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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Key agencies, including some led by Trump loyalists, refuse to comply with Musk's latest demand — Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk's demand that federal workers explain …
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Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Minnesota Senator Calls Elon Musk ‘A Dick’ — “This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn't even the boss, he's just a dick.” — Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) called out Elon Musk for his new requirement that all federal employees defend their jobs or else get fired.
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Fox News, Raw Story, The Hill, Axios, RedState, Eschaton, The Gateway Pundit, Digby's Hullabaloo, Twitchy, Mediaite and Fox Business
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements — Agency reportedly seeking guidance from DoJ as Musk's demand sparks confusion across key government agencies — The new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding …
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The Hill, Associated Press and Washington Times
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
New Doge/Musk Email Goes Seriously Sideways — We've got a fascinating story unfolding with the new Musk email I reported on below. And yes, something can be fascinating while also being grave, dangerous and in its own way terrifying. Over the course of the evening top leadership at the FBI …
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Washington Post:
Government agencies give conflicting guidance on Musk email — An email sent to 2.3 million workers asking them to outline their work last week is leading to confusion and differing instructions across the government. — The State Department told employees not to answer it.
Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation if They Don't Respond to an Email
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Agencies, unions tell fed workers: Don't answer Musk's threat email
Agencies, unions tell fed workers: Don't answer Musk's threat email
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump and Musk aren't the first to make deep cuts. Clinton-era Reinventing Government saved billions
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Joy Reid's MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up — Ms. Reid's 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. — Joy Reid's evening news show on MSNBC is being canceled, part of a far-reaching programming overhaul orchestrated …
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Maurício Alencar / The Daily Beast:
Trump Envoy Can't Name a Single Concession Russia Will Make in Peace Deal — CNN host Jake Tapper exposed President Trump's negotiation strategy in the war in Ukraine as a top foreign affairs envoy struggled to point out one concession Russia would make in a peace deal.
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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Witkoff declines to blame Russia for starting war in Ukraine
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Julia Reinstein / ABC News:
Trump is ‘surrendering to the Russians,’ Democratic Sen. Jack Reed says
Trump is ‘surrendering to the Russians,’ Democratic Sen. Jack Reed says
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New York Times, The Guardian, Associated Press and Breitbart
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash — After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump's term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country. — Some came with complaints …
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The Guardian, emptywheel and HuffPost
Hailey Hill / Coeur d'Alene Press:
Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene — COEUR d'ALENE — Saturday's legislative town hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee turned volatile after some attendees voiced their concerns over the possible repeal of Medicaid expansion and other bills working their way through the Idaho Legislature.
Politico:
Merz declares victory in German election — BERLIN — Friedrich Merz's conservative alliance has won Germany's national parliamentary election, while the far right has recorded its highest-ever showing. — The conservatives, consisting of Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) …
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Live Updates: Merz Appears Poised to Be Next Chancellor
Live Updates: Merz Appears Poised to Be Next Chancellor
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Deutsche Welle:
German election: Projections say CDU/CSU leads with 29% — To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video — Early projections say Germany's conservative bloc has secured some 29% of the votes, emerging as the largest party ahead of the far-right AfD with around 19.5%.
Gregory Thomas / San Francisco Chronicle:
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall — A group of frustrated Yosemite National Park staffers hoping to draw attention to the federal government's sweeping workforce cuts hung an upside-down American flag Saturday thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president's manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change. — The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.
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Raw Story, Al Jazeera, No More Mister Nice Blog and Eschaton
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Enrique Tarrio follows and insults officers who defended US Capitol on January 6 — Ex-leader of far-right Proud Boys trails group through lobby of Washington hotel, engaging officer Michael Fanone — Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group who was convicted …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Post Millennial
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump — The second-term senator from Connecticut is eschewing caution and throwing out the traditional political playbook as he seeks a broader audience for his critiques of the president and his agenda.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Hegseth: Trump Will Install New Military Attorneys Who Won't Be ‘Roadblocks to Anything’ — The defense secretary justified the firings of top judge advocate generals — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration's purge of top military lawyers because they want people …
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Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military's Top Lawyers
In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military's Top Lawyers
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Politico and Washington Times
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
ICE's Next Deportation Target Is Unaccompanied Migrant Children — The Trump administration is taking action to deport minors who came to the U.S. without their parents — The Trump administration is ordering immigration agents to find and deport thousands of undocumented immigrant children …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Musk and DOGE underwater with some voters in recent polling … - President Trump's approval ratings also took a slight hit in recently released polling, after his initial numbers were some of the highest of his political career, though weaker than other modern presidents at the start of their terms — other than himself in 2017.
Liset Cruz / Politico:
Jim Jordan derides critics of federal workforce cuts — He cited an example from the Washington Post about a locksmith. — Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on Sunday mocked those raising alarms about the mass firings of thousands of federal workers. — Jordan, citing an article from The Washington Post …
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Sen. Mullin says Trump has been ‘critical of Putin’ amid hostility toward Ukraine: Full interview — Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.) joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to discuss how President Trump is trying to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.
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New York Times:
They Help Make the Hamptons the Hamptons, and Now They're Living in Fear — Latino immigrants care for some of America's most lavish beachside mansions. Their disappearance would affect the wealthy, too. — Local officials have tried to calm undocumented workers' fears at public meetings.
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Althouse
Julia Conley / Common Dreams:
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy — After addressing more than 3,400 Nebraska residents in Omaha Friday evening, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday made his second stop on his National Tour to Fight Oligarchy—telling Iowa City …
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Daily Mail, Washington Examiner and PoliticusUSA
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump uses merch to monetize agenda … But this fundraising effort is the latest reminder that for Trump, the campaign never ends. — The black “Make America Great Again” caps that Musk frequently wears have become the Trump team's second-best selling item ever — behind only the red and white MAGA hat …
Hannah Harris Green / The Guardian:
Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge's order — Health department orders NIH to hold Federal Register submissions - critical step in process for funding studies — The Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
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