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Here’s what’s happening…
-Newsom foe picked by Trump for key prosecutor job vows to ‘dismantle’ sanctuary state shields
–Trump’s DOGE push slashes millions in DEI contracts funding ‘divisive ideologies’ in blue states
-Hawley, Senate Judiciary panel to hear from muzzled Meta whistleblower next week
Signal Chat Snowball
President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, has repeatedly landed in hot water in recent days, beginning with an uproar from Democrats over a Signal chat leak with high-ranking national security officials that has since snowballed.Â
Trump and his administration, however, repeatedly have defended the national security leader publicly.Â
Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and critics since March, when the Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a firsthand account of getting added to a Signal group chat with top national security leaders, including Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, while they discussed strikes against Yemen terrorists…Read more
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and President Trump. (Getty Images)
White House
‘NAZI NEPO BABY’: Unearthed photo shows smiling Obama touring SpaceX alongside ‘Nazi nepo baby’ Elon Musk
‘CASH AVALANCHE’: President Trump, conservatives celebrate ‘absolutely massive’ Florida special elections sweep
‘THE PATIENT LIVED’: Trump issues ‘prognosis’ for US after tariffs in medical metaphor
WASHINGTON, DC Â April 2, 2025: US President Donald Trump during a Make America Wealthy Again event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday April 2, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
CHANGE OF POLICY: Trump admin moves to more easily fire federal workers at 2 agencies: report
COURT TURBULENCE: Trump faces Judge Boasberg over migrant deportation flights defying court order
World Stage
‘REAL LEADERSHIP’: Trump invites El Salvador’s Bukele to White House for ‘working visit’
COSMIC CLASH: Space Force chief fires off dire warning about Chinese capability to knock out US satellites
‘RESTORING DIALOGUE’: Kremlin official says he’s meeting Trump admin in first Russian visit to US since Ukraine war
Russia President Putin and President Trump (Getty Images)
Capitol Hill
UNLIKELY ALLY: Trump gets rare Democrat support for new tariffs: ‘This is a good start’
‘LONG-OVERDUE’: Trump’s GOP allies praise new tariff strategy, Dem critics say they will only make life more difficult
‘UNBELIEVABLY DISLOYAL’: Senate approves resolution against Trump’s Canada tariffs hours after ‘Liberation Day’ event
CALIFORNIA CLASH: Congress barrels toward showdown over Biden-era rule letting California ban gas cars
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious electric vehicle agenda is getting severe pushback from House Republicans (Shutterstock/Getty Images/Smith Collection)
POWER STRUGGLE: Bipartisan senators’ bill would require Congress to approve new tariffs
GOOD TIMING: House Democrats to head to U.S.-Mexico border in California to scrutinize Trump security policies
Across AmericaÂ
‘FULL SUPPORT’: Top House Republican backs Byron Donalds for Florida governor
FIRST ON FOX: Washington Post article hyping anti-DOGE protesters in deep red state omits crucial details
DOWNWARD DOGE: Musk’s political baggage: Polls show Americans sour on Trump’s most visible advisor
Elon Musk’s Tesla showroom locations have faced repeated protests over his role in DOGE. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
WATCHDOG: Pentagon watchdog opens probe into Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss Houthi attack plans
ONE-WAY TICKET: ICE says it deported 174 criminal migrants from Texas, including a man with 39 illegal entries
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