Forget the DOJ. For a Trump pardon, call “Bobby” and other influencers reut.rs/3SzQHdX

🌡️ Today, I'm happy to launch the "Reuters Climate Monitor," a live data dashboard that aims to track the slow-moving impact of climate change at the speed of the news. You can find it at https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-AUTOMATED/MONITOR/akpeykqqapr/

Our analysis found 96% of Trump’s second-term clemency grants have gone to recipients who didn’t fulfill longstanding Justice Department guidelines for such requests. Fewer than 1% during the Biden administration failed to meet the guidelines. apple.news/Ap3_KMXbrSOu...

Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of a Simulated Society. Grok Oversaw a Crime Spree gizmodo.com/researchers-...

A lobbyist who helped obtain a pardon from Trump is now trying to get a plea deal after being charged with trying to shake down the client who was pardoned. w/ @luccohen.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: Trump appointee inspired by conservative media outlet to push for probe of Democratic congressman www.reuters.com/business/fin... with @chrisprentice.bsky.social

Latest on Bill Pulte, the Trump appointee who has leveled accusations of mortgage fraud against President Trump's perceived enemies. With @chrisprentice.bsky.social www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Congressional watchdog will investigate Trump official’s conduct w/ @chrisprentice.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/con...

"Big Short" investor Michael Burry, known for his successful bets against the U.S. housing market in 2008, appears to be "stepping away from a game he believes is fundamentally rigged" - meaning market hype over AI. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Trump official accusing president’s rivals of crimes tapped a former registered sex offender for federal housing role www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... w/ @chrisprentice.bsky.social

Exclusive: Trump official Bill Pulte enlisted a former registered sex offender as federal housing consultant www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Exclusive: Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor and other foes, sources say w/ @chrisprentice.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

US housing agency blames 'Radical Left' for looming shutdown. Democrats panned the messaging as government misinformation. via @nolandmccaskill.bsky.social

My latest exclusive w/ @chrisprentice.bsky.social & Mike Colias: Bill Pulte, President Trump’s appointee as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His close relatives filed housing claims similar to hers www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

UPDATE: Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

BREAKING: Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show reut.rs/3TNpulG

Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX in Golden Dome missile shield in question www.reuters.com/business/aer... w/ @nanditab1.bsky.social

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention www.propublica.org/article/trum... by @hannahallam.bsky.social

Trump to make Golden Dome announcement on Tuesday, US officials say. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Exclusive: Democratic lawmakers call for review of Musk's role in Golden Dome www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency www.reuters.com/world/us/100...

Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Trump, the White House said, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report on his statements in real time reut.rs/42A1BSD

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

Judge says Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges over Venezuelan deportations www.reuters.com/legal/judge-...

California sues Trump administration to block tariffs reut.rs/42fMtL5

White House announces press pool for tomorrow, after booting newswires Out: Reuters, Bloomberg Still out: AP In: The Daily Signal (as secondary print), the Christian Broadcasting Network (as new media), EWTN (as secondary TV)

(Reuters) - One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

Exclusive: Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north via Rachael Levy and @alexandraulmer.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/europe...

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Exclusive: Trump administration officials have told some US government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda reut.rs/4i5ORZq

Much of Elon Musk's DOGE remains shrouded in secrecy, but two sources said it's using AI to surveil workers, marking an extraordinary use of technology to identify expressions of perceived disloyalty in a workforce already upended by widespread firings reut.rs/443eKWL

Elon Musk's DOGE team is using the Signal app to communicate, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, potentially violating federal record-keeping rules because messages can be set to disappear after a period of time reut.rs/443eKWL

JUST IN: US Supreme Court backs Trump on teacher training grant cuts reut.rs/4leNcUa

As dusk falls in Washington on Fridays, the firings begin www.reuters.com/world/us/dus...

DOGE staffers arrive at US antitrust and consumer protection agency reut.rs/3REIwJC

Exclusive: SpaceX, ULA expected to clinch multibillion-dollar contract in key Pentagon launch program with @joroulette.bsky.social‬ www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Space Force is expected to announce major launch program contracts today (Phase 3 Lane 2), with SpaceX and ULA among the winners, sources tell me and @marisataylor.bsky.social. Story on @reuters.com

What’s So Hard About Building Trains? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/t...

Exclusive: DOGE official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software www.reuters.com/technology/c... via @raphae.li and Sarah Lynch

Exclusive: A pair of top Democratic lawmakers asked the US securities regulator to preserve records related to President Trump’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial and posed questions about potential conflicts of interest reut.rs/41TonWn

SpaceX rocket cargo project puts Pacific seabirds in jeopardy www.reuters.com/technology/s...

Trump administration begins mass layoffs at health agencies, sources say. FDA, NIH and CDC employees arrived at work this morning without knowing they were fired. At the gate, they were handed a ticket that notified them and told to go home. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

My latest exclusive: Trump administration is pointing spy satellites at US border. The focus on the U.S. border region forces the administration to grapple with laws against collecting intelligence on Americans. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... w/ Jeffrey Dastin

Want to hire Elon Musk's lawyer? That will be $3,000 an hour reut.rs/3Xhdqvc

The United States and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a minerals deal that is central to Kyiv's push to win US support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said reut.rs/4bow61J

NEW: US and Ukraine agree terms on minerals deal, sources tell Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us-ukr...

The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered the US without their parents, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters. W/ Marisa Taylor @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...