Trump Administration Live Updates: Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Intelligence Chief  —  What We're Covering Today  — Gabbard Resigns: Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is resigning from her post overseeing the nation's 18 spy agencies, a spokeswoman for her office says.

Trump Delivers Bitter Snub to First Son's Wedding Invite  —  PAR FOR THE COURSE  —  The president says he needs to stay in Washington—despite his public schedule stating he plans to spend the weekend at his New Jersey golf club.  —  President Donald Trump has returned his eldest son's wedding RSVP …

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Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported  —  A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, was thrown out on Friday.

There's a Way to Stop Trump's I.R.S. Slush Fund  —  These days it takes a spectacular burst of corruption to get the attention of our scandal-weary nation, but President Trump and his administration have managed, once again, to transfix Americans by establishing a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” …

Lutnick Donated $5 Million to House Republicans Before Epstein Testimony  —  Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, made the donation after agreeing to an interview with lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Howard Lutnick, President Trump's secretary of commerce …

The Prosecutor at the Center of a Botched DOJ Case Was Working For Senate Democrats  —  Sheri Mecklenburg had been assigned to work for the minority on the Judiciary Committee, but ranking member Dick Durbin said she had been dismissed on Friday.  — Copy

Exclusive: Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states by asking whether the Commerce Department could declare …

Science: NIH, NASA Restrict Co-Authoring With Foreign Scientists  —  The National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are targeting collaborations between U.S. scientists and foreign researchers, Science reports.  —  The journal wrote that NIH officials …

NYT publisher calls out news outlets for ‘capitulation’ to Trump administration … Sulzberger reprehended publications he said have settled “winnable cases” with the president, refocused their editorial pages away from White House criticism and adopted Trump's favored language in their reporting …

Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act.  The Supreme Court's Ruling Is a New Injustice.  —  Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed his family home and set it on fire, murdering his father, Vernon.  He still remembers the shootout; he remembers watching his father die from smoke inhalation.

Read Trump's unsigned AI executive order  —  POLITICO has obtained a draft of the executive order on artificial intelligence that President Donald Trump had been expected to sign Thursday afternoon, only to abruptly postpone the event.  —  The document — available here …