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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the American dream is not about ‘access to cheap goods’ … Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday offered a full-throated defense of the White House's position on tariffs, insisting that trade policy has to be about more than just getting low-priced items from other countries.
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Washington Post:
Trump grants one-month tariff reprieve to some goods from Mexico, Canada  —  Financial markets slid on the news.  —  MEXICO CITY — President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed for one more month imposing tariffs on certain Mexican and Canadian products that comply with the North American free-trade treaty …
NPR:
Trump's latest tariff twist: A break for Mexico and Canada
Washington Post:   We texted 1,000 Americans about Trump's tariffs. This is how they responded.
David Goldman / CNN:
Trump delays some tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Suddenly Reverses Some Mexico Tariffs After Massive Backlash
Politico:
Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk  —  The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power.  —  President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You're in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk.  —  According to two administration officials …
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CNN:
Republicans push Musk to let Congress vote on DOGE cuts  —  Republicans pushed Elon Musk on Wednesday in a pair of private meetings to move his efforts to slash federal spending and the federal workforce through Congress, as lawmakers vie for a seat at the table in the sweeping effort to overhaul government.
Avery Lotz / Axios:   Trickle-down DOGE: Republican states embrace Musk-style cuts
Washington Post:
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately  —  The Social Security Administration's acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency's programs.  —  Just now
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Social Security Workers Aren't Allowed to Read This Story  —  New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.  —  Employees at the Social Security Administration (SSA) …
Discussion: Business Insider and Nextgov/FCW
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Social Security Administration bars employees from reading the news at work
Discussion: WNYW-TV and The Guardian
Axios:
Scoop: Dems privately confront Trump speech disruptors  —  House Democratic leadership is privately confronting members who disrupted President Trump's speech to Congress, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Many progressives defied House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) request to avoid making themselves the story.
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
The Advice Elissa Slotkin Didn't Take  —  Right around the time that Donald Trump was arriving at the U.S. Capitol to address a joint session of Congress—the longest such speech, it would turn out, in the history of the presidency—Elissa Slotkin, the newly elected Michigan senator tasked …
Fox News:
Dems throw House into chaos after 10 moderates join GOP to punish Al Green
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar …
NBC News:
As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S.  —  Members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance, as well as Israeli and Saudi officials, fear the identities of foreign assets could inadvertently be shared with Moscow.  —  Some U.S. allies are considering scaling …
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Shane Harris / The Atlantic:
‘What the Hell Is Happening to Your Country?’
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
Jamie Dettmer / Politico:
Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy's Ukrainian opponents
Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Ukraine opposition leaders confirm talks with US but deny plotting to oust Zelenskyy
Washington Post:
DOGE targets child support database full of income data  —  Associates of Elon Musk's group provoked yet another clash with career civil servants over sensitive government records  —  Just now  —  Representatives of the U.S. DOGE Service have sought access to a powerful database of nearly …
Discussion: UPI
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
We Found Elon Musk's DOGE Email Address and We're Fighting to Reveal His Messages  —  The Freedom of Information Act is a vital tool to expose how the U.S. government operates, and it's especially critical when it comes to Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
Discussion: New Republic
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports  —  The Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk.  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights who decades ago upset leaders in his own party …
Associated Press:
Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department.  Here's what it does  —  President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department.  McMahon was confirmed by the Senate on Monday …
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New York Times:
Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency  —  A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.  —  Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials …
Discussion: The Guardian, New Republic and The Hill
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves … More than six weeks into the second Trump administration, there is a chill spreading over political debate in Washington and beyond.By Kenny Holston/The New York Times  —  The silence grows louder every day.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Layoff announcements soar to the highest since 2020 as DOGE slashes federal staff … President Donald Trump's efforts to pare down the federal government workforce left a mark in the labor market in February, with announced job cuts at their highest level in nearly five years …
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Wired:
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale  —  Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area's worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility.  The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak  —  The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.  —  just now  —  An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death …
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
MAGA world turns against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett  —  The Trump-appointed justice has shifted the court to the right, but she has angered some in MAGA world by voting against some Trump priorities.  —  WASHINGTON — MAGA activists have turned against one of President Donald …
NBC News:
Trump considering major NATO policy shift  —  The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering a major change to the U.S.' participation …
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
FEMA's top lawyer placed on leave after less than one week in role  —  The Handbasket is 100% subscriber-funded.  If you want to support independent media during these dark times for democracy, become a paid subscriber today.  —  Video  —  Joshua Stanton had served as Acting Chief Counsel …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump Promises To Abuse Take It Down Act For Censorship, Just As We Warned  —  During his address to Congress this week, Donald Trump endorsed the Take It Down Act while openly declaring his plans to abuse it: “And I'm going to use that bill for myself too, if you don't mind, because nobody gets treated worse than I do online, nobody.”
Radley Balko / MSNBC:
Why Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro want Trump to pardon George Floyd's murderer  —  The video depicting Floyd's murder hasn't changed in five years.  But the Republican Party has.  —  Shortly after the video of George Floyd's death went viral in May 2020, a popular conservative pundit released …
Matt K. Lewis / The Hill:
Trump may have already planted the seeds of his political collapse  —  Over the last six weeks, President Trump has been spending political capital like a drunk at a casino who insists he's got “a system.”  If history is any predictor, his second term trajectory may already be set — right off a cliff, pedal to the floor.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Newsweek
Washington Post:
D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won't hire from any school with ‘DEI’  —  Trump appointee Ed Martin made the claim in a letter to the Georgetown University law school dean.  Martin has called the school a “locus” of anti-Trump activity.  —  Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demanded …
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
He's About to Co-Lead the FBI—But First, a Word From His MAGA Show Sponsors  —  Dan Bongino is hawking prepper products and paranoia en route to the FBI.  —  On Tuesday, Dan Bongino, the newly named deputy director of the FBI continued to hold forth on his eponymous daily podcast …
 
 
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Discussion: New York Times
Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Elon Musk and Texas governor celebrate firing of worker over pronouns in email signature
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Brian Barrett / Wired:
DOGE Is the Deep State
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