Breaking News: Elon Musk’s lieutenants now have access to the payment system that releases federal funds, after a standoff with a Treasury official. nyti.ms/40Vm3xC

Congrats Katey Rusch & Casey Smith, winners of the 2025 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. Their “Right to Remain Secret” series w UC Berkeley IRP & San Francisco Chronicle exposed confidential settlements by CA law enforcement to bury officer misconduct. annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotlight…

Regarding USAID and media outlets: People buying an information service they use to do their jobs is not a "subsidy." They are customers. If the customer doesn't need the product any more, makes sense to cancel. But it shouldn't be called a subsidy when you sign up to get a paid

NEW: A federal judge blocked the NIH medical research funding cuts. Story to come. 22 states sued; those that did not will still face the cuts.

OPINION: “The report and what it contains could put us on the slippery slope toward unchecked presidential power under a man with an affinity for ironfisted dictators,” Brett Wagner writes about the Insurrection Act and President Donald Trump. trib.al/ICVyTQS

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. trib.al/KjGyQIJ

Did you feel it? sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

sigh, that '90s long-form journalism money

The full Top 100 drop! How many spots have you been to? You can tally it in the article itself. sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

🚨 WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's backing down on most nations' tariffs for 90 days amid market meltdown, but he's raising China tariffs.

Is the once-extinct dire wolf really back, or did some of the reporting go too far? motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

"We are by long odds the most ill-mannered nation, civilized or savage, that exists on the planet today. Our president stands for us like a colossal monument." Mark Twain on ‘idiot’ politicians. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

We're calling it: Barbara Lee is Oakland's next mayor, defeating Loren Taylor by a good margin in the ranked-choice race. Story coming.

The San Francisco Chronicle was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for a pair of investigations into law enforcement, marking the fourth and fifth such honors in the past four years. trib.al/69QNmGa

Maybe AI should replace whoever keeps rebranding HBO Max.

Heartfelt profile on the man who died while trying to save his beloved dog at Ocean Beach last week, by annie vainshtein sfchronicle.com/sf/article/oce…

AI goes phishing: Scams no longer have tell-tale typos, errors trib.al/eoW8lXf

Today’s No Kings protest will likely be one of the largest in the nation’s history — and potentially the largest — according to one expert. 📹️: Sarah McGrew Read more >> sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Kenny Chee, a former San Francisco resident and Costco optician, is owner and CEO of the fireworks company behind the explosion that killed 7. But federal regulators had barred Chee from acquiring or possessing fireworks. By Matthias Gafni & Kurtis Alexander sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Where are California’s tsunami hazard zones? This interactive state map shows what coastal areas you should evacuate under a tsunami warning: sfchronicle.com/california/art…