ICE agents ran Minnesota lawmakers’ license plates, followed them home and photographed their houses during Operation Metro Surge, records show.
Senate unanimously passes bill funding most of DHS except ICE and Border Patrol, sending it to the House before Easter recess.
Trump again delays threatened strike on Iran’s energy plants, pushing deadline to April 6 after Wall Street posts worst day of the war.
Trump housing official Pulte issues two more criminal referrals against New York AG Letitia James over alleged insurance fraud, citing posts on X as evidence.
ICE receives $464.5 million to purchase 10 airplanes for its deportation fleet, including two Gulfstream private jets that carry a maximum of 19 passengers.
White House rejects Elon Musk’s offer to pay TSA workers during the DHS shutdown, citing legal conflicts with his federal contracts.
Defense Secretary Hegseth removes rank from military chaplain uniforms and cuts Pentagon’s recognized religious affiliations from over 200 to 31, dropping Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
Climate scientist Kate Marvel resigns from NASA after approved research went unfunded and her lab lost its lease, part of a 10,000-scientist federal exodus.
Newly released prosecution memo reveals Trump showed a classified map to passengers on his private plane in 2022 and retained a record restricted to six senior officials.
White House indefinitely delays naming a permanent CDC director, leaving acting head Bhattacharya past a statutory deadline while also running NIH.
USPS seeks temporary 8% surcharge on most package shipping to cover rising fuel costs, warning the agency will run out of cash by early 2027.
EPA waives summer restrictions on higher ethanol gasoline blend to ease prices as the Iran war disrupts global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz.
CDC’s bullet-shattered windows remain papered over seven months after a gunman who blamed COVID vaccines fired 180 rounds into the agency’s campus.
FEMA resumes $1 billion disaster mitigation program it canceled last year after a federal judge twice ordered the agency to restore funding won by 22 states.
Trump’s Justice Department settles lawsuit with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was later pardoned by Trump.
Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent for failing to warn users of addiction dangers in first social media “Big Tobacco” bellwether trial.
Hegseth prays for “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy” at Pentagon Christian worship service on day 27 of the Iran war.
Iran rejects Trump’s 15-point ceasefire plan and issues counterproposal demanding war reparations and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz on day 27.
FCC bans all new consumer routers manufactured outside the United States, citing supply chain risks tied to Chinese hacking campaigns against U.S. infrastructure.
Federal judge says the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label on Anthropic looks like “an attempt to cripple” the company for refusing to allow unrestricted military use of its AI.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to return a deported DACA recipient to the U.S. within seven days, calling her removal a flagrant violation of her protections.
Newly released deposition videos show Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant told Congress they were never interviewed by federal investigators despite managing his finances and legal affairs for decades.
USDA cancels a $300 million Biden-era program that helped underserved farmers buy and retain land, calling it discriminatory DEI spending.
TSA flagged a mother and her 9-year-old daughter on a passenger list and alerted ICE before plainclothes agents detained them at San Francisco International Airport.
Delta suspends VIP escorts, upgrades and rebooking services for members of Congress as the DHS shutdown enters its sixth week.
Robert Malone, the anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. appointed as vice chair of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, quits after a spat with an HHS spokesperson.
Trump appoints Australian-born internet provocateur Nick Adams as special presidential envoy for tourism, exceptionalism and American values.
Army judge orders prosecutors to search for any U.S. government evidence linking Iran to the 2000 USS Cole bombing after Trump claimed Tehran was “probably involved.”
Wisconsin jury convicts Harry Wait on felony identity theft and two misdemeanor election fraud counts for requesting absentee ballots in the names of the Assembly Speaker and Racine’s mayor.
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt appoints energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill Mullin’s Senate seat through the end of the year, with Trump-endorsed Rep. Kevin Hern already running for the full term.
California sues Trump for using the Defense Production Act to force restart of an offshore oil pipeline shut down after the 2015 Refugio Beach spill.
FDA warns ImmunityBio over misleading TV and podcast promotions claiming its bladder cancer drug Anktiva “can treat all cancers” and prevent radiation-caused cancer.
Trump swears in Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security secretary on day 39 of the DHS shutdown, with ICE agents deployed to airports and after over 400 TSA officers quit.
Newly unsealed transcript reveals DOJ prosecutor told a judge his office had no evidence of crimes by Fed Chair Powell, calling a $1.2 billion cost overrun enough reason to investigate.
New Mexico jury orders Meta to pay $375 million for harming children’s mental health and misleading parents about safety on Instagram and Facebook.
Minnesota sues the federal government for evidence in three ICE shootings during Operation Metro Surge, calling the categorical withholding of evidence unprecedented in American history.
NTSB says LaGuardia’s runway safety system did not alert before Sunday’s collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck because emergency vehicles lacked tracking systems.
Democrat Emily Gregory defeats Trump-endorsed Republican in special election for the Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago.
Trump offers Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan through Pakistani intermediaries while deploying 1,000 troops from the Army’s emergency response force to the Middle East.
Democrats detail Noem’s $220 million DHS ad campaign: $20,000 in horse rentals, a $60,000 signing bonus, and a no-bid contract routed through political allies.
Trump rejects a bipartisan deal to end the 38-day DHS shutdown, demanding Democrats first pass the SAVE America Act voting restrictions bill that lacks Senate votes.
Trump casts a mail ballot in a Florida special election while calling mail voting “cheating” and demanding Congress pass the SAVE America Act to restrict it.
Trump administration accepts a federal judge’s pick for New Jersey U.S. attorney after four of its own appointees were ruled unlawfully installed over eight months.
Eight architecture and preservation groups with over one million members sue Trump and the Kennedy Center board to block renovations that lack congressional approval or public plans.
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS secretary 54-45, with Mullin signaling agents will need judicial warrants to enter homes and businesses.
White House agrees to pay French energy giant TotalEnergies $1 billion to abandon its East Coast wind farm leases and reinvest in U.S. oil and gas production.
Pentagon closes its press corridor and banishes reporters to an outside annex after a federal judge ruled its media crackdown violates the First Amendment.
Plainclothes ICE agents pin a Guatemalan mother to the ground at San Francisco’s airport as her young daughter watches, refusing bystanders’ demands to show badges.
Trump extends Iran strike deadline five days and claims a deal is close, but every senior Iranian official denies any negotiations are underway.
Senate advances Mullin’s DHS nomination 54-37 with two Democratic votes, setting up final confirmation as department’s five-week shutdown continues.
