Trump tells Axios he must personally approve Iran’s next supreme leader, calls killed Khamenei’s son “a lightweight” and “unacceptable.”
Trump fires DHS Secretary Noem two days after she told Congress he authorized the department’s $200 million ad campaign.
House rejects Iran war powers resolution 212-219 one day after Senate, as U.S. strikes Iranian drone carrier and Israel reports most of Tehran’s air defenses degraded.
Trump financial disclosure shows he bought up to $1.25 million in Netflix bonds while the company was in active merger talks his administration could influence.
Spain says White House falsely claimed it agreed to cooperate on Iran strikes as Prime Minister Sanchez repeats “no to the war.”
CDC deploys disease detectives to South Carolina’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, 22 weeks in, as the agency operates with 25% fewer staff.
House Speaker Johnson calls Islam a “misguided religion” while defending U.S. airstrikes that have killed more than 1,000 Iranian civilians including 165 children in a girls’ school.
Federal science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees in 15 months as Trump cut Fish and Wildlife science contracts 100% and CDC contracts 79%.
Federal judge blocks DeSantis executive order designating CAIR a terrorist organization, ruling no governor can unilaterally label a Muslim civil rights group.
DHS Inspector General accuses Secretary Noem of systematically obstructing 11 investigations, including a criminal case where her access demands could expose the target.
Montana Sen. Daines withdraws from race two minutes before filing deadline to clear path for Trump-endorsed handpicked successor, blocking other Republicans.
Texas Rep. Gonzales admits affair with married staffer who died by self-immolation after months of his public denials, as Ethics Committee opens misconduct probe.
Vance admits on day 410 that Trump’s Day 1 promise to lower prices was never going to happen quickly.
ICE moves to close Fort Bliss detention camp after three deaths, measles outbreak, and homicide ruling, but offers no closure timeline.
Trump announces nonbinding tech company pledge to pay for data center power, claiming it will lower electricity prices experts say it won’t.
Trump nominates Warsh as Fed chair while Sen. Tillis vows to block confirmation until DOJ drops its criminal probe of the sitting chairman.
Federal judge orders $130 billion refund on illegal tariffs to importers who already passed the costs to consumers.
Montana Sen. Sheehy joins Capitol Police in physically ejecting anti-war protester from Senate Armed Services hearing, then boasts about it online.
Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum a second time, allowing early voting to begin Friday despite Republican legal challenges.
DHS investigates Border Patrol’s Minneapolis commander Bovino for antisemitic remarks about Jewish U.S. attorney as Minnesota separately pursues criminal charges.
House Oversight subpoenas Attorney General Bondi over Epstein files as five Republicans join Democrats alleging DOJ is removing documents already made public.
U.S.-Iran war reaches Cyprus and Indian Ocean as Hezbollah strikes British airbase and U.S. submarine sinks Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka.
Trump orders Navy to escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz and offers U.S. insurance guarantees as Iran war pushes gas prices up 11 cents in one day.
Internal CBP document confirms agency bought mobile advertising data to track phone locations, circumventing warrant requirements for surveillance.
Federal judge rules Trump’s effort to kill NYC congestion pricing unlawful, calling administration’s decision-making “arbitrary and capricious” in 149-page ruling.
Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer’s top two aides resign under IG investigation as department reels from travel fraud probe, affair allegations, and husband’s sexual assault ban.
New Jersey federal judge orders ICE agents to acknowledge court orders in writing under penalty of perjury after finding 17 violations in three months.
U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launch joint military operations against drug trafficking cartels as Southern Command expands Latin America footprint.
Training records show ICE cut 240 hours from recruit instruction during hiring blitz, corroborating whistleblower’s claim of “deficient, defective and broken” courses.
DOJ revives appeals against law firms one day after dropping them, as targeted firms argue court should reject the unexplained reversal.
Georgia jury convicts father of Apalachee High School shooter who bought son an AR-style rifle after deputies warned of possible attack threats.
Commerce Secretary Lutnick agrees to testify before House Oversight Committee on Epstein ties after GOP members prepared to force a subpoena.
Measles outbreak closes Fort Bliss ICE tent camp to visitors as 14 detainees test positive and 112 are isolated, raising public health alarms in El Paso.
Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Spain after Madrid blocks U.S. bases from Iran strikes, despite court limits on his trade authority.
Noem faces bipartisan Senate grilling as GOP’s Tillis calls her leadership “a disaster” and she refuses to apologize for domestic terrorist labels on killed U.S. citizens.
Israel threatens Iran’s next supreme leader as day 5 brings Israeli strikes across Tehran, global market plunge, and Trump walking back regime change as a goal.
House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Rep. Nancy Mace for improper reimbursement practices after finding she claimed nearly $10,000 more than her D.C. housing expenses.
FBI Director Patel fired a dozen counterintelligence staffers with Iran expertise days before strikes began, retaliating for their work on the Mar-a-Lago investigation.
ProPublica sues Education Department for hiding civil rights records as open discrimination investigations nearly doubled to 24,000 under Secretary McMahon.
Hennepin County attorney opens online evidence portal investigating 17 incidents of alleged federal agent misconduct in Minneapolis, naming former Border Patrol commander.
U.S. sanctions Rwanda’s military and top commanders for backing rebels in eastern Congo, accusing Kigali of violating a peace deal Trump brokered in December.
New York attorney general orders NYU Langone to resume transgender youth care, telling the hospital its shutdown was “self-imposed” because no federal rule required it.
Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans.
Twenty-eight House Democrats demand tech companies disclose how they handle DHS administrative subpoenas issued without a judge to unmask Americans who criticize the agency.
Trump administration abandons appeals against four law firms it targeted for opposing the president, after four separate judges ruled the executive orders unconstitutional.
Federal judge blocks DHS detention visit policy for the third time as Noem keeps rewriting the same restriction to evade prior rulings.
White House says visible rash on Trump’s neck is a “preventative skin treatment” but won’t name the medication or say what it prevents.
Louisiana extends National Guard deployment in New Orleans six months past its Mardi Gras mission, despite city recording its lowest crime in decades.
Melania Trump chairs UN Security Council meeting on children in conflict two days after Iranian envoy says U.S. strikes killed more than 100 schoolgirls.
