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11:30 AM ET, March 14, 2025

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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems go into “complete meltdown” as Schumer folds  —  House Democrats erupted into apoplexy Thursday night after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would support Republicans' stopgap government funding measure.  —  Why it matters: House Democrats feel like they “walked the plank,” in the words of one member.
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Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown.  We Must Not Give Them One.  —  Over the past two months, the United States has confronted a bitter truth: The federal government has been taken over by a nihilist.  —  President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon.
Sarah Ferris / CNN:
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge  —  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Trump lauds Schumer's ‘guts’ in backing bill to avoid shutdown  —  President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for “doing the right thing” by backing the Republican-led bill to avert a government shutdown, a choice that's put the New York Democrat at odds with many in his party.
emptywheel:
Democrats Have to Stop Making Political Decisions with an Eye Towards 2026  —  I've been out of pocket as events moved towards today's cloture vote on the dogshit continuing resolution Republicans have written.  It's not yet clear whether seven Democrats (in addition to John Fetterman) …
New York Times:
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Reason
New York Times:
Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Sixteen thoughts on an averted shutdown
Associated Press:
Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Wall Street Journal:
Universities Scramble to Avoid Being Trump's Next Target  —  Amid DEI backlash and funding threats, universities nationwide cancel events, rescind grad school offers  —  Ohio University suspended next month's Black alumni reunion.  The University of Massachusetts revoked admission offers to biomedical graduate students.
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Frank S. Zhou / The Harvard Crimson:
First They Came for Columbia  —  Like many autocrats before him, Donald Trump has launched what could be a devastating attack on universities.  —  Over the last week, the Trump administration has cancelled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University and $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University.
Discussion: New York Times and Bloomberg
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Federal Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University  —  Department of Homeland Security officials conducted the search as the Trump administration sought to deport a former student and pro-Palestinian activist.  —  Department of Homeland Security officials searched two dorm rooms …
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules
Tara Palmeri / The Red Letter:
Fear and Loathing in the West Wing  —  Inside the revolt against Elon Musk...  Welcome back to The Red Letter.  —  The tolerance for Elon Musk inside of the White House is wearing thin, as they deal with the fallout of his calamitous interview with Larry Kudlow when he touched the third rail - entitlements.
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Vance booed at Kennedy Center after Trump board takeover  —  Vice President Vance was met by a chorus of boos from audience members at the Kennedy Center while attending a National Symphony Orchestra performance late Thursday.  —  The former Ohio senator responded to the jeers with a smile …
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Reuters:
Trump calls discussions with Putin ‘productive’, urges him to spare Ukrainian troops  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday there is a “very good chance” the war between Russia and Ukraine can end after Washington had “productive” discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
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New York Times:
U.S. and Russia Had ‘Productive’ Discussions About Ukraine Cease-Fire, Trump Says
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Uncertainty Is Trump's Brand. But What if He Already Told Us Exactly What He's Going to Do?
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More  —  The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to America's shrinking security guarantees.  —  Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor of Germany …
Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg and UnHerd
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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
There Was a Second Name on Rubio's Target List  —  As the details of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by U.S. immigration agents first emerged this week, attorneys I spoke with were so astonished that they wondered if the government had made a mistake.  President Donald Trump and other administration officials …
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Axios:
Focus group: Trump swing voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse  —  Most Michigan swing voters in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups said that although they voted for President Trump in November, they have objections, frustrations and fears about his behavior since he returned to power.
Discussion: Raw Story
New Republic:
Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court  —  Elon Musk is suddenly facing lots of bad news.  A judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers, a blow to Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces  —  A new Media Matters analysis found 9 out of the 10 top online shows assessed are right-leaning … The 2024 presidential election has been dubbed the “podcast election” …
ProPublica:
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department's Civil Rights Division  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Saying the Trump administration …
Politico:
Judge rejects DOJ's effort to expand reach of Trump's Jan. 6 pardon  —  U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, called the Justice Department's position irrational.  —  A federal judge has denied the Justice Department's attempt to apply President Donald Trump's blanket pardon …
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts  —  From funding cuts to tariffs, farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead.  —  Jennifer Gilkerson never imagined …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wired:
These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration  —  The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency.  —  At least 10 people associated with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency …
Paul Krugman:
Everybody Hates Elon  —  And other tales of collapsing confidence  —  After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, progressives had one great fear about his economic policies — namely, that he wouldn't do much.  Oh, he'd slap on a few tariffs, make a big show of eliminating “woke” spending …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump's fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada  —  No matter how we do the math, the numbers don't add up.  —  Just now  —  “We're spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.”  — President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13
Makiya Seminera / Associated Press:
North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump  —  Before answering an attendee's question about President Donald Trump's “destructive and disastrous trade war,” Rep. Chuck Edwards made a plea to the rowdy crowd at his Thursday town hall in Asheville, North Carolina.
Vox:
Canada is so furious at the US right now  —  The US and Canada are meant to be the best of friends, but they're in the midst of a pretty ugly fight.  —  It began with President Donald Trump's ascent to the White House, when he began referring to his outgoing Canadian counterpart as …
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza  —  The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Associated Press:
Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE's behest, internal records show  —  Federal agencies will begin to vacate hundreds of offices across the country this summer under a frenetic and error-riddled push by Elon Musk's budget-cutting advisers to terminate leases that they say waste money.
Discussion: The Guardian
Lee Harris / Financial Times:
Insurers warn that US weather agency mass firings will hit climate risk data  —  Reinsurance trade group appeals to US commerce secretary Lutnick to preserve data collection after thousands of jobs axed  —  Insurers have warned that mass firings at US science agencies could threaten …
Discussion: The Guardian
Michael H. Brown / Washington Post:
Alan Simpson, three-term senator known for barbed wit, dies at 93  —  Pushing the 1986 immigration reform bill through Congress — his major legislative accomplishment — was like “giving dry birth to a porcupine,” he quipped  —  Just now  —  Alan K. Simpson, a Wyoming Republican …
 
 
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American Prospect:
Friday Catblogging  —  A tribute to Kevin Drum  —  Kevin Drum, pioneer of an entirely …
Discussion: New Republic
ICE:
ICE, law enforcement partners arrest more than 200 alien offenders during enhanced gang operation in Northern Virginia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Herper / STAT:
RFK Jr. says measles vaccine routinely causes deaths. That's not true
Discussion: USA Today
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“You must sacrifice”: MAGA excuses for Trump's trade war echo “prosperity” preachers
Discussion: Raw Story
Ilya Shapiro / Washington Examiner:
Resistance will only make Trump stronger
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Hamas agrees to release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage
 Earlier Items: 
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Democrats Have a Man Problem
Anjeanette Damon / ProPublica:
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
USPS signs agreement with DOGE, agrees to cut 10,000 workers: ‘Broken business model’
Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVETiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are secretly dating
Antonio Pequeño IV / Forbes:
Musk Retweets 'Hitler Didn't Murder Millions' Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy
Discussion: USA Today, Twitchy, NPR and Haaretz
Associated Press:
Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva Of Arizona Dies From Complications From Cancer Treatment
Matt White / Task & Purpose:
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
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