Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire  —  With SpaceX shares soaring on their first day of trading, the world's richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.  —  Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday.  —  The tech mogul reached that milestone …

LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens  —  Today is the court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center.  Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board filed a last-mi...

Exclusive: UAE to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say  —  The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the U.S.-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.

Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund  —  A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government.

FBI raids Ohio voting rights organization  —  FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, three people briefed on the search told MS NOW.  —  Agents also fanned out across the state …

Opera Company Sues to Collect $17 Million From the Kennedy Center  —  The Washington National Opera, which left the center amid the Trump administration's takeover, says its efforts to retrieve its endowment and other assets have been blocked.  —  The Washington National Opera …

Algae resurfaces in reflecting pool after multimillion-dollar fixes … An Interior Department spokesperson said that the current algae is “residual” from supply lines that sat dormant for eight weeks during construction.  The residue is part of the normal startup process, the spokesperson said.

Cornyn tells Mike Lee to lay off John Thune  —  Sen. John Cornyn isn't a card-carrying member of the Senate GOP's growing YOLO caucus.  But with less than seven months left in office after losing his primary, the Texas Republican appears to be feeling newly free to speak his mind.

Justice Department approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. … The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  Paramount did not respond to a request for comment.  —  The public scrutiny intensified after Netflix dropped its own bid for Warner Bros. following …

Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls as Aides Leak: He's “Furious”  —  Donald Trump's polling just crashed to new lows.  He's hit a net approval on inflation of negative 50 points in numerous surveys, something no other president has done—ever.  Trump also is at 80 percent disapproval on gas prices.

The Art of the Cave  —  Can Trump sell his loss to Iran as a win?  —  In this week's PN Pod, co-host Paul Waldman and I discussed the outlines of the emerging Iran deal, which looks like something close to a complete Trump cave, and unpacked whether the president can sell his humiliating loss as a win to the American people.

Alaska Division of Elections intends to strike U.S. Senate challenger Dan Sullivan from the ballot  —  The Alaska Division of Elections says retired teacher Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is ineligible to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.  —  “Based on a review of the evidence presented …

The Black Mold Of Republican Lies  —  Even when their smears aren't helpful to them in the short run, they harm Democrats in the long run.  Here's a prescription for deterrence.  —  Let's assess how Republicans are running against Democrats, to the extent that they're trying to influence voter decisions and win more votes.

The world's first trillionaire is a killer  —  Elon Musk's empire of wealth is built on suffering. … Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet.  And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books …

Judge refuses to block White House UFC fight  —  A federal judge on Friday refused two Virginia residents' request to block this weekend's UFC event on the White House South Lawn, ruling they have no right to challenge the fight.  —  U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said the two had no legal standing …

A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots  —  After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.  —  Within an hour after a horrific …

Republican senators block effort to bar federal troops from election interference  —  A Democratic senator said he was “fearful” that GOP resistance was a sign the administration is planning “illegal domestic deployment of our military.”  —  Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee blocked …

Trump Concedes a Battle in His War Against Wind Energy  —  Trump's Department of Justice is giving up on defending the president's wind permitting moratorium.  —  The DOJ filed a motion on Wednesday to dismiss its appeal of a federal court's December decision vacating the order to halt wind energy approvals.

Scoop: ICE detention numbers slip  —  ICE has empty detention bed space and the average daily number of detainees has slid to 58,000, Axios has learned from two sources familiar with the data.  —  Why it matters: ICE went on a $38 billion buying spree to rapidly expand the number of available beds.

Trump's Iran Deal Still Has to Get Past the Revolutionary Guard  —  Iran's hard-line security officials are more concerned with denying the U.S. a victory than with ending the war  —  Loading...  Iran's security and military circles centered on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had yet …

Democratic voters want the party to be more moderate — and more socialist?  —  I'm popping my head up from paternity leave for a few hours this morning to write this note on a topical new poll that everyone seems to be reading incorrectly.  —  If you get value out of data-driven coverage …