Defense Secretary Hegseth gives Pentagon components 24 hours to terminate collective bargaining agreements across the department.
Nine House Democrats file five impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war crimes and Signal leak.
Army Secretary Driscoll shuts down Soldier for Life social media accounts after right-wing backlash over post honoring Sen. Duckworth, a double-amputee combat pilot.
France demands release of 86-year-old widow of U.S. Army captain, held by ICE while her green card application was pending.
Pentagon asks GM, Ford, GE Aerospace, and Oshkosh to shift factory capacity to weapons production as Ukraine and Iran deplete stocks.
U.S. kills three in fifth Pacific boat attack in five days, pushing known death toll to 177 with no evidence of drugs.
Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer under IG investigation after texts show staff directed to “pay attention” to her husband and father.
Justice Department adds terrorism charge against Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. five years after DNC and RNC plantings.
Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Powell if he doesn’t step down May 15, as Warsh confirmation remains blocked.
Senate Republicans reject fourth Duckworth-led war powers resolution on Iran, 47-52, as Democrats vow weekly votes.
Pentagon sends 10,000 more troops to Middle East as ground operations on Iranian soil enter planning.
Rubio orders U.S. diplomats to push “trade over aid” U.N. declaration rejecting humanitarian assistance as creating dependency.
California Supreme Court disbars former Trump attorney Eastman over 2020 election scheme, five years after Jan. 6.
Treasury Secretary Bessent warns foreign banks of Iran sanctions he calls “financial equivalent” of bombing campaign.
Kentucky’s Republican supermajority overrides most of Gov. Beshear’s vetoes, including a judicial budget that courts say would force drug and mental health courts to close.
Head of FEMA disaster response told to stop posting about his claim that he once teleported to a Waffle House, has been quietly sidelined from operations.
Trump turns on ally Meloni after Italian prime minister defended Pope Leo and suspended Israel’s military partnership, calling her “unacceptable.”
Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee Warsh discloses at least $135 million in personal assets, far exceeding any recent Fed chair, with confirmation hearing next week.
Customs agency will begin issuing refunds April 20 from $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as unlawful in February.
Prosecutors from D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro’s office show up unannounced at Federal Reserve headquarters demanding a tour of renovations a judge already ruled were investigative pretext.
U.S. military kills four in its 51st boat strike since September, bringing the death toll to at least 174 with no public evidence of narcotics recovered.
Virginia Gov. Spanberger signs bill ending state tax exemptions for the United Daughters of the Confederacy and other Confederate memorial organizations.
Federal judge rules 61 fired Fannie Mae workers of Indian descent cannot sue housing director Pulte after he accused them of fraud on television without evidence.
Maine passes the nation’s first statewide ban on new large data centers, pausing permits until November 2027 to study energy and water impacts.
Trump denies Colorado wildfire and flood disaster funding for the first time in 35 years while pursuing multiple punitive actions against the state.
Johnson says he asked Trump to delete AI Jesus image, but Trump says it was a doctor, Vance says a joke, and Johnson says misunderstood.
Trump Justice Department fires multiple prosecutors who won FACE Act convictions against anti-abortion activists, threatens them with criminal charges in 882-page weaponization report.
Justice Department asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of 12 Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders who organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Man shot seven times by ICE agents during a traffic stop appears in court in a wheelchair and is charged with assaulting a federal officer.
Appeals court blocks Judge Boasberg for a second time from investigating whether Trump officials committed contempt over Venezuela deportation flights.
U.S. claims full naval blockade of Iranian ports within 36 hours as Lebanon and Israel hold first direct talks in three decades.
Minnesota prosecutors investigate ICE agents for potential kidnapping and false imprisonment after a U.S. citizen was detained in his underwear during Operation Metro Surge.
IBM pays $17 million to settle Trump administration’s first Civil Rights Fraud Initiative case while denying it ever engaged in the DEI practices it agreed to end.
Rep. Garcia threatens former AG Bondi with contempt if she defies her bipartisan Epstein subpoena on Tuesday, with Republican co-sponsor Mace backing enforcement.
Noem’s former deputy Troy Edgar returns as DHS second-in-command after Trump withdraws his ambassador nomination, never having officially resigned the role.
Texas Gov. Abbott threatens to cut $110 million in public safety grants to Houston after City Council votes to limit police cooperation with ICE.
Federal judge dismisses Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal over a sexually suggestive letter gifted to Jeffrey Epstein but gives him two weeks to refile.
FBI arrests California man shot seven times by ICE immediately upon hospital discharge while he was still unable to sit up, his attorney says.
Trump administration settles lawsuit and agrees to permanently restore the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument two months after ordering its removal.
U.S. military kills two more people in its 50th boat attack targeting alleged drug traffickers in the eastern Pacific, raising the known death toll to 170.
Rep. Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Gonzales (R-Texas) announce departures from Congress ahead of bipartisan expulsion votes planned for this week over separate sexual misconduct allegations.
Trump holds impromptu press conference on Iran blockade with a DoorDash driver at his side after staging a McDonald’s delivery to promote his no-tax-on-tips law.
Vance, a Catholic convert who wrote a book about his faith, says Pope Leo should stay out of American political affairs after criticizing the Iran war.
Trump refuses to apologize to Pope Leo and insists his deleted AI self-portrait was “supposed to be me as a doctor,” not a depiction of Jesus.
Trump launches blockade of all Iranian ports on war day 47 and threatens to destroy approaching warships while both sides quietly pursue new peace talks.
Trump fires all six members of the Presidio Trust board, the federal entity managing San Francisco’s national park that has been financially self-sustaining since 2013.
Trump concedes gas prices may stay elevated through midterm elections after March saw the largest monthly gasoline price spike on record.
U.S. military has killed at least 168 people in 50 boat attacks targeting alleged drug traffickers since September, with no public evidence of narcotics recovered.
Trump attacks Pope Leo XIV as “WEAK on Crime,” claims the first American pope was chosen only to curry favor with his administration.
