The Continuing Crisis
- Judge grills government lawyers over deportation of alleged gang members (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (theguardian.com)
- Columbia University Concedes to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds (nytimes.com)Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. (nytimes.com)
- Trump administration guts homeland security department’s civil rights office, according to report (theguardian.com)
- Trump Rejects Idea That Musk Should Have Access to Top-Secret China War Plans (nytimes.com)
- Trump awards Boeing contract to build next-generation US fighter jet (theguardian.com)
- Social Security Chief’s ‘Turn It Off’ Comment Is Latest Insane Turn For Beleaguered Agency (huffpost.com)
- State senator resigns after being charged with soliciting sex from a minor (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘Absolutely disastrous’: 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting Trump’s power at risk (rawstory.com)How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power (whro.org)
- Trump Ramps Up Attacks On Judges, Calls Out Justice John Roberts (ca.news.yahoo.com)
- Democratic candidates in Florida special elections raise $16 million (washingtonpost.com)
- Justice Dept. Tries to Intervene on Trump’s Behalf in Jan. 6 Lawsuits (nytimes.com)
- White House scrambles after JFK files expose Social Security numbers (washingtonpost.com)
- U.S. Says Decision to Turn Back French Scientist Had Nothing to Do With Trump (nytimes.com)
- Lutnick urges Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, raising ethics questions (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump Orders the Education Department to Shut Down (meidasnews.com)
- Musk Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters, Bringing Back a Controversial Tactic (nytimes.com)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Puts Her Own Spin on Bernie Sanders’s Pitch (nytimes.com)
- Trump Strong-Arms Big Law Firm Into Doing Millions in Pro Bono Work for His Administration (mediaite.com)
- Administration’s Details on Deportation Flights ‘Woefully Insufficient,’ Judge Says (nytimes.com)
- Federal Judge Blocks DOGE Access To Social Security Administration (meidasnews.com)
- Elon Musk’s ‘truth-seeking’ chatbot often disagrees with him (washingtonpost.com)
More News
- Why the Shipping Industry Isn’t Rushing Back to the Red Sea (nytimes.com)
- Mosquito-borne chikungunya kills two in France’s La Reunion (rawstory.com)
- Arab mediators rush to salvage Gaza ceasefire as Israel restarts war (washingtonpost.com)Israel defence minister threatens to annex parts of Gaza unless Hamas frees remaining hostages (theguardian.com)
- Russian Energy Sites Burn as Kyiv and Moscow Trade Accusations of Blame (nytimes.com)
- ‘Hannibal Lecter’ treatment of Luigi Mangione ‘backfired’, says fundraising organizer (theguardian.com)
- China’s Government Is Short of Money as Its Leaders Face Trump (nytimes.com)
- Global travel upended as nearby fire closes London’s Heathrow Airport (washingtonpost.com)Heathrow airport closed: counter-terrorism police deployed in ‘routine’ investigation into substation fire (theguardian.com)
- The State Medical Board Has Evidence This Doctor Was Hurting Patients. It Renewed His License — Twice. (propublica.org)
- Mysterious bags of ‘hazardous’ materials appeared in Mexico. Then we found more (theguardian.com)
- Sudan’s Military Retakes Presidential Palace in Devastated Capital (nytimes.com)
- ‘People will die’: alarm after US orders removal of identity references from anti-trafficking efforts (theguardian.com)
- Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava (theguardian.com)
- Europe must put Ukraine in position of strength, Germany says as Zelensky briefs EU leaders (bbc.com)Reassurance, not peacekeeping: What Ukraine coalition force will and won't do (bbc.com)
- D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic (nytimes.com)
- Trump official’s promotion of Tesla flops as shares sink again (rawstory.com)Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled (theguardian.com)Global EV market faces major shakeup as Tesla recedes, BYD ascends (semafor.com)
- Russia and Ukraine exchange aerial attacks amid ceasefire confusion (theguardian.com)Trump Wants to Take Over Ukraine’s Nuclear Plants. What Would That Mean? (nytimes.com)
- In Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor (nytimes.com)
- Takeaways From the Kennedy Files: Spycraft, Collateral Damage and Granular Detail (nytimes.com)Heckuva Job, Donnie! Former Clinton 'Crotch Sniffer' (and Trump Attorney) Social Security Number Revealed in JFK Files Dump. He's (as the Kids Say) Big Mad! (mediaite.com)
- Clergy abuse survivor begs Louisiana not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’ (theguardian.com)
- Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey (nytimes.com)
- Zelenskyy Says Putin Is Already Breaking His Vow Not to Hit Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure (huffpost.com)Far From Giving Ground, Putin Digs In With His Demands on Ukraine (nytimes.com)Putin bombs energy plants hours after telling Trump he would halt attacks (telegraph.co.uk)
- New York City paying $500,000 a month to indicted developer who could testify against Mayor Eric Adams (theguardian.com)
Media Mess
- Fox’s Brian Kilmeade Falsely Claims Musk Critics Cusack and Crockett Said to ‘Blow Up Teslas’ — Calls for Their Arrest (mediaite.com)
Maggie Haberman Calls Out Trump Over Attacks On Judges: ‘He’s Playing a Very Risky Game’ (mediaite.com)'She owes me a Pulitzer': Trump loses it on 'Maggot Haberman' as his Musk denials unravel (rawstory.com)
- Kennedy Center Fires Employee After Naked Protest Against Trump: ‘This Video Is Extremely Disturbing’ (mediaite.com)
- Right-wing media figures are lambasting John Roberts for rebuking Trump’s calls to impeach judges who rule against him (mediamatters.org)
- US director accused of scamming Netflix out of millions (rawstory.com)
- Murdoch v. Murdoch: Fox News goes to bat for the president while NY Post and WSJ urge caution and rule of law (mediamatters.org)
- Furious MAGA turns on Pam Bondi after ‘unprecedented’ number of Fox News appearances (irishstar.com)
- ‘It is shocking to me’: MSNBC host accuses Pam Bondi of lying about judges’ powers (rawstory.com)
- Karoline Leavitt’s Briefing Blunder Accidentally Undoes Key Trump Policy, Sparks Mockery Online (huffpost.com)
- Karoline Leavitt Gaslights Reporters During Press Briefing (meidasnews.com)
The Blue Brain Room
- What is the Overton Window and Why Is Elon Musk Breaking It? (thecycle.substack.com)
- How Trump’s firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power (whro.org)
- DHS union-busting attempt sends message in and out of government (washingtonpost.com)
- Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’ (theguardian.com)
- How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More (nytimes.com)Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation (nytimes.com)
- Tesla’s Cybertruck has become the world’s most hated car – Maga loves it (telegraph.co.uk)
- Trump is becoming a bigger problem for the Supreme Court — and John Roberts can’t control it (salon.com)
- Rosenberg: Trump-Putin call seen as victory in Russia (bbc.com)
- This Is How Tesla Will Die (planetearthandbeyond.co)
- ‘Redline for Chief Justice’: Attorney says ‘unusual’ Roberts move could signal what’s next (rawstory.com)
