D.C. wants to redevelop the RFK Stadium site into a new entertainment district with a 65,000-seat Commanders stadium, plus 6,000 new homes, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the NFL announced Monday morning.
Why it matters: The $3.7 billion project would build a new neighborhood on the Anacostia River, and bring the NFL back to Washington. It's up to the D.C. Council to approve it.
President Trump, in an early morning Truth Social post Monday, slammed "FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS" that he said should be "investigated for ELECTION FRAUD."
The big picture: As Trump nears the first 100 days of implementing his sweeping and often highly controversial agenda, several prominent polls have shown his approval ratings sinking.
If you were president of the United States and wanted to engineer a recession by summer, at least one economist says a very effective way of doing that would be to announce sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs in April.
Why it matters: That's the message of a new 40-page slide deck from Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok, entitled "The Voluntary Trade Reset Recession," the probability of which he now puts at 90%.
Authorities arrested over 100 suspected undocumented immigrants in a federal raid on a Colorado nightclub that saw guns and drugs including methamphetamine and pink cocaine seized early Sunday, officials said.
The big picture: President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the raid on the Colorado Springs club, some 70 miles south of Denver, as the administration faces criticism over the arrest of a judge in an immigration case and U.S. citizen children being sent to Honduras with their deported mothers.
CBS News' "60 Minutes" Sunday show ended by taking aim at parent company Paramount over former executive producer Bill Owens' departure last week.
The big picture: CBS' Scott Pelley said in the segment that Paramount "is trying to complete a merger" the Trump administration "must approve" and it "began to supervise our content in new ways," adding: "None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires."
Former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins said in an interview broadcast Sunday he retired last month because his position became "untenable" under the second Trump administration's actions.
Why it matters: The noted geneticist's departure occurred after DOGE-driven cuts were announced for research funding and probationary workers' contracts were terminated, and Collins told CBS News that he and other scientists were "not allowed to speak — in any kind of scientific meeting or public setting."
D.C. and the Washington Commanders will unveil on Monday morning a $3 billion deal to build a new football stadium at the RFK Stadium site, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The megaproject would jumpstart construction of a new residential and entertainment hub on waterfront real estate — and Mayor Muriel Bowser reportedly wants to kick in around $800 million in taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. and China are talking on key economic matters, despite what the Chinese government may say publicly, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday.
Why it matters: The trade war between the world's two largest economies threatens the entire global order, but there's significant disagreement about whether there's any actually progress toward a resolution.
President Trump is prepared to bail out American farmers if the trade war continues squeezing commodity exports, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Sunday.
Why it matters: Exports of key commodities are plunging, particularly soybean and pork sales to China, threatening tens of billions of dollars in farm income.
