The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was fired one day after refusing to recommend restoring Mel Gibson’s gun rights due to his domestic violence conviction.
Washington, DC lawmakers urged GOP leaders to reverse a spending bill that treats the city as a federal agency and arbitrarily slashes $1.1 billion from its services.
The Dow plunged over 1,000 points, and Nasdaq had its worst day in years, which the White House Economic Council Director dismissed as “a blip.”
Trump warned that the arrest and jailing of a recent Columbia University grad student with permanent U.S. residency “will be the first of many.”
DC began the 6-8 week process of erasing Black Lives Matter Plaza at a cost of $610K following GOP threats.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID’s programs have been eliminated, with the State Department taking over the rest.
NIH’s National Cancer Institute must flag all communications and research containing up to 23 terms, including vaccines, fluoride, autism, and peanut allergies.
Elon Musk called Sen. Mark Kelly a traitor after Kelly described conditions he observed in Ukraine last weekend.
For the second weekend in a row, protesters confronted JD Vance, this time near his Cincinnati home. He spoke with them but first accused them of chasing his 3-year-old daughter.
The UN said Iran “will consider” nuclear talks with the U.S., a day after its leader vowed not to negotiate under “U.S. bullying.”
After media reports highlighted the lack of a replacement for ICE’s demoted chief, Kristi Noem announced new leadership and vowed to give employees lie detector tests to find leakers.
Trump defended Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she broke with conservatives to release foreign aid, calling her “smart” and “a very good woman.”
For the second time this week and the 20th since taking office, U.S. fighter jets scrambled to intercept a pilot who entered restricted airspace over Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
A Columbia University grad student who led protests against Israel was arrested by ICE and had his green card revoked for “circulating social media posts criticizing Zionism” and organizing a march.
Trump on whether he is comfortable that Ukraine may not survive without U.S. help: “Well, it may not survive anyway.”
Elon Musk claimed Starlink is Ukraine’s military backbone, called Poland’s Foreign Minister a “small man,” and Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the minister he should be grateful to Musk.
After human rights criticisms, Panama released dozens of migrants deported from the U.S., giving them 30 days to leave the country.
GOP Rep. Rich Hudson, head of House campaign committee, says voters “will reward” Republicans for cuts.
Social Security Administration to take back 100% of monthly checks from recipients who were overpaid, up from the current 10%.
House GOP unveils stopgap funding bill, Dems vow to block over deep cuts with shutdown deadline in 6 days.
Elon Musk’s DOGE unit granted access to HHS child support database containing income data for nearly every American.
The Justice Department removed three officials from its National Security Division on the second day of a sweeping overhaul.
Justice Dept. drops lawsuit against LA petrochemical plant accused of poisoning a majority-Black neighborhood, claiming it was rolling back “radical DEI” activity.
US State Department to launch “Catch and Revoke” AI program to scan foreign students for pro-Palestinian, Hamas sympathies and deport them for being at rallies or events.
