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2:40 AM ET, February 26, 2025

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NBC News:
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts  —  A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans are becoming weary …
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The Hill:
House GOP, after pulling budget resolution, brings it back for a vote  —  House GOP leaders brought their budget resolution to the floor for the vote, just minutes after pulling it at the last minute Tuesday evening as they struggled to win over a handful of conservative fiscal hawks …
New York Times:
House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts
NBC News:
Conservatives threaten to tank House budget vote needed to advance Trump agenda
The Hill:
House GOP adopts Trump budget after topsy-turvy night
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New York Times:
Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith  —  The move, signed by President Trump on Thursday, is a major escalation of his promise to pursue perceived foes.  —  President Trump plans to punish a prominent Washington law firm that has aided the former special counsel Jack Smith …
New York Times:
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week  —  The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk's team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.  —  Last week, Elon Musk's government cost-slashing initiative …
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Associated Press:
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE  —  More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
Politico:   The Musk Oval meeting you haven't read about
Eli Stokols / Politico:
White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president  —  The move reverses the long established precedent of journalists determining who participates in the press pool.  —  The White House announced on Tuesday that the administration …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
White House to take over press pool amid ‘Gulf of America’ fight with AP
Bloomberg:
Trump to Offer ‘Gold Card’ Visas for $5 Million to the Rich  — Initiative would replace the existing EB-5 visa program  — Trump, Lutnick tout move as draw for wealthy investors  —  President Donald Trump said he is starting a program to offer residency and a path to citizenship …
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Ali Bianco / Politico:   Trump floats ‘gold card’ to grant US residency to wealthy foreigners
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Trump says he will offer ‘gold cards’ for $5 million path to citizenship, replacing investor visas
CBS News:
This is who the White House says is the DOGE acting administrator  —  A White House official says Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, after the White House struggled to answer who is technically at the top of the organizational chart.
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Who is Amy Gleason, the person named DOGE's acting administrator by the White House?  —  The acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don't Join Registry  —  Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to create a registry for immigrants in the U.S. illegally to submit their personal information …
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Financial Times:
Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US  —  Kyiv hopes agreement on jointly exploring resources will improve relations with Trump administration  —  Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Ukraine and U.S. agree to minerals deal: sources … - President Trump has said the agreement will yield billions of dollars in revenue for the U.S. and help to recoup costs related to U.S. support of Ukraine in the war.  — One source said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky managed …
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser  —  MERCI  —  The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Board agrees to pause firings for some feds, potentially upending Trump's widespread terminations  —  Some federal employees fired by the Trump administration while in their probationary periods have at least temporarily won back their jobs, a federal board that hears appeals from civil servants has ruled.
Discussion: Washington Times and Fortune
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Federal board orders government to reinstate six workers fired by Trump
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
The Next Phase of Trump's Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway
Discussion: Federal News Network
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Rachel Maddow staff to be let go as part of MSNBC overhaul  —  News comes as leading network star criticizes management for decision to cancel shows hosted by non-white anchors  —  MSNBC has told the majority of the employees who produce Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid's primetime evening news shows …
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
“That Feels Indefensible”: MSNBC's New Direction Leads Rachel Maddow to Speak Out
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Hires A State Judge Who Was Once Suspended To Advise The Deputy AG  —  Ex-Oregon Judge Vance Day was suspended by a state judicial ethics commission in 2018.  —  A new top Justice Department appointee brings a bizarre past to the job: he was a state judge in Oregon but was, in 2018 …
Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers  —  Operatives working for Elon Musk's DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
Devan Cole / CNN:
For Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes  —  Three different federal judges delivered legal setbacks and slap downs to President Donald Trump in the span of an hour and a half on Tuesday in a series of cases challenging controversial moves taken during the early days of his second term.
Washington Post:
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show  —  Records show the 875 contracts included support for medical and burial services, cancer programs and efforts to recruit doctors for critical vacancies  —  Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media …
Anumita Kaur / Washington Post:
Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water  —  The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the bill to Gov. Spencer Cox's (R) desk last week after it passed both chambers largely along party lines.  —  Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water …
Vivian Ho / Washington Post:
‘Unknown disease’ that can kill within days leaves 53 dead in Congo  —  World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after reportedly eating a bat carcass.  —  An unknown illness has killed 53 people in a northwest region …
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to vaccinate kids  —  At least 124 people, mostly babies, children and teens, have been infected.  Eighteen people have been hospitalized.  —  As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate …
Associated Press:
Judge gives Trump administration two days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid  —  A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, saying the administration had given no sign of complying …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Under Trump, America's New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus  —  When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world's outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Italy.
Mark Walker / New York Times:
Two Planes, in Washington and Chicago, Abort Landings to Avoid Collisions  —  The near misses on Tuesday came after a string of aviation disasters, including the midair collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet last month that killed 67 people.
 
 
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Daniel Schuman / American Governance Institute:
Statement on Termination of Open Government Federal Advisory Committee
Discussion: GovExec.com
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages
Discussion: Associated Press and Blaze Media
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Social Security Administration “eliminated” its civil rights office
NBC News:
Trump admin planning operation to find and possibly deport unaccompanied migrant children
Discussion: The Boston Globe
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Staffers Who Get Paid by Private Clients
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Lawmakers pressure Bondi to release Epstein ‘client list’
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Apple's Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
First Senate Dem announces she will support Trump's Labor secretary nominee
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
The US is now the enemy of the west
Discussion: Twitchy and Townhall
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Montana Bill Would Charge Women for ‘Trafficking’ Their Own Fetus
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and New Republic
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Media Paid Donald Trump Jr. Nearly A Quarter Of Its Annual Revenue. He Attended Just Two Board Meetings
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
 

 
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person
 
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