy-Alfonso suggested that her father, the transportation secretary, would try to eliminate the security agency if he were in charge of it.  —  A daughter of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy denounced an …

Zohran Mamdani appointee resigns after vile antisemitic social media posts resurface  —  A high-profile Zohran Mamdani appointee resigned Thursday after newly unearthed posts revealed a series of antisemitic comments online — including rants about “money hungry Jews” and defunding NYPD “piggies.”

Trump Is Walloping Construction Businesses.  The Industry Stays Quiet.  —  Raids on work sites.  Roofers under siege.  But builders keep mum.  —  ∙ Paid  —  WHEN LEO FELER GOT HOME, there was blood everywhere.  On his front door, the window sills, the foyer.

‘You cannot hide’: Democrats' swaggering approach stymies House Republicans … “Our message to Mike Johnson is clear — you can run, but you cannot hide,” Jeffries said as he took a victory lap on the House steps Thursday.  —  The New Yorker was referring to his party's effort to address …

White House Investigates Mystery Video Stream on Website  —  The White House said it was investigating after a video of a Youtube livestream about investments appeared on its website.  —  The White House is aware of the incident and looking into the matter, a White House official said on the condition of anonymity.

Rams star Puka Nacua apologizes for antisemitic dance on livestream  —  Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua apologized on Thursday after appearing on a livestream in which he practiced an antisemitic touchdown dance.  —  “When I appeared the other day on a social media livestream …

H-1B workers flew to India to renew U.S. visas.  Now they're stuck.  —  H-1B holders who returned to India this month to renew their visas had consular appointments canceled, stranding them far from their homes and jobs, lawyers said.  —  Just now … NEW DELHI — Indian H-1B visa holders …

Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order  —  How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?  —  Request to retire — and refrain from resigning in protest …

The Transphobic Mask Is Off  —  The goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  For many years now, conservatives, along with an influential group of centrists and liberals …

104 murders in 107 days  —  One of the more surreal phenomena of the last year is the way in which our fleeting news cycle and plodding legal system combine to distract us from this administration's atrocities.  —  On the legal side, the federal courts operate on a “doctrine of regularity” …

Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US  —  Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’  —  The FBI has launched “criminal …

Trump not ruling out war with Venezuela  —  In an exclusive phone interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his offensive against Venezuela, his plan for health care and his outlook for the midterm elections.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday …

MAGA infighting erupts at Turning Point USA Conference … “The conservative movement is in serious danger,” Shapiro said, arguing the danger is not just on the left, but “from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty.”