U.S. agents suspected Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders. Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.

We heard directly from more than 150 researchers, scientists and investigators about their terminated NIH grants and the science that’s being lost. Full story ⤵️

Voice of America’s Farsi-language broadcast, dismantled under Trump and DOGE, was abruptly reactivated today, recalling dozens of staff from paid leave as tensions between Israel and Iran escalated.

A federal judge reversed President Trump’s firings of the three Democratic members of the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of products like toys, cribs and electronics. https://trib.al/MlgVmOK

US marines detain civilian in first known instance since Trump deployed troops to LA

Breaking News: Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas announced voter fraud charges against a half-dozen people, elevating his “election integrity” allegations against mostly Latino Democrats to a criminal level.

Breaking News: Three ex-officers from Memphis were acquitted of all state charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man whose brutal beating in 2023 stunned the nation.

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

NEW: Trump lawyers have repeatedly said that the administration is complying with a federal court order stopping it from cutting transgender research funding. New whistleblower records contradict those claims. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social

US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink. Wow the corruption. An internal State Department memo lays it bare:“As the government of Lesotho negotiates a trade deal with the United States, it hopes that licensing Starlink demonstrates goodwill and intent to welcome U.S. businesses.”

Breaking News: President Trump withdrew his original choice for surgeon general, a former Fox News contributor, and said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, instead.

Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’

The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

On Inauguration Day, Musk and his companies were facing at least 65 actual or potential actions from 11 different federal agencies. Today, many of those threats have been neutralized. By exercising his influence over the government, Musk is set to avoid more than $2 billion in financial liabilities.

If you’re wondering what Elon Musk has been up to it’s not about saving Americans money. It’s about saving himself money. Musk has used his position leading DOGE to illegally evade oversight, derail investigations, and make litigation disappear whenever he chooses, on his terms and at his command.

The FBI's arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan is meant to scare officials and others from "standing up to the Trump regime," says Democrat State Rep. Ryan Clancy. From @steveinskeep.bsky.social and @obedmanuel.bsky.social

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed at identifying sanctuary cities, part of a broader effort to target jurisdictions that limit cooperation with ICE.

The Trump administration cut about $1 billion in aid to anti-hunger groups, according to Feeding America. It's put more pressure on organizations that distribute food to hold up their corner of the U.S. safety net, dipping into reserves and scrounging for donations to replace the food they had lost.

US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old American citizen born in the U.S., was jailed in Florida under a controversial state immigration law, even though he had a valid U.S. birth certificate and Social Security card. A judge confirmed both documents were real, but said she

Handmaid’s Tale in the making

Crosswalks across Silicon Valley were hacked this weekend. Pressing the button now triggers a message impersonating Elon Musk—mocking him in the process. Videos have been circulating online all weekend. 😂

A Gaza paramedic for the Palestine Red Crescent Society who has been missing since Israeli forces ambushed a group of ambulances and other aid vehicles in late March is in Israeli custody, the Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday.

NEW: Of the 7,837 disputed procedures in the lawsuit, involving 1,680 patients, Blue Cross paid this breast cancer center about 9 cents on the dollar, paying $43M on invoices totaling $500M. Some 60% of the claims weren’t reimbursed at all.

Trump's order to expand U.S. timber production includes all of California's national forests

IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes

Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders

A federal judge ruled on Friday that one member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency program could have access to sensitive payment and data systems at the Treasury Department, as long as that person goes through appropriate training and files disclosures.

I think he wants them to burn down so he can develop the land for profit.

Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial

Sixteen attorneys general and a Democratic governor sued the Trump administration on Thursday to restore access to over $1 billion in federal pandemic relief aid for schools that was recently halted, saying that the pullback could cause acute harm to students.

The Social Security Administration said that people seeking retirement or survivor benefits could continue to file applications over the phone, reversing a much criticized change that was expected to force tens of thousands of Americans to visit offices in person each week.

Supreme Court required Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador!

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/

SCOOP from my colleague @fastlerner.bsky.social: Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Making way for a dictatorship

Trump administration officials met with senior Hamas officials in Qatar three times, according to four people familiar with the discussions, breaking with a policy against contacting a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.

NEW: A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional. @richardawebster.bsky.social / @veritenews.org

Breaking News: U.S. stock markets faded in early trading, with the S&P 500 falling over 2% a day after President Trump prompted a rally by pausing some tariffs. Follow live updates.

On Monday morning, two individuals arrived at Lillian Street Elementary School's main office and identified themselves as "representatives of a federal agency," Los Angeles Unified said in a message.

While Donald Trump throws our economy into chaos, Republicans in Congress just advanced Trump's plan to cut health care for millions of people to pay for tax handouts for billionaires and giant corporations. We're going to fight it with everything we've got.

The House narrowly adopted a Republican budget blueprint on Thursday. All Democrats present voted against the plan, which they said would pave the way for cuts to Medicaid and other vital safety net programs that would harm Americans, all to pay for large tax cuts for the wealthiest. nyti.ms/44rfBAm

The government knows an enormous amount about you in the data systems DOGE has sought to access. Just for starters: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status. (via @wbur.org)

Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed a House vote on the GOP’s budget after failing to sway Republican holdouts who wanted deeper spending cuts.

In a related move, the Justice Department barred its lawyers from attending American Bar Association events, intensifying the Trump administration’s ongoing conflict with the legal profession over the issue of client representation.

The House passed legislation to prohibit federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, marking a significant step in an escalating Republican campaign targeting judges who have blocked some of Trump’s executive orders.

Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials. But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year. By @reneedudley.bsky.social