Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change  —  The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being.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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

RFK Jr. shakes up leadership team … John Brooks, deputy administrator and the chief policy and regulatory officer at CMS, will become a senior counselor there.  —  In the email, Kennedy said the new senior counselors would help coordinate between Kennedy and HHS agencies on policy decisions and would also retain their prior roles.

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 …

Billy Long calls Iceland ‘52nd state’ joke ‘totally inappropriate’  —  Former Rep. Billy Long apologized to lawmakers for a private joke he made to former House colleagues saying Iceland would be the “52nd state” with him as its governor.  Appearing Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …

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 …

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.

“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,” …

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 …

Trump Wants Smithsonian to Create a Different Official Portrait  —  The painted portrait from President Trump's first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled.  Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one.  —  The unveiling of an official …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …