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Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump pauses Canada, Mexico auto tariffs — “We spoke with the big three auto dealers,” White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters. “We are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming through [the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.” — President Donald Trump has decided …
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
The Trump Depression — Donald Trump is on track to be the first president to deliberately engineer a severe depression. — Financial news is displayed as people work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 4, 2025. — In assessing how past presidents dealt …
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Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Canada Won't Scrap Tariffs Unless All US Levies Are Lifted, Official Says — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not open to lifting Canada's full package of retaliatory tariffs if US President Donald Trump leaves any tariffs on Canada in place, according to a senior Canadian government official.
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Delay Canada, Mexico Tariffs on Autos for One Month
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Washington Post:
Trump agrees to one-month tariff reprieve aimed at helping U.S. automakers
Trump agrees to one-month tariff reprieve aimed at helping U.S. automakers
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to avoid paying USAID contractors — The Trump administration's efforts to effectively dismantle the foreign aid agency led contractors to file suit claiming they are owed money. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court reinstates order for the Trump administration to un-freeze foreign aid — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated a lower-court order for the Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid, but it was not clear how quickly money would start flowing.
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Denies Bid to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Denies Bid to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
129. Untangling the Foreign Aid Ruling
129. Untangling the Foreign Aid Ruling
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The American Century is Over — President in Name Only Donald Trump delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress typical of him—overstuffed, narcissistic, mean-spirited, and deeply dishonest. And boring—not to mention interminable. Some (smart) Democrats chose not to attend …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Simple Explanation for Why Trump Turned Against Ukraine
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Telegraph:
Starmer and Macron consider accompanying Zelensky to White House
Starmer and Macron consider accompanying Zelensky to White House
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Rise of the Brutal American
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo — The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members …
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NBC News:
House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech — Hayden Haynes is a longtime top aide to Mike Johnson, both in the speaker's office and his personal office. — WASHINGTON — Hayden Haynes, the chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. …
CBS News:
Poll on Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress finds large majority of viewers approve — A large majority of speech watchers approved of what they heard from President Trump's joint address to Congress Tuesday night. — The viewership was heavily Republican — historically a president's party draws more of their own partisans.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's Golden Age of Bunk
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Acting Too Normal
Democrats Are Acting Too Normal
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
White House accuses Panama of being unaware of situation at canal … - His comments were regarding BlackRock's agreement to acquire two ports serving the canal from a Chinese group, CK Hutchinson, as part of a larger $22.8 billion deal. … - “I reject in the name of Panama and all Panamanians …
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Michael D McDonald / Bloomberg:
Panama Leader Accuses Trump of Lying to Congress Over Canal — Mulino reiterates that Panama won't return the canal to US — Panama bonds rallied on news of Hutchison, BlackRock port deal — Panama's president accused Donald Trump of lying to Congress after the US leader reiterated his intention to take over the Panama Canal.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump administration ordered to reinstate thousands of fired USDA workers — The decision is a blow to the Trump administration's effort to drastically and quickly shrink the federal bureaucracy. — Thousands of fired workers at the Department of Agriculture must get their jobs back for at least …
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70 — A former mayor of Houston, he was in attendance at the president's speech on Tuesday night but was later taken to a hospital. — Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January …
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Jaime E. Galvan / KHOU-TV:
Sylvester Turner, former Houston mayor and current Congressman, dead at age 70
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union — It wasn't necessary to watch all of Trump's speech last night to understand where we are as a country. The state of our union, as I noted Sunday night, is compromised. And that comes as no surprise to any of us.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Lawyer submits ‘new evidence’ in case against DOGE, using Trump's own words
Lawyer submits ‘new evidence’ in case against DOGE, using Trump's own words
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Suspends Costly Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft — Trump administration had used C-17s to fly migrants abroad and to Guantanamo Bay — The Trump administration has stopped using military aircraft to fly migrants who entered the U.S. illegally to Guantanamo Bay or other countries, defense officials said.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Rage Over “Low” Deportations Suddenly Gets More Unnerving — For weeks now, President Donald Trump's propagandists have relentlessly glorified his mass-deportations, even posting images of defeated-looking migrants getting frog-marched onto shiny military planes.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Graham warns Trump's budget pick about going ‘too far’ with funding freeze — Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham asked President Donald Trump's latest budget nominee on Wednesday to help dislodge funding now frozen for widely supported programs, warning that the trust of the American people is at stake.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump, Johnson press Republicans to back funding plan
Trump, Johnson press Republicans to back funding plan
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Judges face rise in threats as Musk blasts them over rulings — U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts …
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trading Volume In This Nasdaq-Listed Firm Soared Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump Were Announced As Board Members—'Suspicious,' Experts Say — Trading in Dominari Holdings Inc. soared ahead of the February announcement that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had taken stakes in the company …
New York Times:
Full Transcript of President Trump's Speech to Congress — In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid. … President Trump: Speaker Johnson. Vice President Vance, the first lady of the United States.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking 26 suspect claims in Trump's address to Congress
Fact-checking 26 suspect claims in Trump's address to Congress
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas … - While the Trump administration consulted with Israel about the possibility of engaging with Hamas, Israel learned about aspects of the talks through other channels, one source said. — The sources spoke with Axios on the condition …
Financial Times:
US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine — Fresh blow to embattled government in Kyiv as Trump administration shifts on conflict — The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military's ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg:
How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA — The billionaire overseeing a wide-ranging government efficiency effort is offering his own SpaceX technology as the future of flight-safety inside the Federal Aviation Administration — Two weeks ago, SpaceX engineer Ted Malaska showed …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind. — Donald Trump rambled, ranted and raved his way through the 2024 presidential campaign, but he was clear on one point. When he was elected, he would get revenge. — “I am your retribution,” Trump said to crowds of his supporters throughout the campaign.
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Mayor Adams' Job Approval Rating Drops To All-Time Low Of 20%, Quinnipiac University New York City Poll Finds; 56% Of Voters Say Adams Should Resign From Office — mail_outline — As New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces legal uncertainty over federal corruption charges, as well as a re-election bid …
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn't come at a worse time for the company — New York CNN — Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company's shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney to Cut Nearly 6% of Staff Across ABC News, Disney Entertainment Networks — The layoffs are being announced to employees as early as Wednesday — About 200 employees are being let go at Disney's ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks unit, people familiar with the matter said.
FIRE:
LAWSUIT: LGBTQ student group sues to overturn Texas A&M's unconstitutional drag ban … The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an LGBTQ+ student organization to block a new policy from the Texas A&M University System that bans drag performances …
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