USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email  —  The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in …

The Twitter Files Playbook Comes For The US Government  —  Remember the Twitter Files?  That carefully orchestrated “exposé” where incredibly gullible hand-picked journalists were given selective access to internal documents to manufacture misleading outrage about Twitter's content moderation?

Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out  —  Democrats have delivered a strong rebuke against the Trump administration's attempts to gut an agency that provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease …

Trump Administration Closes USAID Headquarters  —  Monday closure comes as Elon Musk and DOGE are pushing to get rid of foreign-assistance agency  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Agency for International Development closed its headquarters to agency personnel on Monday following moves …

Live Updates: Mexico Reaches Deal With U.S. to Delay Trump Tariffs  —  President Trump said he would pause tariffs on Mexico for a month, but levies on Canada and China were still set to take effect on Tuesday.  U.S. shares fell at the opening bell, following drops in Asian and European markets, amid fears of a trade war.

Primary Every Democrat  —  I spent almost a decade covering the United States Senate.  So, believe me when I tell you that I do not want to be a United States senator.  Imagine having a job where your mere existence in the role is a symbol of democratic backsliding, where your leaders torture …

Musk associates given unfettered access to private data of government employees  —  Several of Elon Musk's associates installed at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have received unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for millions of federal employees.