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2:00 PM ET, March 5, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: Axios, The Post Millennial and IJR
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen  —  A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.  —  However, the court did not immediately say when the money must …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Divided Supreme Court reinstates order requiring Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid
Politico:   Supreme Court rebuffs Trump in fight over foreign aid bills
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court won't lift lower court order unfreezing $2 billion in foreign aid funding
Discussion: Vox and The Atlantic
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:   Trump admin plans to cut more than 70,000 jobs at Department of Veterans Affairs, memo says
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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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Rise of the Brutal American  —  This is how the bad guys act.  —  A book festival in Vilnius, meetings with friends in Warsaw, a dinner in Berlin: I happened to be at gatherings in three European cities over the past several days, and everywhere I went, everyone wanted to talk about the Oval Office performance last Friday.
New York Times:
Full Transcript of President Trump's Speech to Congress
Paul Krugman:
America is Trapped in a Burning Tesla
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Bloomberg:
US Weighs One-Month Delay of Auto Tariffs on Canada, Mexico  —  The Trump administration is considering a one-month delay for automakers from newly imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada, according to people familiar with the matter, as a temporary reprieve following pleas from industry leaders.
Discussion: New York Post and Fortune
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Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Canada Won't Scrap Tariffs Unless All US Levies Are Lifted, Official Says
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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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN poll: Trump address to Congress gets modestly positive marks, changes few minds
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Trump's Last Enemy Is The State Itself  —  He's even trained the smear machine and lawlessness that brought him to power on Social Security, all while Democrats fight the last war.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Donald Trump's joint address to Congress drove home the point that he is louder …
Discussion: The Guardian
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
In Tonight's Protest Performance Theater, Dem Women Pretend They ‘Support Women’
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
During Trump's Rowdy Speech to Congress, the Quiet Moments Said the Most
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Rep. Al Green to face GOP censure efforts for heckling Trump
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and New York Times
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.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Freshman Rep. Sylvester Turner dies at 70 … - “We were on the floor together last night. … - Turner's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
Rep. Sylvester Turner, a Texas Democrat, dies at 70
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.
Discussion: NBC News
Reuters:
US civil service board reinstates thousands of fired USDA employees  —  A U.S. board that reviews the firings of federal employees on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate thousands of workers who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump's layoffs of the federal workforce.
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now
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 …
Discussion: UPI and NBC News
Jaime E. Galvan / KHOU-TV:
Sylvester Turner, former Houston mayor and current Congressman, dead at age 70  —  Current Mayor John Whitmire announced Turner's passing at the beginning of Wednesday's City Council meeting. … HOUSTON — Former Houston mayor and current U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70 …
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Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
How DOGE's Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Dave Nershi was finalizing a report he'd worked on for months when an ominous email appeared in his inbox.
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking 26 suspect claims in Trump's address to Congress  —  President makes false claims about border crossings, regulations, the economy, inflation and many other issues  —  President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday was vintage Trump: long …
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.
Discussion: The Hill, TheGrio, New York Post and Forbes
New York Times:
Tesla Sales Slump in Europe as Anger Toward Elon Musk Grows  —  February numbers show the U.S. electric-car maker is struggling to attract buyers in the region.  Mr. Musk's politics aren't helping.  —  Tesla's sales in Germany plunged in February, part of a wider slump across Europe …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, The Driven, Reuters and E&E News
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump's Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target  —  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.
Discussion: kottke.org
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.
 
 
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Phelim Kine / Politico:
State Department further scrutinizes foreign aid for DEI, climate and transgender projects
Discussion: Fox News
Associated Press:
Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case with national implications
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Columbia With Millions in Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Against Normalism  —  It doesn't matter that Trump's legislative agenda is in trouble.
Discussion: Slow Boring and The Dworkin Report
 Earlier Items: 
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Melania Trump's guest list for Trump's address to Congress
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Election security aid is on the chopping block, rattling local officials
Discussion: The Hill
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private employers added just 77,000 jobs in February, far below expectations, ADP says
Discussion: UPI and Fox Business
Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica:
A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Acting Too Normal
 

 
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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”

Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: David Ellison's interference in WBD's failed summer talks to extend HBO Max's South Park licensing deal left David Zaslav distrustful of Ellison
 
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