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10:50 PM ET, February 14, 2025

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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Federal prosecutor will sign motion to dismiss Adams charges in bid to save colleagues' jobs, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor agreed on Friday to file a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in a bid to spare other career staff …
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Washington Post:
Justice officials move to drop Adams case after 7 lawyers refuse, resign in protest  —  Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove told prosecutors in Washington to find someone who would seek to have the case dismissed, or risk losing their jobs  —  The Justice Department on Friday filed …
New York Times:
Read the Resignation Letter From Hagan Scotten  —  Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote to Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams. … Around the New York Region  —  A look at life, culture, politics and more in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ asks judge to dismiss Eric Adams case after seven prosecutors resign in protest … The Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after seven federal prosecutors quit in protest over the DOJ's demand to toss the case.
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Live Updates: Upheaval Over Adams Case Spreads as Calls for His Resignation Grow
CNN:
Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump's former lawyer in scathing letter
Associated Press:
Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department  — About 300-400 workers tied to nuclear programs were dismissed  — Agency seeks to bring back workers after chaotic terminations  —  The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists …
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CNN:
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say  —  Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation's nuclear stockpile …
ABC News:
Hundreds laid off at US nuclear weapons agency: Sources
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:   Trump's Purge Hits Nuclear Weapons Agency—Setting Off National Crisis
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website  —  “People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk's programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — Elon Musk's team at the so-called Department …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS  —  The Internal Revenue Service has now joined the list of federal agencies and offices experiencing life on the “DOGE” side.  Two sources told TPM that a staffer affiliated with President Trump and Elon Musk's controversial …
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STAT:
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies  —  Employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years are being targeted  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across public health …
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Michael Embrich / Rolling Stone:
Trump and Musk's Valentine's Day Massacre of Military Veterans  —  In a late-night purge, seven federal agencies carried out mass layoffs — 1,000 at the VA alone, the nation's largest employer of military veterans  —  Picture this.  You risk everything for your country.  Leave friends and family behind.
Associated Press:
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
Politico:
Trump's cuts hit red states, triggering GOP pushback  —  GOP lawmakers try to intervene with the Trump administration as local fallout grows.  —  Republican lawmakers are pushing back against sweeping cuts to the federal government launched by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine:
The federal tech workers facing down DOGE
Discussion: ZeroHedge News
New York Times:
Seeking a Mar-a-Lago Vibe, Trump Considers Paving Over Grass in Rose Garden  —  The president has been discussing plans to rip up the grass in one of the White House's most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio like the one at his Florida home and club.
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Daily Wire
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute  —  The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, saying the news agency's stance …
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Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany's far-right party  —  US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist parties  —  JD Vance has met with the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland party …
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Politico:
JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe's leaders
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Judge temporarily blocks mass terminations at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  In a court order, the judge said CFPB employees for now cannot be fired without cause, and data housed by the independent agency cannot be deleted.  —  WASHINGTON — A judge said in a r u ling Friday …
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Politico:
Special counsel Jack Smith discloses ‘gift’ of $140,000 in free legal services  —  It's not clear precisely why Smith sought outside legal advice.  —  Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump, received $140,000 in pro bono legal services …
Discussion: Frontpage Mag
Tim Fang / CBS News:
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records  —  San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices before fleeing.
Washington Post:
Trump administration's firing of federal employees hits multiple agencies  —  Lawyers for eight inspectors general suing the Trump administration over their firings were forced by an angry federal judge to withdraw their motion seeking a temporary restraining order.
Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner:
Naval Academy faculty told to avoid ‘divisive concepts’ like ‘systemic racism’  —  The guidance from the provost follows President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, which some say seeks to erase history and diversity.  —  Faculty at the Naval Academy are no longer permitted …
Helen Branswell / STAT:
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health  —  EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad  —  The Trump administration's campaign to slash the federal civil service will hit one of the crown jewels of global public health on Friday.
Discussion: CBS News and Ars Technica
Politico:
Senior Republican senator ‘puzzled’ and ‘disturbed’ by Hegseth's Ukraine remarks  —  Live coverage from Munich: POLITICO is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, where we're having conversations with top officials, lawmakers and experts at our POLITICO Pub.  Follow our exclusive coverage here.
Associated Press:
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team's access to the US government's payment system  —  The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government's payment system, after Democratic senators raised red flags …
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
They Are a Minority  —  For many politically minded people who are not fascists, the weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration have felt like an unstoppable whirlwind of doom.  By plowing ahead with plans to shutter entire federal agencies, cut tens of thousands of federal workers …
Reuters:
US bird flu response disrupted in early weeks of Trump administration, sources say  —  The Trump administration has disrupted the U.S. response to bird flu as the outbreak worsens, leading to confusion and concern among federal staff, state officials, veterinarians and health experts, 11 sources told Reuters.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore  —  After being forced by a court order to restore certain pages about gender and diversity to government websites, the Trump administration has added a note to the top of those pages saying …
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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Jennifer Ludden / NPR:
HUD employees are bracing for what they hear will be ‘drastic’ staff cuts
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Intel Agency Confirms It Removed So-Called DEI Items From Its Secured Museum
Discussion: Raw Story
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A dangerous, damaging civil war at the Justice Department
Discussion: CBS News
Mother Jones:
Kash Patel Failed to Disclose Companies Involved in a Million-Dollar Land Deal
New York Times:
N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year's
Discussion: The Hill and WisPolitics
Josh Blackman / Reason:
Invoking Scalia in the Sovereign District
 Earlier Items: 
Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump's ear
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Executives Ask: Could They Be Sued for Settling Trump's $20 Billion CBS Lawsuit?
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Another Trans Terrorist Plotted a School Shooting, But This Time, Without 13% of Its Force MIA and Locking Up J6ers, The FBI Stops Her
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republicans plot impeachment against judges blocking Trump, DOGE
Discussion: Arizona Republic
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
‘Open Season’: Local Republicans Rush to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration
Discussion: Washington Post
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Tesla Stock After Named As Chair Of DOGE Subcommittee
Discussion: Raw Story and Townhall
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats' Latino Woes
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is “financially sound”

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed
 
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