Five takeaways from the Reuters interview of President Trump  —  Reuters sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump for an interview in the Oval Office on Wednesday.  Here are some takeaways from the 30-minute exchange:  —  TRUMP'S DOING IT HIS WAY  —  Trump repeatedly dismissed concerns by the public …

Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests  —  The agent shot a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest, an official said.  Protesters and law enforcement officers clashed for hours, as city officials urged people to go home.  —  A federal agent shot and injured a man …

Trump's mass deportations are in big trouble  —  Support for President Trump's immigration crackdown is unraveling quickly and reviving Democratic opposition on an issue that helped decide the last election. … Now, it's chaos from ICE and other Trump immigration enforcers that's turning off the public, one viral video at a time.

Bipartisan bill targets Trump's Greenland talk  —  A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce a resolution Thursday that repudiates President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland and warns that any U.S. military action involving the Danish territory would require Congress's approval.

Appeals Court Opens the Door to Mahmoud Khalil's Rearrest  —  Any new detention would not come immediately, and Mr. Khalil's lawyers plan to appeal.  But the ruling is a major blow to Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian movement.

‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid  —  Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person's current address, 404 Media has learned.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact  —  The Great Healthcare Plan  —  CALLING ON CONGRESS TO LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump called on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan, a comprehensive plan to lower drug prices …

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip  —  Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output.  Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.  —  Until recently, Harvard was the most productive research university …

Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Emily Suski, the attorney and educator named last week to be the next dean at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville law school, is already …

HHS quickly reverses $2 billion in mental health and substance abuse cuts after pushback  —  Health care advocates and members of Congress expressed opposition to the cuts after learning about them earlier this week.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services …

‘Stop Proposing This Populist S—’  —  Today's notice: Congress steps aside on foreign policy.  How the booze lobby won.  Tech Force is here.  The ACA discharge petition is not going away.  And: Trump blindsides congressional Republicans.  —  THE LATEST

Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE  —  What We're Covering Today  — Venezuela: The United States seized another oil tanker as part of its partial blockade of Venezuela, according to a federal official briefed on the operation.  The ship is the sixth intercepted since the blockade …

Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland  —  Rep. Don Bacon on Wednesday ratcheted up his criticism of President Donald Trump's approach to Greenland, telling The World-Herald that Trump's comments represent “utter buffoonery” and that invading Greenland would be a …

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau.  “This is another Tuskegee.”  —  The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.

Iceland demands answers from US after Trump ally cracks 52nd state joke  —  Billy Long's gag about the North Atlantic island landed with a jolt amid sky-high tensions over ownership of Greenland.  —  First Greenland, next Iceland?  —  Reykjavík is concerned about America's growing …

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime's Nuclear Program  —  He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa's secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.  —  Renfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work …

24 members of Congress are 80 or older.  More than half are running for re-election.  —  While older members of leadership in the House and the Senate are retiring, some from the Silent Generation say their seniority is still a boon for their districts.  —  WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker …

Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff  —  Home Polls Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff  —  Cornyn outperforms Paxton in hypothetical head-to-head Senate matchups

One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis  —  Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America's urban-rural divide.  —  The regulars file into Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., before 10 a.m. most days, taking their seats at the bar.

Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now  —  In election after election last year, Democrats had big wins everywhere.  Voters who swung hard to President Trump swung hard back.  These moments are incredibly rare.  Trust me.  —  It may be discordant, then, to believe the party is still in crisis.

You make me wanna shout  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul's campaign is treating Republican candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman's Buffalo Bills faux pas as a pick six.  —  Blakeman on Wednesday told reporters in Albany he's a longtime Bills fan, spurred by the New York Jets leaving the state to play in New Jersey.

X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images  —  New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images  —  Elon Musk's X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law …

GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children.  Now he's going to prison for child porn.  —  He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.  —  South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens …

Abortion opponents threaten to withhold midterm support amid rift with Trump … To reassert their influence, leading abortion opponents are threatening to redirect or withhold some of their pledged tens of millions in midterms spending and the labor of their volunteer armies.