The big picture: Trump went onto the field of the Caesars Superdome around 4:30pm local time and did a meet-and-greet with the families, New Orleans police and emergency personnel.
The Commerce Department has sent NOAA officials a broad set of keywords to search grants in ways that would cover most climate change-related projects.
Why it matters: NOAA is one of the world's top weather and climate agencies and provides funding to universities and researchers to improve the understanding and prediction of extreme weather and climate change.
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Sunday that he's open to joining Democrats in shutting down the government to protest the Trump administration's upheaval of federal agencies and funding.
Why it matters: Kim joins other Democrats concerned about helping Republicans push through a federal funding bill ahead of the March 14 deadline while Trump's administration looks to cut back some federal agencies and block federal funds.
President Trump's early approval ratings show he's settled into office in a better spot than in 2017 — but Americans remain starkly divided based on partisan affiliations.
The big picture: Trump left office in 2021 with the lowest approval ratings of his White House tenure, but the early days of Trump 2.0 have ranked among the highest ratings of his political career, per some polls.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday she'd encourage President Trump to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency "as it exists today."
The big picture: The president has said he's considered "getting rid of" FEMA entirely, an agency that many in the GOP have accused of bias and that Trump has blasted for its response to recent natural disasters.
Silicon Valley's speed-over-safety mindset is colliding with Washington's reality that messing with government IT can open the door for China, Russia, and other adversaries to infiltrate critical U.S. systems.
Why it matters: On-the-fly overhauls of government IT systems are putting Americans at risk, lawmakers and former officials tell Axios.
Iran's threat to assassinate Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign was far more serious than publicly known — and led to extraordinary precautions by his team that included using a decoy plane to avert a feared attempt on his life.
President Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in attempts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, he told the New York Post.
The big picture: Trump, who throughout his presidential campaign vowed to end the years-long war within 24 hours, told the outlet the Russian leader "wants to see people stop dying."
On TikTok, on Instagram and in family group chats, foreign students and workers — and even U.S. citizens — are advising each other to keep their passports and visas close when out and about.
Why it matters: Foreign-born Americans and immigrants say they're afraid of getting swept up in aggressive immigration raids, even though they're here legally.
