Since Feb. 28, at least 16 merchant vessels have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and its adjoining waters (Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman), killing 8 seafarers, with one still missing. w/ @BlackiLi and Lazaro Gamio. nytimes.com/interactive/...

It was a team effort to go through this list of attendees and attempt to contact them. Also to go out to the Trump golf course in Virginia and to be there at the White House, all to document this event. Thanks readers for supporting this work.

Via our NYT Graphics colleague @elenashao.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Trump is Trying to Establish Presidential Control Over Independent Agencies

The abrupt, premature dismissals of agency officials has teed up a Supreme Court decision that, if delivered in the president's favor, could give him substantially more authority.

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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

NEW: We broke down how some Chinese imports could get hit by multiple tariffs => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Words Federal Agencies Are Removing From Their Sites Under Trump

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

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Great round up of the DOGE whiplash, by my colleagues @elenashao.bsky.social and @ashwu.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Federal Workers Who Were Fired and Rehired by the Trump Administration

Hundreds of federal workers — many of them in critical health and national security jobs — have been brought back, sometimes within days of their initial firings.

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Incredible job here by our @stanfordjournalism.bsky.social alumna @elenashao.bsky.social. How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025

President Trump attempted during his campaign to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint to overhaul the federal government, but many of his administration’s actions so far have mirrored it.

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More than 60 actions taken by President Trump during his first month in office bear the fingerprints of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for overhauling the federal government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025 (Gift Article)

President Trump attempted during his campaign to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint to overhaul the federal government, but many of his administration’s actions so far have mirrored it.

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