The justices ruled last week that the president could not, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads the watchdog agency that protects whistle-blowers. Read full article

The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines. Read full article

A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia. Read full article

In a court filing, administration lawyers also said the government would miss the judge’s deadline to restart funding that has been on pause since January. Read full article

President Trump’s first cabinet meeting was a display of deference to Elon Musk. Read full article

The bay looked “like it was boiling,” said a boat captain with a whale-watching company in Monterey Bay, Calif. He captured video of thousands of dolphins swimming off the coast. Read full article

At the first cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump asked Elon Musk to speak first. The man tasked with slashing the federal government spoke far more than anyone else, other than Mr. Trump. Read full article

The administration’s changes to the pool come at a moment when the White House is chipping away at the ability of major news organizations to cover it. Read full article