“And so as I stare at his Cybertruck ...” tinyurl.com/bdekuja8

As JD Vance headed to Nashville to record a podcast with Theo Von — and as Musk was calling for Trump’s impeachment — the president gave Vance marching orders on how to talk about the Elon situation: He told him to be diplomatic. wapo.st/45JoplN

🇺🇸 Before The Flameout, The Fuse Was Burning ▫Trump called Musk “a big-time drug addict” in a phone call shortly after their public feud ▫Cat Zakrzewski Natalie Allison Elizabeth Dwoskin Jeff Stein Emily Davies #frontpagestoday #USA The Washington Post

Musk left government. Will Democrats lose their bogeyman? wapo.st/4jEW5oa Dylan Wells Greg Schneider

For Trump, seizing emergency powers has become central to governing. The president says strong action is needed; critics say the emergencies don’t exist, by Naftali Bendavid washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Trump has upended the federal pardoning process, increasing the White House’s authority over a task that until now was largely governed by Justice Department guidelines. New details in here + interview with the pardon czar herself. W/ ⁦Perry Stein⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Judge Breyer rules President Trump’s actions in calling up the California National Guard “were illegal” and orders that “He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

51st state? Bring it on, these Canadians say. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…