Abrego Garcia's deportation case exposes a rift among Democrats over how to take on Trump  —  As some Democrats vocally push for the release of the man the administration says was mistakenly deported, others have sought to steer clear and focus on high prices and economic issues.

Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury's Power Struggle With Elon Musk  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.  —  The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is being replaced …

Trump Is Flirting With Economic Disaster  —  By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals.  —  According to President Donald Trump, the banker he picked to lead the Federal Reserve is “WRONG.”  His reports are a “complete ‘mess!’”

Rubio Says Trump to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Talks if No Progress Soon  —  “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.  —  The United States will abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine …

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights  —  The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions …

‘You caved’: El Salvador president ripped for posting photos from US Senator's meeting  —  Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) received applause Thursday after he succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador who has become the face …

The New America: Federal (ICE) Agents Boarding Trains?  —  As an attorney I'm deeply alarmed by an incident that occurred just this week and feel compelled to share it—to raise awareness of the legal and constitutional crossroads we are rapidly approaching.

White House pushes COVID lab leak theory with new website  —  The Trump administration recast the White House's COVID information website on Friday to declare a virus leaking from a Chinese lab as the “true origins” of the pandemic.  —  Why it matters: President Trump has pushed …

Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label  —  The immigrants are among more than 6,000 who were falsely added to a deaths database by DHS and the U.S. DOGE Service in a bid to pressure them to leave the United States.  —  Immigrants falsely labeled dead …

Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  About 1,500 employees were set to be jettisoned at the bureau.  —  A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington.

House Democrats fume at David Hogg's plan to oust lawmakers  —  Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg's plan to spend $20 million to primary older Democratic incumbents in Congress has sparked intense anger from some lawmakers.  —  Why it matters: House Democrats told Axios that …

What's Happening Is Not Normal.  America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.  —  In the beginning there was agony.  Under the empires of old, the strong did what they willed and the weak suffered what they must.  —  But over the centuries, people built the sinews of civilization …

DHS tells US citizen and immigration advocate to leave the country … Aldo Martinez received an email April 11 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), telling him to leave the country or he would be removed.  It read: … “I was born in National City, California,” Martinez said.

Scoop: Trump revamps “Schedule F,” making it easier to cut federal workers  —  The Trump administration on Friday will announce that it's moving ahead with a new rule, previously known as “Schedule F,” that will make it easier to remove federal employees it believes are undercutting President Trump's agenda.

Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling under Trump  —  Charts show the scale of a steep drop in visitors from key countries and regions after President Donald Trump returned to office.  —  Overseas travel to the United States has declined sharply since President Donald Trump returned to office.

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says  —  The Democratic governor of Wisconsin's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto can lock in a school funding increase for 400 years, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The Trump Administration Is Disappearing People Like the Soviet Union  —  The courts can only do so much to protect us.  Will more people be doomed to the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia?  —  Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return …

Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure  —  America has seen ruinous periods, but never when the president was the one knowingly causing the ruin.  —  By any reasonable measure, President Donald Trump's first 100 days will be judged an epic failure.  —  He has been a legislative failure.

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump  —  Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar.  Currencies rise and fall all the time because of inflation fears, central bank moves and other factors.

Trump administration eyes elimination of program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes  —  The Trump administration is considering support for the end of a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes.  —  A draft budget request document reviewed …

SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law; They Can't Change It … We are now cranking up another edition of the “will he or won't he” Trump song and dance, this time about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell.  Trump manages to add an additional pungency to these dramas by trying to fire the guy who is actually his own Fed Chair.

Get Out by Good Friday, Feds Say to Afghan Christians  —  The Department of Homeland Security has revoked immigration status of some Afghans who fled to the U.S.  —  The first time a young Christian from Afghanistan heard music at a church service where he understood at least some of the language …

Trump's United States of Emergency  —  In his first 100 days, President Trump has declared more national emergencies — more creatively and more aggressively — than any president in modern American history.  —  Why it matters: Powers originally crafted to give the president flexibility …

The Declaration of Independence's warning for Trump  —  “The king violated their rights time and time again, and he basically ‘un-kinged’ himself.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🦅🗽🦅 … Donald Trump is having ICE agents grab people off the streets and sending them to a gulag …

MAGA ‘Mean Girls’ are Trump's loyal foot soldiers  —  Donald Trump 2.0 is the first “I can do anything” president.  To facilitate that governing philosophy, his squad of four powerful female enablers mirror his cocky, bullying leadership style of never backing down and never admitting mistakes.

Montana reports first measles cases since 1990  —  Montana public health officials have found five cases of measles in Gallatin County, the first cases of the disease in the Treasure State in more than three decades.  —  Gallatin County is home to the state's fourth most populated city …

FSU student and Parkland survivor describes experiencing second school shooting: “This is America”  —  A shooting on the campus of Florida State University sent students running for safety Thursday.  Two people were killed and six others were injured, authorities said.