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Wall Street Journal:
How Do You Like the Trade War Now?  —  Trump is furious that Canada won't take his tariffs lying down.  —  President Trump wanted a trade war with the world, and Americans are getting it, good and hard.  Stock prices continued to decline on Tuesday amid the latest Canada-U.S. tariff tit-for-tat.
Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
Trump imposes sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the US  —  President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States on Wednesday, a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans.
CBS News:
Lutnick says Trump's policies are “worth it” even if they lead to recession  —  Washington — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended President Trump's economic policies Tuesday, saying they are “worth it” even if they lead to a recession.  —  “These policies are the most important thing America …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Economic Messaging Is Spooking Some of His Own Advisers  —  The president's team has received a flood of calls from business executives concerned about the mixed messaging on tariffs  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's stop-and-start trade policy and uneven economic messaging have rattled …
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
EU retaliates against Trump's trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Hannity Edits Trump Spokesperson's Response To Omit Stunningly Erroneous Claims, Insists She Dominated Reporter
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans to Trump: Maybe rethink the whole tariff thing, please?
Discussion: Beyer, The Hill and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff  —  The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.  —  The Education Department announced on Tuesday that it was firing more than 1,300 workers …
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U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in Force  —  As part of the Department of Education's final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department's workforce.  Impacted Department staff will be placed on administrative leave beginning Friday, March 21st.
Associated Press:
Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down
Inside Higher Ed:
Education Department to Lay Off Half of Staff
Discussion: GovExec.com and The Guardian
CNN:
Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system  —  A basic democratic norm is that laws are implemented as they are written.  Another norm is that the implementation of the law be even-handed, applied equally to all groups.  The idea that some groups would become less eligible for public support …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Republicans advance a government funding bill despite Democratic opposition
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Senate Democrats' Choice: Block the Republican Spending Bill or Dissolve Congress
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
A Republican-backed bill would upend voter registration. Here are 8 things to know
Discussion: The 19th
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
“Have You No Decency?”:  Republican Calls Sarah McBride “Mister,” Dems Erupt And End Hearing  —  Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.  —  Fireworks erupted during a House Foreign Relations Subcommittee meeting …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Republican Refers to Transgender Member as a Man, Cutting Short a House Hearing
Discussion: Raw Story
Kelsey Ables / Washington Post:   GOP lawmaker misgenders Democratic Rep. McBride, derailing House hearing
Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
Why I Left the Washington Post  —  Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years.  After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided to quit.  —  I walked into the Washington Post building …
Discussion: Associated Press and Twitchy
Wall Street Journal:
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts  —  Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts  —  The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University …
CNN:
Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office  —  As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency's chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Perkins Coie and John Adams  —  The President breaks a bedrock legal principle by targeting the law firm for representing clients he doesn't like.  —  Tap For Sound  —  As he campaigned for a second term, Donald Trump often said his retribution against opponents would be “success.”
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Trump says he will label violence against Tesla as domestic terrorism
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel Is Gearing Up to Run for President  —  The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center.  —  Rahm Wants to Run.  —  Yes, that Rahm.  And, yes, for that office — the presidency.  —  “I've only been back two months …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
New CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump's handling of economy  —  Americans are not impressed with President Donald Trump's stewardship of the economy, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, putting him underwater on the nation's top issue even as he sees ratings among the best …
Discussion: The Hill and Emerson Polling
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices  —  An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.  —  The Trump administration intends to eliminate Environmental Protection Agency offices responsible …
Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Columbia Activist  —  Hundreds of demonstrators marched downtown while a spokeswoman for President Trump said the president had the authority to detain Mahmoud Khalil.  —  As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan …
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NBC News:
Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say  —  Only a fraction of the Public Integrity Section's employees — roughly a half dozen — will remain in an office that, until recently, had dozens of employees.  —  The Trump Administration is slashing …
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Reuters:
Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say
Discussion: Associated Press
Max Marin / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
DOGE cancels Philly apartment lease for Secret Service agents guarding Biden's daughter  —  The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency sparked disagreement with the U.S. Secret Service after DOGE said it canceled a lease for a Philadelphia apartment that the agency used …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Don't Trust the Trumpsplainers  —  The opioid dispensers' efforts to sell some MAGA “grand strategy” dull the pain but dim the brain.  —  The past few weeks have felt like a Cold War thriller in which an enemy agent somehow infiltrates the top of the United States government.
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading  —  Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items  —  The renowned German classical violinist Christian Tetzlaff was blunt in explaining …
 
 
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ProPublica:
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
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