Elon Musk says his DOGE work will “drop significantly” in May

Elon Musk told Tesla investors he’s scaling back his work at the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, saying the amount of time he spends on the task force will “drop significantly” starting in May.  As the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiative, DOGE has slashed tens of thousands of federal jobs in the name

Dem Senator Visits Detained Columbia Activist Who Said He ‘Can Empathize’ With Hamas’s Decision To Massacre Jews

‘I’m here with our friend from the Upper Valley,’ Peter Welch tells Mohsen Mahdawi (Senator Peter Welch / Youtube) Sen. Peter Welch (D., Vt.) visited detained Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, calling him a “friend” and praising his work with “Jewish brothers and sisters” on Columbia’s campus. In the wake of Oct. 7,

Deported man’s attorneys say DOJ isn’t providing answers ordered by judge

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, say the government has failed to provide appropriate responses to a judge’s order for expedited discovery and to her questions about facilitating his return to the U.S.  In a letter addressed to U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis, Abrego

Supreme Court Cancels Temporary Block of Ohio’s Qualified Immunity Ballot Initiative

The decision follows the court’s April 10 ruling preventing the initiative effort from proceeding. The U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 withdrew its April 10 order temporarily preventing Ohio voters who support repealing the qualified immunity rule from gathering signatures to place the issue on a future state ballot. Three justices dissented, indicating they would not