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Washington Post:
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk's DOGE over data — Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk's team for sensitive government information.
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David Gilbert / Wired:
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits — Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation. — Elon Musk has repeatedly claimed that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
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PolitiFact, New York Post and Washington Examiner
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision …
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system — The visit comes after a union representing FAA workers says hundreds are being laid off. … A team from Elon Musk's SpaceX is visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia Monday …
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NBC News:
Hundreds of FAA employees let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue
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Pete Muntean / CNN:
Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says
Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says
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New Republic, Paul Krugman, New York Post, Fox Business, Metro.co.uk, IJR, Daily Mail, MeidasTouch News, Mediaite, TechCrunch and Forbes
New York Times:
4 Top Officials to Resign Over Adams's Cooperation With Trump — Four deputy mayors to Eric Adams are leaving “to stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers and our families,” they said in a statement. — Four top New York City officials said they would resign after the Justice Department moved …
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New York Daily News:
NYC Mayor Adams calls demands to resign over Trump DOJ indictment dismissal a ‘modern day Mein Kampf,’ sparking outrage
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Raw Story and New York Post
Politico:
Mass resignations from Eric Adams' administration spark chaos in NYC government
Mass resignations from Eric Adams' administration spark chaos in NYC government
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New York Times:
Hochul to Discuss Adams's Future as Pressure Mounts for His Resignation
Hochul to Discuss Adams's Future as Pressure Mounts for His Resignation
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Fox News, Politico and New York Post
Katie Honan / The City:
Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal
Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal
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Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, City & State New York, New York Daily News, New York Post and The Hill
New York Times:
Thousands Gather on Presidents' Day to Call Trump a Tyrant — Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump's agenda took to the streets across the country, including outside the U.S. Capitol. — Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump's agenda took …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings Day’: Protesters Denounce Trump and Musk
‘No Kings Day’: Protesters Denounce Trump and Musk
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The Hill, Twitchy, WMTW-TV, KFOR-TV, Denver Post, PoliticusUSA, Daily Mail, Daily Kos, Scripps News, The Gateway Pundit and New Republic
Reuters:
Judge appears inclined to deny request to block DOGE's mass firings, access to data — At least 73 lawsuits have been filed challenging Trump's executive actions. — FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2025.
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Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Delta Plane Overturns at Toronto Airport While Landing — The airport said on social media that emergency teams were responding and that all passengers and crew were accounted for. — A Delta Air Lines flight arriving at Toronto Pearson Airport from Minneapolis appears to have overturned …
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Vance's real warning to Europe — Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America — When JD Vance took the stage at the Munich Security Conference last week, he issued a stern warning. The US vice-president told the assembled politicians and diplomats …
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Raw Story and Asia Times
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Haley Ott / CBS News:
Europe grapples over its “collective security” under pressure from Trump
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Rubio spars with Brennan over Vance's Munich speech
Rubio spars with Brennan over Vance's Munich speech
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Department of Homeland Security preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders this week — The firings are a move not to reduce the size of the workforce but to get rid of people the administration sees as not on board with its goals. — The Trump administration is preparing to fire hundreds …
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Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington
Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington
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Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk — The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions. — An advertisement that was set to run in some editions …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Turned out the lights’: Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad
‘Turned out the lights’: Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
'It's gone': Elon Musk suggests without evidence that gold was ‘stolen’ from Fort Knox — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Department of Government Efficiency Chair Elon Musk demanded access to the gold stored at Fort Knox. — Writing on Musk's social media platform X, Lee said he was repeatedly denied access …
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Hegseth claims Biden administration targeted him with IRS audit — The Defense secretary posted a photo of a letter showing the IRS seeking more than $33,000. — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday accused the Biden administration of orchestrating a last-minute audit of him and his wife …
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The Hill, New York Post, RedState, Twitchy, Raw Story, American Greatness, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
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MSNBC:
We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE. His response is cause for concern.
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The Hill, Raw Story, The Daily Wire and Washington Examiner
Politico:
‘Five alarm warning’: Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry
‘Five alarm warning’: Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry
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Sunjeev Bery / The Intercept:
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk — Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It's the path to pushing Musk out of politics. — WITH THE BACKING of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk has embarked on an unconstitutional rampage against the federal government.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk's Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say — U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
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Raw Story
Tom Gerken / BBC:
Argentina president faces impeachment calls over crypto crash — Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls - and legal action accusing him of fraud - over his promotion of cryptocurrency on social media. — Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter, about the $LIBRA coin on Friday …
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Bloomberg, Euronews, Politico, JURIST, Al Jazeera, CityNews Toronto, Reuters, Raw Story, The Indian Express, Gizmodo, The Gateway Pundit and CoinDesk
Washington Post:
Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children — Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs.
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Daniel Bice / Journal Sentinel:
Bice: An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support Brad Schimel — Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel said just recently he was hoping conservative third-party groups would start buying up TV time in the state “very soon.” — Ask and you shall receive.
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Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work. — Musk's unparalleled online reach on X has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize DOGE. — Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette works at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on reducing bureaucratic waste.
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami — Victims reportedly posted ‘death to Arabs’ on social media after shooting while suspect held on attempted murder charges — A Jewish man in Miami Beach is facing charges of attempted murder following accusations …
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Gavin Bade / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Senators Try to Curb Influence of Trump Tariff Hawk — White House trade adviser has had major influence on punitive levies as Trump's trade team awaits Senate confirmation — WASHINGTON—President Trump has peppered the first month of his presidency with trade actions even before the bulk of his trade team is in place.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Death of Government Expertise — Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree — One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE, the self-styled Department of Government Efficiency, is about government efficiency.

