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NBC4 Washington:
US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building — President Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order aiming to shrink the federal government — Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Plans to Press White House Over Deportation Flights — Where Things Stand — Deportation flights: A federal judge is set to press Trump administration lawyers at a 5 p.m. hearing about whether the White House had violated a court order in deporting migrants with little to no due process.
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building — Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency.
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Washington Examiner and Federal News Network
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The evil at your door — Individuals associated with the federal government have …
The evil at your door — Individuals associated with the federal government have …
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NBC News:
Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations — The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge pressed …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The judge who tried to stop the deportation planes is not happy with the Trump administration
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
What can be done if Trump is openly defying the courts?
What can be done if Trump is openly defying the courts?
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Deported Brown University professor had ‘sympathetic photos’ of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says
Deported Brown University professor had ‘sympathetic photos’ of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says
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New York Times:
Timeline of Trump's Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge's Order
Timeline of Trump's Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge's Order
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Axios, The Guardian, The Hill, CBS News, Adam Isacson, Talking Points Memo, Reuters, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Independent, NPR, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
Emily Peck / Axios:
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support — An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposes changes to its phone service that could derail the benefits application process for many Americans. — Why it matters: The Trump administration has repeatedly …
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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 …
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New Republic and Kiplinger
Erin Alberty / Axios:
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order — Articles about the renowned Native American Code Talkers have disappeared from some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled “DEI.” — Why it matters: From 1942 to 1945 …
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Washington Post:
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser — Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased. — Jon Swaine is an investigative reporter on Signal at jonswaine.55. Alex Horton is a national security reporter on Signal at alexhorton.85.
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New York Times:
Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Across White House Complex — Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel's Office. — Starlink, the satellite internet service operated …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump to end Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden — When President Joe Biden took office, he extended protections to Trump's adult children for six months. — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is terminating Secret Service protection for his predecessor's two adult children: Hunter and Ashley Biden.
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
At Kennedy Center, Trump envisions remaking Honors, suggests he could host — Trump and his board suggested several artists for the awards, including Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth. — President Donald Trump visited the Kennedy Center on Monday …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Insists He Was Being “Sarcastic” About Major Campaign Promise — One month before the election, 70 percent of Americans felt that foreign affairs comprised either a “very important” or “extremely important” component of their vote. But as it turns out, Donald Trump's repeat campaign promises …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
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New York Post and NPR
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Give back the Statue of Liberty, French MEP tells US — French Socialist MEP says Washington's embrace of dictators negates the values that led France to bestow the iconic statue some 140 years ago. — She's been covered by a glacier, smashed up by various giant monsters …
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas Sends Letters to 20 Law Firms Requesting Information About DEI-Related Employment Practices — WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity …
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New York Times and The Washington Free Beacon
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lays Groundwork for Investigating People Pardoned by Biden — President asserts in social-media post that Biden's pardons were ‘void, vacant, and of no further force of effect’ — President Trump questioned the validity of pardons granted by President Joe Biden before he left office …
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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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump appoints Charlie Kirk, Walt Nauta, Michael Flynn to military boards — President Trump on Monday announced a slew of allies would be appointed to the Board of Visitors at the nation's military academies, including lawmakers and conservative media personalities.
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The Gateway Pundit and The Post Millennial
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump stacks military academy boards with MAGA loyalists, including Michael Flynn and Charlie Kirk
Trump stacks military academy boards with MAGA loyalists, including Michael Flynn and Charlie Kirk
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New York Times
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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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Arrests Midwife and Associate on Charges of Providing Abortions — The two arrests in greater Houston appear to be the first time abortion providers have been charged with violating abortion bans in their state since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
'Don't Tell Melania': Trump Once Offered Rising MAGA Star His Bed — The alleged comments cast new light on the president's eyebrow-raising marriage to Melania Trump.
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Elaine Chen / STAT:
STAT+: NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease — The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas — Israel resumed the war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against what it described as Hamas targets all across the enclave overnight. — The big picture: The strikes come exactly two months …
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond. — Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university. — Everything that has been posted on Drezner's World over the past …
Susannah Patton / lowyinstitute.org:
Silencing the Voice of America — Data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been. — The Trump administration cares little for soft power. The abrupt shuttering of the Voice of America and other US-funded media outlets including Radio Free Asia attest to this.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.'s Scientific Research Arm — More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development. — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm …



