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Capitol Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Other Charges
“Less than a month after receiving pardons for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, some former defendants find themselves in a familiar place: back in court,…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Fire Agency Head
“The administration asked the Supreme Court on Sunday to clear the way for the president to fire the leader of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower reports filed by government…
Eric Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign
“Whenever Mayor Eric Adams has faced adversity, he has sought refuge in the pulpit of Black churches, and he returned there on Sunday as he confronted fresh calls to resign,”…
Musk Seeks Access to Taxpayer Data
“Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country,” the…
Democrats Won’t Bail Out Republicans on a Shutdown
“Democrats are signaling they won’t bail out Republicans as yet another government funding deadline looms — and with a GOP trifecta in Washington, some say it won’t be their fault…
Ukraine Won’t Accept a Deal It Didn’t Help Negotiate
“President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine reiterated in an interview that aired on Sunday that his country would ‘never’ accept a peace deal struck by the United States and Russia if…
Trump Team Leaves Behind an Alliance in Crisis
“Many critical issues were left uncertain — including the fate of Ukraine — at the end of Europe’s first encounter with an angry and impatient Trump administration. But one thing…
Where Are the Guardrails?
Washington Post: “The breakneck campaign to eviscerate the U.S. Agency for International Development, hobble the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and give young tech engineers access to sensitive computer systems —…
A Press Secretary Who ‘Speaks Trump Fluently’
President Trump “is said to adore” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the Wall Street Journal reports. “But there is no guarantee it will last with a president who cycled…
Trump Is Canceling Cancel Culture
Playbook: “Now, Trump isn’t just remaking government. He’s remaking the lives of politicians and people in his orbit who once found themselves cast out of polite society.” “Trump is rolling…
Quote of the Day
“This is two cops talking. We’re talking cop. Once you’re a cop, you never lose that language… this is a conversation between two cops having a good time, and people…
NATO Scrambles to Find a New Leader
“European officials say they get Donald Trump’s point: They need to take care of their own defense — with less help from the Americans,” Politico reports. “But on the sidelines…
Trump Cuts Hit Office Handling Bird Flu Response
“Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating…
Ukraine Left Out of Talks to End War
Ukraine was “not informed” about the U.S. delegation due to head to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia on ending the war, CNN reports. NBC News: Top Trump administration officials…
Appeals Court Queues Up First Test of Trump’s Power
“A federal appeals court on Saturday allowed the head of a government ethics watchdog agency, whom President Donald Trump fired last week, to stay on the job. It’s a decision…
Democrats Confront Their Powerlessness
“Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much…
Trump Leaves Anti-Terror Programs in Limbo
“President Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign assistance has threatened programs intended to counter al-Shabab bombmakers, contain the spread of al-Qaeda across West Africa and secure Islamic State prisoners…
Trump’s Tariff Plan Could Upend World Economy
“The world economy was already grappling with a perplexing assortment of variables, from geopolitical conflicts and a slowdown in China to the evolving complexities of climate change. Then, President Trump…
Trump May Grant Putin More Power in Europe
“President Vladimir Putin of Russia shocked the audience at the annual security conference in Munich in 2007 by demanding the rollback of domineering American influence and a new balance of…
Trump Officials Want to Un-Fire Nuclear Safety Workers
“National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated — but…
