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The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week. Trump’s catastrophic “Liberation Day” has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called “enemy aliens” are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts. And Signalgate promises to be the first of many incompetence scandals that expose the brutal violence at the core of the American empire. At a time when elite universities, powerful law firms, and influential media outlets are capitulating to Trump’s intimidation,…

In an unusual move, Mr. Bove insisted that the prosecutors appeal the ruling to a district court judge, these people said. After weighing the request, Judge John G. Koeltl of Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York instructed the chief magistrate judge, Sarah Netburn, to reconsider the application, the people said.But the second time, the government lawyers fared even worse. Judge Netburn not only rejected the request for a search warrant, but she also ordered the government to abide by a special condition: Should prosecutors ever try to refile such an application before another federal judge, they…

Washington — Less than two months after President Trump’s inauguration, the Republican-led Senate  confirmed nearly every one of his Cabinet nominees. But a vote has yet to be scheduled for the final nominee, the president’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York was poised to fill the role before Mr. Trump pulled her nomination, citing House Republicans’ slim majority and needing her vote to help advance his agenda. Mr. Trump said in May he would move Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, to the position. There are 22 Cabinet positions, each requiring Senate confirmation.…

President Trump announced on Thursday that he is removing his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, nominating him as ambassador to the United Nations and installing as his interim replacement Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will remain the nation’s top diplomat.It is the first significant personnel overhaul of top White House aides, and the kind of shake-up that Mr. Trump had sought to avoid in his second term.“From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first,” Mr. Trump wrote in a post…

The Trump administration has halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.”Lawmakers authorized the money in 2022 after a former student opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers and injuring 17 others. The measure, known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, broke a decades-long impasse between congressional Republicans and Democrats on addressing gun violence by focusing largely on improving mental health support for students.But…

For nearly a decade, Bree Smith was a familiar face in Nashville. But, in January, the mom and former TV meteorologist stopped appearing on the local CBS-affiliated station — a decision she made after months of fighting against deepfakes, which are simulated online images or videos that can seem realistic. In Smith’s case, an image of her was doctored to create explicit pictures and videos, with her face edited onto different, partly nude bodies, and then used to try to extort money from others. “Sextortion” scams like this one have targeted tens of thousands of Americans in the past year alone,…

The U.S. Department of Education is telling impacted districts that the Biden administration, in awarding the grants, violated “the letter or purpose of Federal civil rights law.” Jim Watson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/Getty Images The Trump administration says it will stop paying out $1 billion in federal grants that school districts across the country have been using to hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers. The U.S. Department of Education is telling impacted districts that the Biden administration, in awarding the grants, violated “the letter or purpose of Federal civil rights law.” The grants were…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, surprising some experts who noted that such testing already routinely takes place.In a statement, Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said that “all new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials” before approval, and called the move a “radical departure” from existing standards.Modern studies tend to use placebos. One exception has been the Covid booster shots, which have been authorized without human trials to target new strains of the virus as it has evolved. It’s…

Rep. Jason Crow on Signal chat leak and more Rep. Jason Crow says Signal group chat put lives of U.S. military personnel at risk 06:16 National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House, according to multiple sources familiar with their departure.In March, Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, disclosing discussions with top national security officials about plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. Goldberg published his account, and he initially omitted operational details, but after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,…

May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again. Ad Policy United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here” event Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan.(Jose Juarez / AP) One hundred and thirty-five years ago today, the American Federation of Labor made a bold proclamation. On May 1, 1890—May Day—workers across the country would strike for a new, radical demand. This demand would affect workers across society, and across…