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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Hegseth Confirmation on the Line With Senate Vote Outcome Uncertain  —  With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more.  If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that post in modern times.
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Pete Hegseth Is Confirmed as Defense Secretary By Slim Margin  —  Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon.  Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.
Tom Bowman / NPR:
Pete Hegseth, Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary, wins Senate confirmation  —  Pete Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement at two veterans' groups he ran to narrowly win Senate approval to become Donald Trump's defense secretary.
NBC News:
VP Vance breaks tie in the Senate to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Associated Press:
Senate is preparing to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary in late evening vote
Fox News:
Pete Hegseth confirmed to lead Pentagon after VP Vance casts tie-breaking vote
ABC7:
US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents, CPS officials say  —  Chicago Public Schools officials initially claimed they denied ICE entry to Hamline Elementary Friday morning  —  US Secret Service approached Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards …
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Dalia Faheid / CNN:
Law enforcement agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school but were not allowed, Chicago Public Schools officials say
Discussion: The Independent
NBC News:
Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight  —  The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico's assistance.  —  WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday …
Financial Times:
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland  —  US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island  —  Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark's prime minister, according to senior European officials.
Politico:
State Department issues immediate, widespread pause on foreign aid  —  The “stop-work orders” appear to apply to US aid for all countries except Israel and Egypt.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Discussion: Twitchy and Al Jazeera
Camilla Schick / CBS News:
Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs
Discussion: The Hill, NBC News and New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge  —  The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.  —  The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general …
Discussion: New York Times
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail, source says  —  President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN.  It was pulled on Thursday night.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:   Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration
Patrick Reis / Vox:
The Logoff: The truth about “mass deportations”  —  The Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life.  Subscribe here.  —  Welcome to The Logoff — the newsletter that gives you the Trump news …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Bloomberg and KOKH
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump cites voter ID, water flow as conditions for LA wildfire aid
Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:   FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office
Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans  —  Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar  —  Banks are getting ready to sell billions of dollars in debt borrowed by Elon Musk's X, bringing Wall Street a step closer to exiting …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The immigrant crackdown has begun.  Its first target might surprise you.  —  Trump is not just going after foreigners who break the law.  —  Donald Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration, a vow many Americans support.  But so far, his administration has been much more fixated …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and CBS News
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over Oklahoma bid to launch first publicly funded religious school
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision  —  A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.  —  Since 1793, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined a request by President George Washington …
Walter Olson / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Obscene Jan. 6 Pardons Will Live in Infamy  —  As Inauguration Day neared, Donald Trump and his associates put out a reassuring message: while the new president would pardon many Jan. 6 rioters, as he had promised supporters, he would do so in a responsible and prudent way.
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
Keene man arrested for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 rejects Trump's pardon
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Worry Sen. Whitehouse Considering Vote for RFK Jr  —  Wanted to share some information on the RFK Jr. nomination before the Senate.  —  It probably won't surprise you that RFK Jr., along with Tulsi Gabbard, are among the few Trump nominees who might actually not get confirmed.
Politico:
Trump signs anti-abortion policies after speaking to March for Life  —  Those impacted include overseas health organizations that distribute contraception and help combat HIV.  —  President Donald Trump's campaign-trail promise to leave abortion regulation to the states lasted just a few days into his presidency.
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis.  RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.  —  New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump's pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, New Republic and DNyuz
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Facing FBI investigation that Trump could halt, Andy Ogles proposes allowing third term for president  —  The Tennessee congressman, who was effusive in his praise of President Trump, faces an FBI investigation over allegations of fraud in reporting a $320,000 personal loan to his campaign.
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Officials Pause Programs to Let In Immigrants, Including Ukrainians  —  The pause on several initiatives that allowed immigrants to enter the country temporarily will block the entrance of people fleeing some of the most unstable and desperate places in the world.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic  —  The session between Trump and Biden administration officials is required of transitions and included other Trump Cabinet nominees.  —  As Biden officials packed up the White House last week …
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Has ‘More Ass-Kissing’ to Do  —  Trump's aides and allies aren't ready to buy the Facebook chief's right-wing conversion.  “He can't just snap his fingers and make the past not happen” … The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration …
Phoebe Petrovic / ProPublica:
Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities  —  A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School.  Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters …
Punchbowl News:
Inside the room: Where House Republicans are looking to slash … We got our hands on the presentations that House committee chairs made during a closed-door Republican conference meeting this week.  —  They lay out a road map of where the GOP's hunt for spending cuts is heading right now.
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden's Book Ban Hoax  —  The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.”  The complaints alleged that local school districts' removal of age-inappropriate …
 
 
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Allison Novelo / CBS News:
RFK Jr.'s financial disclosures reveal millions in both debt and income as he awaits HHS confirmation
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
New Luxury Hotel in Serbia Will Be a Trump-Kushner Joint Project
Discussion: Mother Jones
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House Democrats worry a repeat loser will ruin their chances in a Michigan battleground
Discussion: Raw Story
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The owner of CBS News is talking about caving to Trump
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and PoliticusUSA
Melissa Repko / CNBC:
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Far-right pundit Matt Walsh rails against women in law enforcement: 'It's an absurdity!'
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ asks judge to drop order barring Oath Keepers from visiting Capitol
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