Farewell to a great writer and even better human being whose columns helped so many.

Disarray continues at the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @America250, which fired its exec director, a 25-year-old ex-Fox News producer the White House had recommended, for a slew of alleged improper actions www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

Supreme Court to reconsider limits Congress has imposed on the president’s power to fire top officials www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@WheelerLydia

Listen 🎧: President Trump says he’s ready to order more National Guard troops to American cities. Natalie Andrews and I discuss the nation’s mixed reactions and possible legal and political futures on @wsj.com's What's News podcast: on.wsj.com/3o375VH

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it remove Fed governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board while a lawsuit challenging the president’s effort to fire her proceeds www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com

Farewell, Condor: youtu.be/FVfELXJZpXQ?...

A year ago, Sadie Gurman and I wrote about the increasing expectation of violence in America's political climate: www.wsj.com/politics/ele... via @wsj.com

On Tuesday, I spoke with KCRW-FM's Elise Hu about an earlier era of political violence: www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...

Dissenters Call It Racial Profiling: The U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to remove restrictions on immigration raids in Los Angeles while litigation continues www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says that when it comes to executive power cases, she imagines she's ruling on President Biden or Bush, not the actual president, Donald Trump. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com

50 Years Ago Today: Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a loaded .45 at President Ford; my book, "Squeaky," tells the incredible story of a life gone wrong: www.amazon.com/Squeaky-Time...

Women fleeing domestic abuse overseas will have a tougher time obtaining asylum in the U.S., under decisions this week by Attorney General Pam Bondi www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Posse Comitatus Interruptus: A federal judge ruled that President Trump illegally sent troops to enforce his immigration policies in Los Angeles www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Thanks, Bill!

The Supreme Court has flirted with a flurry of Trump administration matters in recent months, but the battle over the president’s sweeping global tariffs will put the justices directly on the spot www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

Do Not Adjust Your Dial: Your correspondent narrates WSJ video journalist Xavier Wang's piece on Trump's push to end the Federal Reserve's independence by firing Fed governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee who has backed chairman Jerome Powell's cautious approach to interest rates youtu.be/wa2UF16tiCM

Podcast: Trump’s Move to Fire Fed Governor Sets Up New Legal Test of Presidential Power www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...

President Trump’s attempt to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook pushes his drive for unilateral control of the U.S. government to new levels. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The nine law firms that promised President Trump they would perform about $1 billion in pro bono work on his favored causes to escape his punitive executive orders have embraced broad interpretations of what they owe w/ @erinmulvaney @cryanbarber www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s federal takeover of DC police is unprecedented and its implementation remains unclear www.wsj.com/politics/ele... w/@sgurman

Talking Trump's tariffs with Marketplace Radio's David Brancaccio: www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...

Rough Day at the Federal Circuit: Here is how judges questioned President Trump’s claim of emergency power to junk the tariff schedule enacted by Congress www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

While Trump continued his tariff spree Thursday, federal appeals judges questioned whether he had lawfully bypassed Congress to impose worldwide import taxes thru emergency powers www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@louiseradnofsky @schwartzbWSJ

Across America, President Trump sees one emergency after another, and that is posing a host of challenges for the federal courts. A major test comes Thursday, when #tariffs Trump imposed by declaring an emergency face review before an appeals court. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Even after #SCOTUS curbed their powers, district judges retain tools to broadly halt some Trump administration actions they find unlawful www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@louiseradnofsky @MariahTimms

Harvard University’s odds to win its Boston court battle look favorable—but the larger war is up in the air www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... w/@sara_randazzo

A federal appeals court on Friday quashed plea bargains that would spare three alleged Sept. 11, 2001, conspirators from the death penalty in exchange for confessing guilt www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Happy Birthday, America, courtesy the great ⁦ @TriniLopezOffcl ⁩ youtu.be/Vx8qFhbLsmk

Flashback: The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, ca. 2022: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

From the @WSJ's flagship podcast, 'The Journal': The Supreme Court’s Season Finale, Explained www.wsj.com/podcasts/the...

LBJ tried to tie Bicentennial patriotism to his war in Vietnam. Nixon sought to leverage the 200th to celebrate his "New American Majority" of the 1970s. Now Trump is trying to MAGAfy the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

Mismanagement and political indifference hobbled America's 250th anniversary planning commission for years. Now Trump is filling the void, soaking the Seniquincentennial with MAGA ideology www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

Trump is putting his imprint on nationwide plans for the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026, after years of dysfunction at Semiquincentennial Commission and little interest from Biden www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

The Supreme Court limited the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a win for President Trump though it left uncertain the fate of his push to curtail birthright citizenship www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@MariahTimms

Operation Midnight Hammer took place in the twilight between presidential and congressional war powers www.wsj.com/politics/nat... via @WSJ

Congress authorized the president to issue a one-time extension of up to 90 days if he certifies that “binding legal agreements” will lead to TikTok’s sale. It is unclear whether that certification has been made or if other laws permit additional enforcement delays.

A federal appeals court allowed President Trump to maintain command of the California National Guard in response to the L.A. protests, blocking a lower court www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@brkend

President Trump gave TikTok another 90-day reprieve Thursday, deferring enforcement of a 2024 law requiring the Chinese-controlled video app to be sold or shut down for national security reasons www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

A 6-3 Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law barring gender-transition treatments for minors www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Appeals court scrutinizing ruling that Trump unlawfully federalized the California National Guard in Los Angeles over Gov. Newsom’s objections www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

From Sept. 2024: American politics is turning violent, with public officials across the spectrum increasingly targeted, threatened and attacked. www.wsj.com/politics/ele... w/@sgurman

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump illegally federalized the California National Guard in response to the Los Angeles protests and ordered the force be returned to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s control www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@xavierjohnm

A federal judge on Thursday sharply questioned the Trump administration’s justifications for mobilizing troops in Los Angeles in response to protests that have swept the city www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

President Trump’s clash with California over troop deployments in Los Angeles heads to federal court on Thursday www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

President Trump’s clash with California over troop deployments in Los Angeles heads to federal court on Thursday www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Bruce Johnston, the Beach Boys' keyboard player, told me that though Brian Wilson hadn't perfomred with the band for decades, his genius was always there. “Brian shows up in the music,” he said.

As a cub reporter for the @latimes, I spent a day trying to find Brian Wilson. He didn't show up on Santa Monica Beach, where the other Beach Boys were shooting a guest spot on "Baywatch." 1/

Is turnabout fair play? Conservatives won Biden-era Supreme Court victories that limited the president’s power to craft policy. Now, those precedents are returning to haunt one of their greatest champions: President Trump www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The Trump administration says it is providing migrants with due process. Judges disagree. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

apnews.com/article/just... gets 10 years for trying to carjack car with 2 members of Justice Sotomayor's security detail