Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change  —  The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being.  It means the agency can no longer regulate them.

Goldman Sachs General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler Resigns Over Epstein Ties  —  Kathryn Ruemmler, a former top Obama administration lawyer, is out at Goldman Sachs after emails showed a friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spanning many years.  —  Goldman Sachs's top lawyer …

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner  —  Substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn't known  —  WASHINGTON—The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard …

A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem's Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS  —  Secretary, with close adviser Corey Lewandowski, faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations  —  Kristi Noem knew she needed a reset.

House leaders say lawmakers can't attend Munich Security Conference as official delegation … The possibility some lawmakers won't attend the conference represents a major break with the yearslong precedent of bipartisan groupings joining a summit that offers unique perspective into high-level thinking in Washington and among allies.

Trump immigration officials shown video of Alex Pretti's death in tense Senate hearing  —  The men tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda were made to watch a video of the shooting death of Alex Pretti in a slow, moment-by-moment analysis on Thursday by Sen. Rand Paul …

DOJ's targeting of Trump critics ramps up with attempt to indict lawmakers  —  The case is the first time the Justice Department has attempted to classify critical speech from prominent Trump detractors as a crime.  —  The Justice Department's efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump's critics entered …

Behind the Curtain: Resistance rising  —  Little by little, week after week, a subtle but significant shift is unfolding in American politics: Institutions and even a small but growing number of Republicans are standing up to President Trump. … But the law of political gravity is starting to apply to Trump.

NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs  —  Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump's import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday.  —  The bank said 90% of the tariffs imposed by the president …

House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department monitoring of lawmakers' Epstein document review  —  Federal agencies Epstein files Congressional news Donald Trump  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files …

Exclusive: Arizona sheriff blocks FBI access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction, source says  —  An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe …

Prosecutor Seeks Dismissal of Charges Against Man Shot by ICE  —  The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota asked a judge to drop charges against the immigrant who was shot by an ICE agent, saying new evidence was “materially inconsistent” with what officials had claimed.

Dubai's DP World names new chairman and CEO after pressure over Epstein  —  Dubai port giant DP World announced on Friday the appointment of Essa Kazim as chairman of its board of directors and Yuvraj Narayan as group chief executive officer, Dubai Media Office reported …

Agent investigated in Chicago woman's shooting, her lawyer says  —  The attorney for Marimar Martinez said a prosecutor told him the Border Patrol agent who shot her five times is under criminal investigation. … Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation …

Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned five former professional football players — one posthumously — for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.

Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren  —  Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.  —  Longtime allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's health secretary …

Members of Congress prepare to face angry, dissatisfied primary voters in 2026  —  The first round of primaries on March 3 includes examples of the type of incumbent challenges both parties will be dealing with all midterm year.  —  Lawmakers in both parties face a reckoning from within …

“If We Don't Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don't Have a Free Country”  —  Donald Trump's attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that's held since 1798.  —  During the 2024 campaign, after years of attacking the media as “enemies of the people,” …

Hawley calls on Minnesota attorney general to be indicted over fraud reports: ‘You ought to be in jail’  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called on each other to resign from their respective positions after a heated exchange in a Senate homeland security committee hearing on Minnesota oversight.

Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending  —  The Trump administration will end the immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota that prompted widespread protests and claimed the lives of two U.S. citizens, border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth from Punishing Kelly for Video  —  Judge Richard J. Leon found that attempts to discipline Mark Kelly for a video that warned against following illegal orders would violate the senator's First Amendment rights.  —  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily …

Even Trump's own appointees are ruling against ICE's mass detention strategy … Even judges Trump appointed are largely against him: 44 of them have ruled against the administration in mass-detention cases.  Twenty Trump-appointed judges have signed off on the policy.

Second US aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, AP source says  —  The world's largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, a person familiar with the plans said Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump considers whether to take possible military action against Iran.

The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein's Power  —  This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.  —  At the end of January, Trump's Justice Department released what it said was the last tranche of the Epstein files …

Transfer of ISIS suspects nears end as Trump pursues Syria exit  —  The movement of between 6,000 and 7,000 detainees to Iraqi government control, underway for weeks, could be complete as soon as Friday.  —  The U.S. military has nearly completed the transfer of thousands …