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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Small airplane down in Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport  —  A small aircraft is down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fireboats were on the scene, the Washington fire department said.  —  The airport said late on Wednesday that all takeoffs …
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NBC News:
Live updates: Plane crashes into Potomac River after collision with helicopter near Reagan National Airport  —  A regional jet collided in midair with a helicopter while on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m., the FAA said Wednesday evening in a preliminary update.
Amber Anderson / WUSA:
American Airlines plane collides midair with military helicopter, rescue efforts underway  —  According to the FAA, a Black Hawk helicopter collided into a 60-passenger flight landing at DCA midair.  —  WASHINGTON — Police are investigating a plane crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
American Airlines plane crashes with helicopter near Reagan National Airport  —  Video shows midair collision near Reagan National Airport  —  An American Airlines passenger plane that departed from Wichita, Kansas, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening …
Freddy Brewster / The Lever:
Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Discussion: New York Post and WVEC
New York Times:
New Administration Highlights: Freeze on Federal Funds Rescinded, and Trump Signs Law to Ease Path to Deportations  —  Where Things Stand  — Grant freeze: The White House pulled back an order on Wednesday that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans and sparked mass confusion across the country.
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CNN:
Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump's federal spending freeze  —  The Trump administration's biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours.  —  A sweeping freeze on trillions in federal spending for grants and loans …
Just Security:   Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
Washington Post:
White House regroups as funding freeze chaos recalls first term's travel ban
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Froomkin / Heads Up News:
The lawyers are getting louder - and they're getting results
Discussion: The Daily Signal
CNBC:
White House says Trump funding freeze remains in effect despite rescinding OMB memo
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats leave ‘emergency’ meeting vowing ‘street fight’ in response to Trump actions
Discussion: NBC News
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's First Big Fiasco Triggers Stephen Miller's Rage—Take Note Dems
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Signs Agreement Calling for Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Suit  —  The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended  —  President Trump has signed settlement papers that are expected to require Meta Platforms to pay roughly $25 million to resolve …
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Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
Why Meta Is Paying $25 Million to Settle a Trump Lawsuit
Discussion: City A.M., The Hill and The Independent
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
5 takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first Senate hearing  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday to vie for his confirmation as President Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).  —  Kennedy is one of Trump's most controversial nominees.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Fetterman: RFK Jr.'s nomination in trouble after rocky hearing
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s rocky rollout
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Sanders grills RFK Jr. on baby onesie saying ‘No Vax, No Problem’
Discussion: NBC News and Gizmodo
Denise Cana / Slate:
I Just Got Trump's “Buyout” Offer at My Job.  Let Me Tell You How That's Going.  —  The author is a federal civil servant who has been granted the use of a pen name to protect them and their family from reprisals.  —  The new Trump administration's effort to both get a grip on and dismantle …
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Ethan Colbert / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Franklin County woman pardoned for Capitol riot is sentenced to 10 years in fatal crash  —  UNION, Mo. — The Franklin County woman pardoned for her participation in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for her role in a fatal drunk driving crash.
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Rachael Levy / Reuters:
USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House  —  Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral  —  A declassified World War II-era government guide to “simple sabotage” is currently one of the most popular open source books on the internet.  The book, called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual,” was declassified in 2008 by the CIA and …
Washington Post:
Musk team's push to gut federal workforce bypassed key Trump officials  —  Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions about its legality.  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's influence over a traditionally nonpartisan agency …
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Overhaul Off to a Rocky Start as Kash Patel Prepares to Defend His Vision  —  White House mixes up who is temporarily in charge of agency as Trump loyalist heads into Senate confirmation hearing  —  WASHINGTON—Trump officials tried to start their shake-up of the Federal Bureau …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again  —  Americans divided over whether Trump's pace in addressing major U.S. problems is about right or too fast  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — At 47%, President Donald Trump's initial job approval rating for his second term is similar …
Discussion: Semafor and Drezner's World
The White House:
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Parents trust America's schools to provide their children …
Washington Post:
Trump plans to build mass detention camp for deportees at Guantánamo Bay  —  The president ordered construction of a facility with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the construction of a detention camp with 30,000 beds …
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more  —  The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events …
Discussion: New York Times, ABC News and them.
Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Denver schools under investigation over all-gender bathroom  —  The Department of Education launched an investigation Tuesday against Denver Public Schools for converting a girl's restroom into an all-gender bathroom.  —  The department's Office for Civil Rights said it is investigating …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Elon Musk rose to the top of video game charts.  Now he has confessed to cheating.  —  The world's richest man has admitted to paying to boost his online warriors into global leaderboards, raising questions about his gaming prowess — and his need for digital praise.
Discussion: Wired and Newsbusters
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate's reconciliation blueprint is ready to go, Thune says  —  Down in Florida on Wednesday, House Republicans tried to coalesce around a plan to pass “one big, beautiful bill.”  Meanwhile, up in Washington, Senate Republicans are ready to go with their own Plan B. Senate Majority Leader John Thune …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump's Firings Could Bring Court Cases That Expand His Power  —  The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump's purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping presidential authority.  —  President Trump abruptly fired dozens of officials in the past few days …
 
 
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Christina Jewett / New York Times:
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
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John Sakellariadis / Politico:
GOP races to convince Trump to save former aides from Iran's hit list
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Lois Parshley / The Lever:
Trump's Tech Donors Have Big Plans For Greenland
Discussion: Grist
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams
NBC New York:
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

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