The Deficit Is Unsettling Bond Traders.  Here's How That Affects the Economy.  —  The trade war has calmed down, but rising government borrowing costs pose a new worry  —  An economy facing possible indigestion from big increases in tariffs now is contending with a second headwind …

2 Israeli Embassy Aides Are Fatally Shot Outside Event in Washington  —  The shooting occurred outside the Capital Jewish Museum.  A suspect shouted “Free, free Palestine” after he was taken into custody, officials said.  —  Two young Israeli Embassy aides were shot and killed outside …

Trump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African ‘Genocide’  —  US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.  —  Mixed into the deck of papers he unveiled …

ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  One morning, sitting in an immigration office in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen found himself transformed.  Only a day before, he was a welding foreman …

Trump Thinks It Was ‘Stupid’ Not to Cash in Harder on His First Term.  He's Making Up for It  —  As the president mixes public service with personal profit, he's making the world safe for corruption  —  President Donald Trump will host a gathering of VIPs at his private golf resort outside Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website  —  The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos.  There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has removed official transcripts …

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging  —  The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration's trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock.

‘The View’ Told to Tone Down Trump Bashing by ABC News Boss  —  COOL IT  —  Multiple sources shared details with the Daily Beast about a meeting in which the ABC News president delivered a message that left the co-hosts unnerved.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Disney and ABC News have asked the hosts …

How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: ‘Keep Him Where He Is’  —  A Maryland man's deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.  —  A mistake had been made.  That much was clear.

Gaming Out a Sudden Stop  —  What happens if investors lose faith in America?  —  I used to be an economics ambulance-chaser — someone who raced around the world to wherever there was an interesting economic calamity.  And this international experience probably made me more sensitive …

The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  “Fuck you!  Fuck you!  Fuck you!”  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was shouting at Elon Musk in the halls of the West Wing last month …

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades  —  The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.  —  The funding decreases touch virtually every area …

Ed Martin's failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump's power  —  The unsuccessful nomination revealed a shifting relationship between the president and GOP senators — and Trump's willingness to walk away from a protracted fight.  —  It was mid-April, and Ed Martin knew his nomination was in danger.

House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults  —  The provision was stricken late at night to appeal to hardline conservatives. … Late Wednesday night, as the House debated Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill—which will shape the federal government's priorities …

Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and “Disrespect”  —  Some thoughts on Judge Ho's rather galling claim that the Supreme Court “disrespect[ed]” the district court and the President in Friday's ruling in the “A.A.R.P. II” Alien Enemies Act case.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Welcome back to the weekly bonus content for “One First.”

Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care  —  Appearing on Fox News, the Republican chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith, noted the need for Medicaid “cuts,” but then quickly corrected himself: “Medicaid reforms, I should say.”

Former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent  —  In 2021, William Robert Braddock III and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were candidates in the primary election to represent Florida's 13th Congressional District.  —  TAMPA, Fla. — A former Florida …

‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn't follow court order on deportations  —  The White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday …

Supreme Court upholds fraud conviction of government contractor  —  The case in Philadelphia involved Alpha Painting & Construction and a project manager, Stamatios Kousisis, who was convicted of fraud in 2018.  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a government contractor found guilty …

Supreme Court says Oklahoma can't launch taxpayer-funded religious charter school  —  The court was deadlocked in the case, issuing a 4-4 ruling.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 7, 2025 in Washington.  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a rare deadlocked 4-4 ruling …

Moderna pulls application for COVID-flu combination shot  —  Moderna (MRNA.O) said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate to wait for efficacy data from a late-stage trial of its influenza shot, which is due later this year.

The GOP's Chaotic Bid to Defang the Courts  —  Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium.  —  The multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill the House GOP passed Thursday includes …

By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall  —  Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows.  This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11.