House Democrats are demanding the White House preserve the independence of the Smithsonian Institution after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in late March that directed federal agencies and the Smithsonian to eliminate what the order calls “anti-American” and “improper” content from the vast network of museums and national parks. The top Democrat of … Read more
The White House has redirected COVID.gov to a new landing page called “Lab Leak: True Origins of COVID-19,” which makes a five-point argument for the theory that COVID-19 originated from a mistaken lab leak in Wuhan, China. Web page for https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/ on April 18, 2025. The White House The new site appears to use theories from … Read more
The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners. Source link
His biological mother said in an interview on Friday that she was bewildered by the attack, and had been against the presence of firearms in her son’s life. Source link
A series of setbacks have raised questions about Elon Musk’s enduring influence in the White House. Source link
Cedric Lodge stole organs from cadavers that had been donated for medical research, prosecutors said. The university fired him in 2023. Source link
Trump White House border czar Tom Homan stood by the administration’s decision to defy court orders to “facilitate” the return to the U.S. of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national the Justice Department said was erroneously deported to a prison in his home country, and waived off responsibility for the migrant’s status in an interview … Read more
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort. Source link
More than 50 Venezuelans are believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas. Source link
The case is one of several challenging moves by the Trump administration to cancel the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people. Source link