Happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, a collection of the past week’s top stories from the intersection of tech and politics.Missing Ratcliffe messagesThe CIA’s chief data officer testified in court last month that he was unable

Late last week, the Trump administration officially denied the state of Washington’s request for disaster aid to assist with recovery efforts related to last year’s “bomb cyclone” that killed at least two people and damaged hundreds of

They say there are no stupid questions in journalism, and I tested that theory as a college newspaper reporter when I asked an MLB legend about the even more legendary Jackie Robinson. Was Robinson picked over more

A person holds a crucifix during the opening prayer of President Donald Trump's 2024 rally in Racine, Wis.Scott Olson / Getty ImagesThe Associated Press reported this week on a new effort to use allegations of anti-Christian bias

Late Thursday, a unanimous Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran citizen who was in the United States legally but illegally rendered to a Salvadoran prison over what

Several major U.S. law firms have bent the knee to President Donald Trump’s illiberal regime in recent weeks, reportedly committing millions of dollars’ worth of free legal services to help Trump’s administration pursue any number of their

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting another law firm in his retribution spree. Trump appears to be using these orders not only to punish lawyers for representing certain clients, but also to rewrite

This week, President Donald Trump told his supporters that “the states are just an agent of the federal government” — demonstrating, at best, a clear misunderstanding of the U.S. Constitution and the states’ rights to oversee elections.When

Just weeks into her appointment as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba said she has launched an investigation into the state’s top Democratic officials for not cooperating with federal officials on immigration enforcement.In an interview

UPDATE (April 9, 2025, 2:17 p.m. ET): On Wednesday President Donald Trump shared on social media that he is raising U.S. tariff charges on China to 125%. For other countries, the president said in the post, he is