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New York Times:
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk — Simmering anger at the billionaire's unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk. — Marco Rubio was incensed.
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Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
Marco Rubio Melts Down at Musk in Furious Cabinet Shouting Match — Marco Rubio blew up at Elon Musk at a closed-door Cabinet meeting after the DOGE head accused the secretary of state of failing to slash his staff, according to a report.Musk, the world's richest man, told the secretary of state …
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David Goldman / CNN:
Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy — A day after offering Canada a one-month reprieve on punishing nearly across-the-board 25% tariffs, President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs as soon as Friday on Canadian lumber and dairy products.
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Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
How Trump's ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious — President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn't like their shared water agreements. — After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada on Tuesday …
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Voice of America:
Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs on lumber, dairy from Canada
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Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Bessent says economy could be ‘starting to roll a little bit’
Treasury Secretary Bessent says economy could be ‘starting to roll a little bit’
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Are No ‘Emergency’
Trump's Tariffs Are No ‘Emergency’
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The Hill, Reason, Mediaite, Cafe Hayek, RTÉ and Associated Press
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants for Columbia University — The move comes shortly after the administration notified Columbia University that it was conducting a “comprehensive review” of its federal grants and contracts. — The Trump administration on Friday announced …
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U.S. General Services Administration:
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
New York Times:
White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia
White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia
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Daily Mail, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
A $400 million punishment for Columbia University from the Trump administration
A $400 million punishment for Columbia University from the Trump administration
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CBS News, UPI, IJR and The Independent
Washington Post:
Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows — The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump's direction knew it wouldn't reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows. — Just now
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Press Telegram
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Inside Trump and DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water
Inside Trump and DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water
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The Independent and Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Put Two Prosecutors in Adams Case on Leave — The prosecutors, Celia Cohen and Andrew Rohrbach, had held high-ranking positions in the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. — Two Manhattan prosecutors who worked on the corruption case …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate — In email obtained by TPM, White House claims that Trump can appoint whoever he wants - absent Congress. — The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control over the entire executive branch …
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Mother Jones, Above the Law and Washington Post
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research …
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USA Today, The Hill, Bloomberg, NOTUS, Ars Technica, Raw Story, New Republic, The National Pulse, Forbes, Protect Our Care and Fortune
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing — NEW YORK (AP) — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing.
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump Organization sues Capital One for closing its bank accounts four years ago — President Donald Trump's business trust sued Capital One for closing its bank accounts in 2021, claiming the Virginia lender “debanked” them over their political views causing “considerable financial harm.”
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Washington Examiner, CNBC, Fox News, New York Post and Blaze Media
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Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch — Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk's DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud — There is a new staffer from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency seeking access …
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Krebs on Security
Tom Malinowski / The Bulwark:
How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight — WITH NO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE TO ENFORCE our nation's basic laws, the most practical check on a tyrannical president is Congress's power of the purse. And for the last couple of weeks, as the March 14 deadline for passing a government funding bill approaches …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Robert Reich, Politico, IJR and New York Times
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emptywheel:
Attention Deficit and Defiance Division of Labor: There's Stuff Happening Where You're Not Looking
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Associated Press and WTOP News
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Hakeem Jeffries rejects Mike Johnson's shutdown plan
Hakeem Jeffries rejects Mike Johnson's shutdown plan
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Wall Street Journal, NBC News, IJR, NOTUS, Scripps News, USA Today, Punchbowl News, CBS News, Blaze Media and E&E News
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. Considering a Run For President in 2028 — When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News last month, anchor Bret Baier asked what should have been a softball question: “Do you view Vice President JD Vance as your successor, the Republican nominee in 2028?”
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Sam Bankman-Fried Ramps Up Effort for a Pardon From Trump — Mr. Bankman-Fried's family and allies are trying to help him escape a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. — Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to President Trump.
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Jackie Bensen / NBC4 Washington:
‘Just following Hispanic people’: Citizen detained by ICE questions vote for Trump — Manassas man says he was pulled over on his way to work by agents looking for another man — A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking …
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New York Magazine, Raw Story and New Republic
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Strike, or Else — The most important thing about a union contract is that it is a contract. It is a legally binding agreement. It is not a passing fancy. It is not an empty promise, a public relations ploy. It is a contract. It is a guarantee. The things that are laid …
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CBS News, Blaze Media and UPI
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Fox Business host on ‘shocking decline’ in consumer spending: ‘The boom times are over’ — Fox Business Network host Charles Payne said the apparent decline in consumer spending was “shocking” on Friday, and said a return to “boom times” was not on the horizon.
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Mediaite
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans to Restrict Loan Forgiveness for Non-Profit Workers — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will restrict eligibility for a government-run student loan forgiveness program, targeting individuals whose work for non-profits clashes with the administration's immigration policies.
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New Republic, Forbes, New York Post, CBS News, The Daily Signal, USA Today and The Guardian
Basel Musharbash / BIG by Matt Stoller:
Hatching a Conspiracy: A BIG Investigation into Egg Prices — This issue is part one of a three-part series on the egg industry. It is written by antitrust lawyer Basel Musharbash, based in part on a report he authored for Farm Action. — Over the past two months, egg prices have become a political football.
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Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Hill, The Atlantic, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Breitbart
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
LIVE March 7, 2025, 12:36 p.m. ET Trump Talks About Tariffs, Ukraine and Student Loans From the Oval Office — Where Things Stand — Russia sanctions: President Trump said Friday that he was “strongly considering” imposing new sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a cease-fire …
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The Gateway Pundit, Forbes and Breitbart
Charlie Kirk / Media Matters for America:
Charlie Kirk warns “all these campuses that don't treat us well at Turning Point USA” may have their funding cut — Pro-Trump podcaster Kyle Forgeard talks about YouTube's event during Trump's inauguration weekend — Media Matters weekly newsletter, March 7 — Broadcast correspondents covering climate change in 2024
OCC.gov:
OCC Clarifies Bank Authority to Engage in Certain Cryptocurrency Activities — WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today took action to reaffirm that a range of cryptocurrency activities are permissible in the federal banking system.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Trans women transferred to men's prisons despite rulings against Trump's order — Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: 'I'm punished for existing' — Transgender women incarcerated in the US prison system have been transferred …
New Jersey Globe:
Monmouth University will shutter its gold-standard polling institute — Patrick Murray, institute's director since 2005, will depart — Monmouth University is planning to imminently shutter its lauded polling institute, sources with direct knowledge of the matter have told the New Jersey Globe …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
We Live in the Dumbest Times — In an increasingly hostile world of great power competition, it's nice to know that in Pete Hegseth we finally have a secretary of defense focused on the important things: purging military web databases of thousands of images featuring women, minorities …
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NBC News
Jimmy Jenkins / Arizona Republic:
Entire Phoenix field office of General Services Administration fired, says court executive — The entire Phoenix field office of the U.S. General Services Administration has been fired, according to a federal court administrator. — The field office “was the subject of a reduction in force …
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FOX 10 Phoenix and Talking Points Memo
US Department of Justice:
Active-Duty and Former U.S. Army Soldiers Arrested for Theft of Government Property and Bribery Scheme — For Immediate Release — One Soldier Charged with Conspiring to Transmit National Defense Information to Individuals Located in China — View the indictment for Jian Zhao.
Erwin Chemerinsky / New York Times:
The One Question That Really Matters: If Trump Defies the Courts, Then What? — It is not hyperbole to say that the future of American constitutional democracy now rests on a single question: Will President Trump and his administration defy court orders? — Federal judges have issued …
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