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Bloomberg:
Musk's DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets  —  Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm's servers.  Now he has access to sensitive government information.  —  Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk's squad that's …
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Treasury elevates Musk ally to lead government payment system  —  The elevation of Tom Krause to a more powerful role at Treasury will likely inflame an ongoing backlash over DOGE.  —  The Trump administration has installed an associate of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency group …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Donald Trump Says He'll Name Himself Chairman Of Kennedy Center And Oust Board Members  —  Donald Trump said that he will oust board members of the Kennedy Center, while naming himself as its new chairman.  —  David Rubenstein is the current chairman of the center and agreed to stay in that role through 2026.
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Donald Trump Says He's Firing Kennedy Center Board Members, Naming Himself Chairman
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Is Donald Trump Afraid of Elon Musk?  —  The president has long operated without anything resembling worry when it comes to appointments or executive action, but as his most powerful—and richest—political ally chainsaws his way through the federal government, some observers wonder if Trump might be tasting his own medicine.
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New York Times:
Vance and Trump Call for Rehiring of DOGE Staffer Who Quit Over Racist Posts. Musk Obliges.
grants.nih.gov:
Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates  —  Related Announcements  —  Issued by  —  Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)  —  Purpose  —  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards a large number of grants providing …
Discussion: Ars Technica, STAT and Raw Story
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Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets  —  Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead.  Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.  —  The National Institutes of Health announced a new policy Friday …
STAT:
STAT+: NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
Discussion: Associated Press
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump says he's ending Biden's classified intelligence briefings in payback move  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that he's revoking former President Joe Biden's access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he's receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021.
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New York Times:
Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.  —  Where Things Stand  — Political payback: President Trump said on Friday that he was revoking former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s security clearances, and made clear that he was doing so because Mr. Biden had rescinded his privileges four years ago.
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump says he is revoking Joe Biden's security clearance
Discussion: Townhall and NBC News
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Revoked Joe Biden's Security Clearance
Reuters:
Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online  —  One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
Discussion: Axios, Mashable and The Independent
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Teen on Musk's DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’  —  Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities …
Mother Jones:
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series  —  Last year, Kash Patel, the MAGA provocateur whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI, received $25,000 from a Russia-linked production company to participate in a documentary in which he assailed the FBI and called for closing its headquarters.
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Washington Post:
Kash Patel was paid by Russian filmmaker with Kremlin ties, documents show
Discussion: The Independent
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records  —  President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records.
Discussion: New York Times and ABC News
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Politico:
Trump fires National Archives chief  —  The president has dismissed the top U.S. archivist after fuming about the agency's role in the criminal classified-documents case against him.  —  President Donald Trump has fired the head of the National Archives, after complaining for nearly two years …
Discussion: 404 Media, NBC News, The Hill, Bloomberg and KRDO
NBC News:
Judge to pause Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands  —  Two labor groups had sued the Trump administration after it said that thousands of USAID employees would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday.  —  A federal judge on Friday …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge blocks Trump administration from putting 2,200 USAID workers on leave
Pew Research Center:
1. Trump's second term: Early ratings and expectations  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Americans are deeply divided over Donald Trump's plans and the way he is handling his job in the early weeks of his return to the presidency.  —  Overall, 47% of U.S. adults approve …
Discussion: Breitbart
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Trump halts aid to South Africa, claiming discrimination against Afrikaners  —  His executive order accuses South Africa's government of seizing property from White landowners and calls for their resettlement as “refugees” in the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump on Friday signed …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law
ProPublica:
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk's DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks  —  Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
Vjosa Isai / New York Times:
Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real  —  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attributed President Trump's statements about making Canada a U.S. state to Canada's wealth of critical minerals.  —  3 MIN READ  —  ADVERTISEMENT  —  Got a Tip?
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Wall Street Journal:   Trump Is Unraveling the World Order With Unprecedented Speed
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Republicans release budget blueprint ahead of Wednesday markup  —  Senate Republicans will hold a committee vote next week on a budget blueprint that will unlock their two-bill strategy for enacting the heart of President Donald Trump's domestic policy agenda.
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Alexander Tin / CBS News:
Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal  —  Trump administration political appointees have taken steps in recent weeks to exert unprecedented influence over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's flagship medical research publication …
Discussion: Wired
Lorie Konish / CNBC:
RFK Jr. had up to $1.2 million in credit card debt — what experts say about tackling high balances … Americans' credit card balances soared to a record $1.17 trillion in 2024 — and even the wealthy are not immune from carrying these balances.  —  One example is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Discussion: CBS News
Rachel Selzer / Democracy Docket:
North Carolina Judge Rejects GOP State Supreme Court Candidate's Bid To Throw Out 60K Ballots  —  A Wake County Superior Court judge rejected a bid by GOP North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 election loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Will a Time Magazine Cover Drive a Wedge Between Trump and Musk?  —  The cover of the venerable newsweekly, long an object of fixation for the president, put Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk.  —  The president did not look amused.  He was meeting the Japanese prime minister …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say  —  President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation …
 
 
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Judge denies union demand to block DOGE's access to Labor Department data
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American Personnel Abroad Face Chaos and Confusion as USAID Shuts Down
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Wall Street Journal:
The Mood of the American Consumer is Souring
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Washington Post:
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