The Senate voted along party lines to move forward with Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Trump's Director of National Intelligence.
Why it matters: Gabbard has proved to be one of Trump's most controversial nominees and her confirmation has at times been in question, especially ahead of a committee vote earlier this month.
The Trump administration has asked the Department of Treasury to deputize Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents to help with deporting undocumented immigrants, multipleoutletsreported.
The deadline for federal workers to resign and take the White House up on its deferred resignation offer has reportedly been delayed again, pending the decision of a federal judge in Boston.
Why it matters: It's a win for the union challenging the "Fork in the road" offer, but also gives federal employees more time to make a decision on the deal, which is part of the White House effort to slash the civil service.
The FBI just discovered about 2,400 records tied to President Kennedy's assassination that were never provided to a board tasked with reviewing and disclosing the documents, Axios has learned.
The still-secret records are contained in 14,000 pages of documents the FBI found in a review triggered by President Trump's Jan. 23 executive order demanding the release of all JFK assassination records.
Why it matters: The discovery — 61 years after Kennedy was killed in Dallas — follows decades of government reluctance to release all documents related to the assassination, which fueled a mountain of conspiracy theories.
Louisiana corrections officials have drafted and approved a new policy to allow the state to restart executing death row inmates, Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday.
The latest: The policy is modeled after Alabama's execution methods, Landry's statement says, and includes the use of nitrogen gas.
The DOGE effort to effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets conservatives as close they've ever been to achieving a long-held goal — and consumer advocates are horrified.
Why it matters: The CFPB is a financial watchdog, specifically intended to protect people from being ripped off by banks and other institutions. Consumer advocates and former CFPB staffers say sidelining the agency would make it easier for bad actors to flourish.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick during their meeting in Washington on Friday to give Israel a waiver that would exempt it from proposed regulatory controls on advanced AI chips, two sources with knowledge of the issue said.
Why it matters: Advanced computing chips are crucial for Israel's tech and defense industries to develop AI systems.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday he is launching a new task force to combat the Trump administration's efforts to upend the federal government.
Why it matters: Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to show infuriated grassroots allies that they are doing everything within their limited power to counter the Department of Government Efficiency.
A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration has not entirely complied with a court order to lift the federal spending freeze.
Why it matters: U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr., who temporarily blocked the spending freeze late last month, said the administration must immediately comply with the order and release the funds.
President Trump said in an interview with Fox News that the two million Palestinians he wants to move from Gaza to neighboring countries will not have the right to return to the enclave.
Why it matters: Trump's suggestion last week that the U.S. could "take over" Gaza surprised many of his own advisers, thrilled right-wing Israelis, and deeply alarmed the governments in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. .
President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with the plans.
Blagojevich served eight years in prison on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential election, until Trump commuted his 14-year sentence in 2020.
Senate Democrats will hold so-called "spotlight" hearings as an oversight mechanism to the Trump administration, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Monday.
Why it matters: The unofficial "spotlight" hearings are another arm of Democrats' new resistance movement, which Schumer said also will include litigation against the White House.
President Trump said Monday he had ordered the "immediate dismissal" of four military Boards of Visitors, claiming the advisory bodies had been "infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues."
The big picture: Trump's sweeping actions have impacted the military since he returned to the White House, including eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and other initiatives the president has characterized as "wokeness" that has weakened the armed forces.
The Kremlinissued a warning on Monday about the fragility of current U.S.-Russia relations, after refusing toconfirm that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently spoke, multipleoutletsreported.
Why it matters: Trump repeatedly pledged on the campaign trail to speedily end the Russia-Ukraine war, but Russian leaders said on Monday that Putin's stipulations had to be met before any resolution would be possible.
Five former Treasury secretaries warned in a New York Times op-ed Monday that the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the nation's payment system could subject "highly sensitive data" to the "risk of exposure."
The big picture: DOGE's reported entry this month into the Bureau of Fiscal Services payment systems, essentially the government's checkbook, sparked mass concern about the safety of sensitive data and ability to restrict federal funds.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought was hit with two union lawsuits on Sunday after he issued directives freezing much of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) work.
Why it matters: The CFPB has become the latest target of President Trump's Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), threatening a critical oversight agency that safeguards consumers from unfair business practices.
The Federal Trade Commission under President Trump is beefing up its staff with a string of new hires who are skeptical of Big Tech.
Why it matters: Trump has support from several Big Tech leaders — Elon Musk chief among them. But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.
President Trump said he'll announce 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Monday and "reciprocal tariffs" later this week.
The big picture: Trump campaigned on using tariffs to boost the economy and revive the domestic industry, which economists have warned would hit U.S. consumers, though he's so far mostly quickly pulled back on such threats.
A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Sunday from sending three Venezuelan men from immigration detention in New Mexico to Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
The big picture: President Trump announced in a memorandum late last month plans to house at Guantánamo Bay up to 30,000 immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally as part of his immigration crackdown.
