Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him  —  Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

Trump's new tariffs hit with lawsuit  —  President Trump's new tariffs were hit a legal challenge Friday from two small businesses who are represented by part of the legal team that toppled Trump's earlier tariffs at the Supreme Court.  —  The new surcharge, between 10 percent and 12.5 percent …

Dems pick South Carolina to lead 2028 primary calendar  —  The state edged Nevada to be first, marking a major shift from past primary schedules  —  Democrats voted to make South Carolina their first presidential primary state for 2028 — a significant shift from past election cycles …

‘A circular firing squad’: Senate GOP pushes back on Trump's tiff with Thune  —  President Donald Trump is escalating his war of words against Senate Majority Leader John Thune.  He's still not likely to get what he wants.  —  Trump on Wednesday told rally-goers in Georgia to “call John Thune” …

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane  —  More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.  —  The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since …

Quagmire of the Vanities  —  Yesterday Donald Trump declared that the Iran war is going “better than anybody expected could be done.”  He's delusional, of course.  And his delusions are the reason the price of oil is back at around $100 a barrel, and — as I'll explain shortly — the effective price is much higher than that.

Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview  —  “Maybe some people do loathe me.  And that's probably true.  I don't care,” said Musk.  —  Elon Musk sat down with the editor-in-chief of the Economist for a taped interview that went live Thursday.

EU hits Google with $1 billion antitrust fine  —  The European Commission fined Google the equivalent of about $1 billion Thursday for manipulating its search results to hurt competitors and blocking app developers from directing customers to cheaper deals outside its Play store.

Joe Manchin reenters the political orbit with a new independent experiment  —  At 78, Joe Manchin is stepping back into politics.  —  A year and a half after leaving office fed up with the major parties, the former West Virginia senator is launching a new effort, the Independent Leadership Council …

Knives are out for Vance in the GOP.  His allies say it's a coordinated ‘op.’  —  The vice president has faced a barrage of attacks recently that are unusual for their intensity and how early in the political calendar they are taking place.  —  Summary  —  As JD Vance prepares …

Poll: These Americans say they'd be disenfranchised by Trump's election law  —  Strength In Numbers is independent and reader-funded.  Paying subscribers get premium posts like weekly Deep Dive article, can access our community Discord server, and support the data collection and analysis work …

Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months  —  The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.  —  Paramount said on Friday that it had agreed to halt its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until next June …

Fired ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Says She Was Pushed to Report on Events ‘That Never Happened’ Under Bari Weiss' Leadership at CBS News … Vega claimed that the “new administration” at CBS News — indicating Weiss, whom Paramount CEO David Ellison installed as editor in chief of the division last fall …

Rochester jury finds woman who hurled racial slurs at a Black child on a playground guilty  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"A woman who called a Black, autistic child a racial slur last year has been found guilty of one count of disorderly conduct and not guilty on another." …

Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Policy.  On March 27, 2025, I issued Executive Order 14253 (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History).

Iran's New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says  —  The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons.  U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.  —  American intelligence agencies believe …

Iranian Threat to Air Force One Prompted Plane Swap During NATO Summit  —  The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet.  —  President Trump abruptly switched aircraft …

Trump to deliver ‘unifying yet vicious’ remarks at press dinner months after shooting incident, White House says  —  The president, first lady and top administration officials had to be evacuated and the April dinner canceled after a heavily armed man rushed past security.

Trump's Justice Department decorations came with a hefty price tag  —  The Justice Department spent nearly a million dollars to spruce up the exterior of its Washington headquarters, including controversial banners putting Washingtonians under the watchful eye of President Donald Trump.