A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with “no meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/us-citizen-deportation-donald-trump-00311631

The administration has laid off thousands of workers from coast to coast who had supervised education, child care, child support and child protective services systems, and it has blocked or delayed billions of dollars in funding for things like school meals and school safety. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse

The S&P 500 fell 322 points, or nearly 6%, to close at 5,074 — the largest one-day slump in the broad-based index since March 16, 2020, when it lost 12%. Today’s plunge erased $2.7 trillion in market value from the index. The decline wipes out more than a year of stock market gains, taking the…

It is impossible to overstate how significant this week’s events have been for the global economy. Donald Trump’s rambling press conference in the White House Rose Garden on April 2, 2025, may soon come to be seen as the most significant financial event since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy on September 15, 2008. It’s possible history…

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance. The Heard and McDonald Islands, known for their populations of penguins and seabirds, can only be reached by sea. https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-antarctic-islands-heard-mcdonald

Thousands of federal employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were notified early Tuesday morning that they were subject to a reduction in force, or RIF, sources tell WIRED, shuttering programs that directly serve and inform the American public. The effect was felt across the CDC, as workers in the Division of Environmental…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave. The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to museums and libraries across the United States. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services

Richard Fiesta, executive director of the advocacy group Alliance for Retired Americans, said the reorganization of HHS and shuttering of the ACL is harmful for the older population that President Donald Trump purports to support. “Donald Trump often claims, ‘We love our seniors,’ but today’s drastic cuts at HHS reveal just how empty those words…

The email sent to the students reads:“On behalf of the United States Department of State, the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office hereby informs you that additional information became available after your visa was issued. As a result, your F-1 visa with expiration date XXXXX was revoked in accordance with Section 221(i) of the United States Immigration and Nationality…

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. Atlantic: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans