Trump Pick to Lead Special Counsel Withdraws

As the desperate search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie continues, TMZ and a local news station in Tucson say what appears to be a ransom note has surfaced ... President Trump defends his call to nationalize elections, but are other Rep ...  Show more

Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify before lawmakers ... What lawmakers are saying now about the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother ... President Trump says Republicans should take over and nationalize voting ... Prosecutors raid Elon Musk's X office in Paris. Learn more ...  Show more

Shortly after taking office on Monday, President Trump signed several immigration executive orders. WSJ’s Michelle Hackman reports on the new administration’s plans to curtail legal and illegal immigration and on the new border czar who’s leading the efforts. Further Listening ...  Show more

The Trump-Vance transition team says several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks and appointees are facing threats. Trump had a conversation with Mexico's president, but each had a different take on it. A nationwide air raid alert went off in Ukraine this morning. A f ...  Show more

Immigrants who took advantage of a Biden-era program to enter the U.S. are now being targeted by the Trump administration, including people who fled the Russia-Ukraine war. WSJ’s Michelle Hackman explains how the program came to be and how Trump cancelled it. Further Reading: ...  Show more

Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball round up the week’s news including nomination hearings, inspectors general firings and the airplane crash in D.C. Plus, they speak to WSJ’s Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta about the administration's freeze on potentially trillions of dollars i ...  Show more