Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs … Smartphones and computers will be exempted from President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  —  The guidance comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 125% tariffs …

Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead  —  A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency's deaths database were ignored.  —  Just now  —  Two days after the Social Security …

Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador  —  Trump officials are talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador  —  Donald Trump and his White House have moved to deport green-card holders for espousing pro-Palestinian views …

Trump Can't Recall the Details of His Favorite Cognitive Test  —  AN APPLE A DAY  —  Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “It's a pretty well known test.  Whatever it is.  I got every one right.”  —  President Donald Trump was unable to recall the details of the cognitive test …

‘Why are high fertility people always so weird?’:  A weekend with the pronatalists  —  CNN's Meena Duerson travels to Austin to join roughly 200 “pronatalists” for the second-ever Natal Conference, an event devoted to discussing the world's declining birth rates and potential solutions.

F.B.I. Suspends Bureau Employee on Patel's So-Called Enemies List  —  The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.'s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.  —  The F.B.I. has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel's …

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”  —  Uncovered: How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to Patients  — Shortchanged: Blue Cross Louisiana OK'd mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital's full bills.  For some claims, it paid nothing.

Musk's Latest Fraud Finding Isn't What It Seems  —  His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits.  But that fake data exists for a reason.  —  Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency announced this week that they had found something especially startling …

‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump's push for mass deportations.  —  Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.  —  Just now  —  As the Trump administration aggressively pushes to deport …

Trump Cuts Funds for Boston's Museum of African American History  —  When people ask me to take them to the most important historic site in Boston, I take them to the Museum of African American History (MAAH) on Beacon Hill.  The museum, located in Smith Court along Joy Street …

Whitmer Shows How Democrats Are Playing With Fire in Cozying Up to Trump  —  The Michigan governor's awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president.

So You Want to Be a Dissident?  —  A practical guide to courage in Trump's age of fear.  —  Once upon a time—say, several weeks ago—Americans tended to think of dissidents as of another place, perhaps, and another time.  They were overseas heroes—names like Alexei Navalny and Jamal Khashoggi …

Trump Wants to Be Impeached Again  —  It's already in the cards thanks to his ill-founded trade war, no matter how that war plays out.  —  This week the system worked.  Donald Trump blinked.  The unwinding is still just beginning.  It will be painful and tumultuous.

Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funds to Maine  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funding that was allocated to Maine from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — funds that had been withheld following President Trump's clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the issue of transgender athletes.

USDA's $1B bird flu plan uses money intended for schools, food banks  —  The move tees up a major political fight over the Trump administration's priorities — and the small pot of money USDA has to spread around.  —  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' $1 billion plan for fighting bird flu …

The Trump Family Is Going All-In on Crypto Projects, From Bitcoin Mining to Stablecoins  —  President Donald Trump and his family have taken a interest in just about every corner of the crypto industry. … Taken together, the various projects are approaching $1 billion in paper gains …

Forget tariffs — Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly  —  China juices trade war with nontariff barriers targeting MAGA-friendly U.S. export sectors.  —  Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren't the only weapon in a trade war.

Bernie Sanders eyes new recruits to join his ‘working class movement’  —  Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are hitting the road again for rallies aimed at mobilizing Democrats and independents against Trump.  —  just now  —  LOS ANGELES — Bernie Sanders is launching the next round of his …

US ‘demands control’ from Ukraine of key pipeline carrying Russian gas  —  Senior Kyiv economist describes latest postion of Trump administration in talks as ‘colonial-type’ bullying  —  The US has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine used to send Russian gas to Europe …

‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down  —  Casual attitude as markets fall suggests man detached from anxieties of ordinary voters - and surrounded by yes men  —  After lighting a fuse under global financial markets, Donald Trump stepped back - all the way to a Florida golf course.

Paris said au revoir to cars.  Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.  —  Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.  —  Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries …