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.

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 …

Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show  —  The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief …

Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change  —  The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being.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

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.

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 …

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses  —  In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.  —  Five years ago, Facebook shut down the facial recognition system for tagging people …

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.

Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents  —  Dubai has announced a new chairman for DP World, one of the world's largest logistics companies, replacing the outgoing head who was named in the Jeffrey Epstein documents.  The announcement by the government's …

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.

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.

Morning Digest: For the first time ever, New Mexico Republicans won't field a Senate candidate  —  Leading Off  —  For the first time since New Mexico became a state in 1912, Republicans won't field a candidate in a U.S. Senate race.  —  The GOP learned of its grim fate on Tuesday …

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 …

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash  —  Following mounting pressure and a questionable Super Bowl ad, the Amazon-owned company walked back its plan to integrate with the controversial law-enforcement technology company.

The Fulton County raid is part of Trump's total war on voting  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  While it may seem like the entire federal government is currently focused on violently attacking immigrants …

Pride flag returns to Stonewall National Monument after Trump administration removal  —  A rainbow Pride flag is once again flying over Stonewall National Monument in New York City, days after the LGBTQ symbol was removed from the historic site due to a federal order from President Trump, according to local outlets.

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.

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 …

Jesse Watters: “Epstein got his money from two Jewish billionaires” and “the Jewish banking dynasty, the Rothschilds”

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 …

“Not Ready for Prime Time.”  A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.  —  Reporting Highlights  — Widespread Errors: An expanded federal tool for identifying noncitizens on voter rolls is making persistent mistakes, particularly in assessing citizenship for people born outside the U.S.

The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding  —  Americans aren't buying Trumpist gaslighting about the economy … Attorney General Pam Bondi's meltdown on Wednesday while being questioned the House Judiciary Committee was exceptional, even by this administration's rock-bottom standards.

Inflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool  —  A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp cost increases of the past five years.

A majority disapprove of how Trump is handling Greenland  —  Twenty-four percent of adults approve of Trump's handling of Greenland; 72% disapprove. … The Trump administration's approach to Greenland is proving unpopular among U.S. adults, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

US spent $40 million on roughly 300 deportations to third nations, Democratic report finds  —  The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own as immigration officials expanded the practice over the last year to carry …

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 …

Kari Lake is making Trump's job harder in Iran  —  She has gutted America's ability to get good information to the Iranian people in a conflict.  —  If President Donald Trump takes military action in Iran, he will need help from the Iranian people.  The U.S. military can decapitate the regime from the air.