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2:45 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
Steve Vladeck / One First:
129. Untangling the Foreign Aid Ruling
Politico:
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump in fight over foreign aid bills
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
Bloomberg:
Trump to Delay Canada, Mexico Auto Tariffs for One Month  — Leaders of Ford, GM, Stellantis met with Trump administration  — Carmakers say tariffs will drive up prices, upend supply chain  —  President Donald Trump is exempting automakers from newly imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada …
Discussion: USA Today, New York Post and Fortune
Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Canada Won't Scrap Tariffs Unless All US Levies Are Lifted, Official Says
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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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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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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
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
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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Svante Myrick / The Hill:
Trump's lies on tax cuts are another gut punch to America's working-class
Discussion: Semafor
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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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated, workers' board says
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now
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
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.
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.
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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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: Forbes, Paul Krugman and Raw Story
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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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
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.
Discussion: Associated Press
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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: New York Times and The Guardian
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Rep. Al Green to face GOP censure efforts for heckling Trump
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: kottke.org
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
AG Bondi blames deep state for nothingburger Epstein files  —  📂 💾 🗂️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
 
 
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Michael D McDonald / Bloomberg:
Panama Leader Accuses Trump of Lying to Congress Over Canal
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Graham warns Trump's budget pick about going ‘too far’ with funding freeze
Denitsa Tsekova / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Banks Say Markets Are Flashing Rising Recession Risk
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Ted Cruz's Commerce Committee devolves over migrant-related subpoena
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Melania Trump's guest list for Trump's address to Congress
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private employers added just 77,000 jobs in February, far below expectations, ADP says
Discussion: UPI and Fox Business
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney to Cut Nearly 6% of Staff Across ABC News, Disney Entertainment Networks
Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica:
A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
 

 
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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”

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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