Democrats hold 'shadow hearing' on what they call Trump's attacks on the rule of law Democrats in Congress on Monday held a "shadow hearing" — without Republicans — to put a spotlight on what they say are President Trump's attacks on the rule of law.
Iran insists on 'indirect' talks with the U.S., refuting Trump Iran says it will have indirect talks with the U.S. Saturday in Oman, opening possible diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program but revealing a potential sticking point about the format for negotiating. Alex Leff
China vows retaliation and a 'fight to the end' after Trump's latest tariff threat Trump said on Truth Social he would impose the new tariffs on China if Beijing did not retract a 34% retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods that it announced in response to Trump's initial salvo last Wednesday. John Ruwitch
Trump administration cuts team in charge of researching IVF President Trump has promised to expand access to IVF, but his administration has eliminated a team in charge of researching those treatments. Sarah McCammon
Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters Prominent anti-vaccine activists lined up on social media to denounce the move. Geoff Brumfiel
Deadline looms in case of Maryland man's wrongful deportation to El Salvador The Supreme Court has paused a deadline to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, after a federal district judge ordered the administration to bring him back by tonight. Joel Rose
'Due process does look different': DHS official defends deportation of Maryland man The Trump administration has defended the deportation of Maryland man mistakenly sent to El Salvador. Luke Garrett
They had left their DEI roles. Trump still fired them The Trump administration is firing hundreds and perhaps thousands of federal workers as part of a crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Many of the fired weren't in DEI jobs. Andrea Hsu
Transfer to Alaska? Offer to health leaders called 'insult' to Indian Health Service NPR obtained emails that went out last week to leaders at health agencies offering to transfer them to postings in tribal communities. Officials close to Dr. Anthony Fauci got the offer. Rob Stein
'All Boys Aren't Blue' tops the ALA's list of most challenged books Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association. Andrew Limbong
