NEW: @doge deletes $4 billion more in savings from its "wall of receipts." This is the second time in a week that Elon Musk's error-plagued group has removed huge cuts that it celebrated from cancelled contracts. This time, 5 of 7 biggest savings vanished overnight.

All employees in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were notified Friday of the option to voluntarily resign in exchange for a $25,000 payment, a source familiar with the situation told CBS News. cbsn.ws/3QTq1AR

New Orleans levee board members quit as Jeff Landry's adviser pursues controversial changes nola.com/news/environme… via @nolanews #lalege #lagov

One country was left off the list entirely. Russia. The most recent figures for 2023 (meaning the second year of the invasion of Ukraine) indicate that the U.S. exported $595 million to Russia — the top products were vaccines, blood, toxins, and cultures — and Russia exported

This is a big deal and has far-reaching judicial implications in Louisiana. These lawsuits, often deemed 'legacy lawsuits' here, have become a litmus test for judiciary candidates here who are generally either backed by Carmouche or oil companies. nola.com/news/environme…

1–THREAD: Calvin Alexander thought he had done everything the Louisiana parole board asked of him to earn an early release from prison. He had taken anger management classes, learned a trade and enrolled in drug treatment. Verite ProPublica

What a complete disaster

Cantrell publicly committed Wisner trust funds for this, but the fund is locked up by a court injunction

Flooding in downtown Lafayette early this morning thanks to 5-8” over a 3-4hr period. Not the start to Festival International we wanted. Video courtesy of Pop’s Poboys. #lawx.

Imposing a critical new requirement like REAL ID when govt is incapable of processing it is … is …

He's from the far south suburbs. Not sure how anyone mistook him for a Cubs fan.

But everyone has been so happy and delightful today

NEW: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, we made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So Josh Kaplan and I got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

As Donald J. Trump pursues a sweeping expansion of ICE's 287(g) program, here's which Louisiana law enforcement agencies are entering partnerships with ICE under the program, or considering doing so. #lalege #lagov

A year after GOP leaders passed a pro-industry package of bills aimed at addressing Louisiana's home insurance crisis, is anything improving? My story:

Physical confrontation, head spinning accusations and all sorts of chaos at East Bank flood authority as bad blood gets worse between Gov. Landry's appointed board president and other members. Wild account by Alex Lubben Be sure to read to the end... nola.com/news/environme…

Fundraising text from the NRCC, selling a new "Alligator Alcatraz" shirt. "ICE with a bite."

A controversial state law that creates criminal penalties for law enforcement officers who do not cooperate with federal immigration investigations is set to go into effect, putting the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in a legal quagmire. Verite shorturl.at/WTagu

This is the scene downtown right now in #Chicago…. WGN TV News

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.