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12:05 PM ET, March 22, 2025

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by Trump  —  Paul, Weiss's chair hung former partner out to dry after a series of attacks on US legal community by president  —  Inside the White House, advisers to Donald Trump reveled in their ability to bully Paul, Weiss …
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New York Times:
How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump
New York Times:
Who Will Defend the Defenders of the Constitution?
Discussion: Washington Times and ABC News
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES  —  I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information …
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Trump revokes security clearances of former opponents Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More
Janine Phakdeetham / Bloomberg:   Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Blinken
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding  —  School to ban masks, empower police and rein in controversial academic department  —  Columbia University will cede to President Trump's far-reaching demands in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding he revoked this month …
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New York Times:
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million  —  A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand.  It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump.  He did not forget it.  —  Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Saywhat Politics
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
Thor Benson / Public Notice:
How #TeslaTakedown is bringing the fight to Musk  —  “Part of the reason people are coming out is because they feel it's having a real impact on Elon's pocketbook.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🚙🪧🚙  —  While the Trump administration and DOGE recklessly dismantle the federal government …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump downplays Jan. 6 by suggesting Tesla arson attacks are more serious
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport  —  The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process …
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Trump revokes legal status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday …
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge  —  Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration's judiciary clash intensifies  —  In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism  —  From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we're nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say  —  Entering the magnificent great hall of the US Department of Justice …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Appears Skeptical of Trump's Use of Wartime Law to Deport Venezuelans
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS  —  Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.  —  Just now  —  Senior tax officials are bracing for a sharp drop in revenue collected this spring …
Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown  —  Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.  —  Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants …
Discussion: Gothamist and Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Kitty Dukakis, Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88  —  Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful treatments for alcoholism and depression.  —  Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady and humanitarian …
Discussion: New York Post, WUSA and The US Sun
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality  —  Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working.  But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Makeover of US Diplomacy Leaves Many Allies at a Loss
Discussion: Asia Times
Washington Post:
Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency  —  Leland Dudek backed off his argument that a ruling blocking Elon Musk's cost-cutting team from access to sensitive data could apply to all agency employees.  —  just now
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network  —  Six Voice of America journalists sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration on Friday, alleging their moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network were unlawful and unconstitutional.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
Discussion: The Newsguy, JURIST and The Hill
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda  —  New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies  —  One in five Americans plan to turn their backs for good on companies …
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its federal funding and close next month.
Discussion: IPM Newsroom and Chicago Tribune
Victor Mather / New York Times:
George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76  —  He claimed a world title in his 20s and again in his 40s, and then made millions selling grills.  —  George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45 …
 
 
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Rebecca Ritzel / MSNBC:
Trump has big dreams for the Kennedy Center but doesn't seem to know what it does
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while he's still in office
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 21, 2025  —  These days, I keep coming back to the quotation recorded by journalist Ron Suskind …
Alix Martichoux / The Hill:
Fungus labeled ‘urgent threat’ by CDC is spreading rapidly, hospital study finds
Erica Orden / Politico:
He's never been a prosecutor. He's about to lead the top prosecutorial office in the country.
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Trump announces Boeing wins sixth-generation aircraft contract for F-47
Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Trump says student loans moving to SBA, ‘special needs’ to HHS
Andrew Solender / Axios:
“They hate us”: Democrats confront their own Tea Party
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
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A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
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