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Will Trump Pretend to Fix What He Broke?  —  The Trump administration is planning to announce its first trade deal today, with Britain.  Except it won't be a deal; more of a “deal.”  Reportedly it will mainly be a “framework” for an actual deal that may or may not happen sometime in the future.

Trump Taps a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General  —  Casey Means will work closely with RFK Jr. on health policy, president says  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.

Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say  —  Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.

Trump administration eyes release of Hur interview blocked by Biden  —  Biden had asserted executive privilege to block House committees from obtaining the recordings.  —  The Trump administration is making plans to release the audio of former President Joe Biden's interview with Robert Hur …

What Ed Martin told the Senate about Jan. 6 — and what he said before  —  Martin's responses to Senate committee are at odds with previous public comments.  His views on the Capitol breach may derail his nomination.

Democrats Cave, Prepare to Rubber-Stamp Trump Crypto Corruption  —  Pro-crypto senators are poised to pass a stablecoin bill, while failing to crack down on the Trump organization issuing one to collect payments from foreign governments.  —  Despite the twists and turns and drama-creation …

Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse  —  Nearly 67,000 crypto novices have pulled out their debit cards to bet on Trump's meme coin venture, a Post analysis found.  So far it's been a monumental bust.  —  Rebecca Davis bought President Donald Trump's meme coin …

From traffic stop to ICE custody: Dalton student now in limbo, family wants answers  —  DALTON, Ga. — After a traffic stop for turning right on a red light in Dalton on Monday, a 19-year-old Dalton State student is now facing possible deportation.  —  Friends say Ximena Arias-Cristobal …

West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate  —  It turned out to be easy to undermine West Point.  All it took was an executive order from President Trump and a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dictating what could and couldn't be taught in the military and its educational institutions.

No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines  —  How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy?  —  Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be.  Most 21st-century autocrats are elected.  Rather than violently suppress opposition like Castro or Pinochet …

5/8/25 ☀️ AM:  —  The SALT Republicans have more leverage than you think  —  Tech: Cruz to push ‘light touch’ AI regulation  —  A new corporate SALT group is spending dough  —  The SALT Republicans have more leverage than you think … LaLota said he'd be …

Trump's Border Czar Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children  —  WITHOUT A TRACE  —  Two citizens, 5 and 4, simply vanished when their mother was lured to an immigration appointment, advocates say.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Denisse Parra Vargas and her husband, Omar, had just dropped their three children …

Chief Justice John Roberts defends independent judiciary as Trump officials criticize courts  —  Speaking in Buffalo, the Supreme Court justice said judges sometimes have to “check the excesses” of the president and Congress.  —  Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday stressed the importance …

NOAA ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to impossible …

Kamala Harris Didn't Lose to the Couch  —  Why did Kamala Harris lose last November?  Three answers have been prominently offered:  — Too many 2020 Biden voters stayed home,  — Too many 2020 Biden voters changed their minds, or  — New 2024-only voters broke heavily for Donald Trump.

Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months  —  The automaker's somber forecast for the fiscal year underscored how quickly fortunes have turned for many companies reckoning with President Trump's tariffs.  —  A year ago, the world's biggest automaker was on a tear.

‘Disturbing’: Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network  —  Voice of America will start airing content from the right wing-outlet One America News.  It marks a dire shift for the broadcaster, which was founded during the Cold War to counter Communist propaganda.

Kennedy Announces New Database for Research Into ‘Root Causes’ of Autism  —  The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents.  —  After weeks of confusion about his plans for autism research …

Meet Trump's memecoin dinner guests  —  Citation Needed is an independent publication, entirely supported by readers like you.  Consider signing up for a pay-what-you-can subscription to support this kind of deep analysis and reporting.  —  Foreign investors have spent millions scrambling …

Trump's Worst Idea Since Tariffs  —  The President is pitching a plan to outdo Democrats on drug price controls.  —  Loading...  President Trump and Republicans appear to be shrinking from reforming Medicaid, but that's not the worst of it.  To replace the spending slowdown they won't get in Medicaid …

Judge Boasberg grills DOJ on Trump's comments about El Salvador deportations  —  “Was the president telling the truth?” the judge asked.  —  Public comments from President Donald Trump and his aides are once again scrambling the Justice Department's efforts to defend his administration's deportation policies in court.

Trump's NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  For more than two months, the Trump administration …

Locals Fight Back After Naval Academy Removes Books in DEI Cull  —  After the pulling of 381 titles to comply with a Trump administration directive, many in Annapolis are rallying around the slogan 'Don't give up the book'  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md.— The U.S. Naval Academy's culling of hundreds …

Trump Has Been Stopped By Courts More Than 200 Times  —  President Donald Trump's expansive use of executive power faced at least 328 lawsuits as of May 1 — with judges halting his policies far more often than they allowed them.  —  Courts entered more than 200 orders stopping …

Thousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently  —  The Interior Department is finalizing reduction-in-force plans expected to target thousands of employees, including 1,500 at the National Park Service, with notices going out to employees within 10 days.

House Republicans eye adding $60B farm bill package in Trump megabill  —  House Republicans are aiming to add $60 billion in farm bill programs to the agriculture portion of the GOP's megabill.  But they'll have to convince several centrist holdouts to vote for a controversial proposal …

The Price of Remission  —  THE PAIN JOLTED ME AWAKE.  It was barely dawn, a misty February morning in 2023.  My side felt as if I'd been stabbed.  —  I had been dealing with pain for weeks — a bothersome ache that felt like a bad runner's cramp.  But now it was so intense I had to brace myself against the wall to stand up.

The Supreme Court Is Really “Just Vibes”  —  In Donald Trump's second term, a familiar pattern is emerging: the president does something illegal, someone sues to stop him, and eventually the Supreme Court decides the case.  From which agencies Trump can effectively shutter …

West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH  —  Morgantown, West Virginia — In West Virginia's coal country, Marion Tennant says he was destined to work in the mines.  —  “That was the only thing in this area when I graduated high school,” Tennant said.