Dr. Hayden is the latest high-ranking Black government official to be axed in the Trump administration’s crusade against D.E.I. Read full article

Jonathan McKernan is expected to be tapped for a Treasury Department post instead after waiting for months for the full Senate to take up his consumer bureau nomination. Read full article

The unilateral attempt to rename the gulf has provoked ridicule and anger in Mexico. Read full article

It has been 120 days since the last drawdown of weapons from Pentagon stockpiles was announced, outstripping Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on Ukraine aid more than a year ago. Read full article

The move is the latest denunciation by the Trump administration against anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Read full article

Stephen Miller, a top aide, repeated a justification the administration has used in its immigration crackdown: that the country is fighting an invasion. Read full article

A lawyer for the plaintiffs said that they had “prevailed against all odds” but called the damage award “disappointing.” Read full article

Chicago, a uniquely meme-able city, was the center of a ton of jokes. Here is some of the internet’s best work. Read full article