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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer Postpones Book Tour Amid Backlash to Voting With Republicans — Many Democratic activists, desperate for their leaders to stand up to President Trump, have been staging protests outside of Senator Chuck Schumer's home and calling for his resignation.
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Justin Green / Axios:
Resistance backlash upends Chuck Schumer's book tour — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) book tour announced Monday it will postpone multiple events, citing security concerns, after he helped prevent a government shutdown last week. — Why it matters: Democrats are badly divided …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Schumer postpones book tour over security concerns
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Punchbowl News:
3/17/25 ☀️ AM: — Schumer and Jeffries huddle after Democratic implosion
3/17/25 ☀️ AM: — Schumer and Jeffries huddle after Democratic implosion
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Jewish Insider:
Schumer book tour on antisemitism postponed
Schumer book tour on antisemitism postponed
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HotAir, The Forward and New York Post
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
‘Dictator S**t’: Trump's Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown Nulling Biden Pardons Is Slammed — The president sent a chilling warning to people pardoned by former President Joe Biden. — Donald Trump claimed late Sunday — in a middle-of-the-night rant on his Truth Social platform …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump says autopen use makes Biden's pardons for Jan. 6 panel “VOID”
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Adam Kinzinger, The Verge and The Independent
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Says Biden's Pardons are ‘Void’ and ‘Vacant’ Because of Autopen
Trump Says Biden's Pardons are ‘Void’ and ‘Vacant’ Because of Autopen
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Tries to Undo Biden Pardons Via Social Media Proclamation
Trump Tries to Undo Biden Pardons Via Social Media Proclamation
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Trump says Biden's pardons for Jan. 6 committee are ‘void’ because he used an autopen
Trump says Biden's pardons for Jan. 6 committee are ‘void’ because he used an autopen
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration — An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Deported Brown University professor had ‘sympathetic photos’ of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says — The government's explanation for Rasha Alawieh's deportation came before a judge postponed a hearing on whether it defied a judge's order that she not be deported without advance notice to the court.
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Tom Mooney / The Providence Journal:
Documents shed light on why RI doctor was detained, deported. What we know. — A federal judge has postponed a hearing to allow U.S. Customs and Border officials to respond to allegations they “willfully” disobeyed his order not to deport a Rhode Island doctor until he could review her case.
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Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Playbook: The ‘law and order’ presidency
Playbook: The ‘law and order’ presidency
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights — The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead — It's going to be an eventful week. That's already clear.
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Civil rights groups seek answers on deportation of Venezuelans despite court order
Civil rights groups seek answers on deportation of Venezuelans despite court order
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Axios, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and New York Post
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Why trying to understand what the Trump admin did in response to the TRO matters
Why trying to understand what the Trump admin did in response to the TRO matters
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he's not explaining it very well. — President Donald Trump's economic plan is causing brief pain while the nation advances to a new “Golden Age.” But officials have been much less clear about what that destination will look like.
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Raw Story
Arthur Allen / KFF Health News:
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants — National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.
Paul Krugman:
Destroying America's Brand — Last week Mark Carney, having won the Liberal Party's leadership election, became Canada's Prime Minister. And it looks possible that he may hold that position for a while. Not long ago the Liberals seemed headed for an electoral wipeout, but they've seen an amazing surge in the polls:
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New York Times:
DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts … Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The National Nuclear Safety Administration field office that oversees the lab lost nine staff members, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.The Albuquerque Journal, via Associated Press
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The evil at your door — Individuals associated with the federal government have, in defiance of a court order and without a trial or any form of due process, deported hundreds of people from the territory of the United States to El Salvador, where they will be held indefinitely in a concentration camp.
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Reason, Scripting News, Washington Examiner and Forbes
Christopher Jasper / Telegraph:
Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off — Latest development adds to a litany of build-quality issues with the electric pickup — Elon Musk's Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles.
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Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:
The Competition to Get Into Law School Is Brutal This Year — Applications are surging as students seek stability in a difficult job market — A weakening white-collar job market and a contentious political climate are fueling interest in law school, leading to one of the most competitive years …
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Cate Latimer / The Brown Daily Herald:
Brown advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel — The announcement comes after the deportation of Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh. — One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including visa holders and permanent residents …
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The Guardian
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
There Was Never Any “Fascism Debate” — They Refused to Engage — A number of my interlocutors in the fascism debate have reversed their positions since witnessing the full extent of the Trump regime's willingness and ability to employ political repression against its enemies.
Washington Post:
After CDC pick is abruptly yanked, worry over U.S. measles messaging remains — Medical experts and politicians question who will be chosen as the CDC's next leader amid a surge in measles cases and concerns over vaccine-preventable diseases. — March 17, 2025 — The Fix — Analysis
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Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times:
Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE — Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency's ability to serve the public. — When Eleanor H., 66, called the Social Security Administration …
Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico:
Trump to meet controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor for St. Patrick's Day — DUBLIN — Conor McGregor, the mixed martial arts fighter recently found civilly liable for rape back in his native Ireland, is a St. Patrick's Day guest of honor at the White House.
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Phoebe Petrovic / ProPublica:
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power — A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.
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Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA figures start chatter over Derek Chauvin pardon — Prominent supporters of President Trump — led by podcaster Ben Shapiro — are fueling a major push to pardon Derek Chauvin, the white former Minnesota police officer convicted of killing George Floyd in 2020.
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ProPublica:
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning. — In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump economic advisor Kevin Hassett warns of more uncertainty over tariffs … WATCH NOW — President Donald Trump's top economic aide on Monday warned of more economic uncertainty stemming from the United States' evolving tariff agenda. — “Absolutely, between now and April 2 …
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Toby Buckle / Liberal Currents:
Most Men Don't Want To Be Heroes (And That's Okay) — We are continually being asked to feel sorry for men, to understand that there is some significant sense in which we men are being poorly served by a liberal society. Exactly how is usually left undefined.
