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 …

HHS shaking up top personnel to push Trump, MAHA priorities ahead of midterms  —  Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced a reshuffling of top staffers in his department as the Trump administration looks to shore up health wins that can boost GOP success in the upcoming midterms.

Congress Jets Off as D.H.S. Shuts Down  —  Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.  —  When a disruptive government shutdown nears, the Capitol is usually occupied …

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.

What Meetings Among Trump Lawyers Reveal About the FBI's Seizure of Election Records in Georgia  —  The Missouri prosecutor overseeing an investigation into the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, has taken part in meetings since last fall with lawyers tasked by President Donald Trump to reinvestigate his loss to Joe Biden.

The Don Lemon indictment: Video appears to contradict key claims  —  The former CNN anchor, now an independent journalist, faces criminal charges after covering a protest at a church in St. Paul last month  —  Video footage appears to contradict key aspects of a federal indictment's descriptions …

ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting … Agents had initially said that two men — Alfredo Aljorna and Julio Sosa Celis - assaulted them with a broom and a shovel before one of them shot Sosa Celis. … Local law enforcement and prosecutors are also investigating the incident.

U.S. Inflation Eased at Start of the Year  —  Inflation in the United States eased at the start of 2026, providing a reprieve to the Federal Reserve as it contends with yet another year of consumer prices rising faster than the central bank's target.  —  Here is what the latest Consumer Price Index showed on Friday.

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 …

ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers  —  Documents released Thursday offer the most complete picture to date of the Trump administration's controversial and costly plan to overhaul immigrant detention using industrial buildings.

The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT.  Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The struggle that killed Alex Pretti began with a shove.  It ended with gunshots.  —  In the final moments before he was shot and killed by federal authorities in Minneapolis …

Justice Department Sues Harvard for Admissions Records  —  The Trump administration appears to have renewed its pressure campaign against Harvard since President Trump backtracked this month on a possible settlement with the Ivy League school.  —  The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday …

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.

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, President Trump's Justice Department released what it said was the last tranche of the Jeffrey Epstein files …

“Not Ready for Prime Time.”  A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.  —  When county clerk Brianna Lennon got an email in November saying a newly expanded federal system had flagged 74 people on the county's voter roll as potential noncitizens, she was taken aback.

Former UPenn President Liz Magill, Who Resigned in Disgrace After Disastrous Anti-Semitism Testimony, Named Dean of Georgetown Law  —  Liz Magill, the former University of Pennsylvania president who resigned in disgrace after arguing that calls for the genocide of Jews could be permissible under campus rules …

President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players  —  Share full article  —  President Donald Trump pardoned former NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon on Thursday, according to White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson.

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.

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 …

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.

‘I Just Want to Get Out of Here’: ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children … A 7-year-old in Oregon was seeking treatment for a nosebleed last month when immigration agents detained her and her parents outside a hospital emergency room.  They were taken to a federal detention center in Texas for three weeks.

Nanos pushes back on claims of withholding evidence in Guthrie case  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is pushing back on claims that he is withholding crucial evidence from the FBI in the Nancy Guthrie case.  —  Nanos denies the allegations, describing the report as “not even close to the truth.”

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.

US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate deported college student's return  —  A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Honduran college student who was deported in violation of a court order, a step the government had previously refused to take.

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

Slotkin looks to make sure DOJ has ended investigation into military video … The letter, addressed to Pirro and Attorney General Pam Bondi, wants the DOJ to confirm by the end of the day Friday that its probe is over.  —  Slotkin's lawyers are using Trump's behavior in the aftermath …

Meet the YOLO Republicans: Lawmakers with nothing to lose are threatening Trump's grip on Congress … When a vote to overturn his Canada levies came to the floor Wednesday, “I was in the cloakroom, and I heard people say, ‘I hate tariffs,’ and then voted” to leave them in place, Bacon recalled.