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11:45 AM ET, March 25, 2025

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NBC News:
Trump stands by national security adviser despite leaked military plans, saying mishap had ‘no impact’ on Yemen strikes  —  “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he's a good man,” President Donald Trump said of his national security adviser in a Tuesday phone interview with NBC News.
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time  —  Trump's “Team of Amateurs” Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way  —  This afternoon, just before 1 pm ET, The Atlantic posted what is, hands down, the wildest and most insane story I have ever read about US national security …
Politico:
Waltz's future in doubt following accidental war plan leak  —  “You can't have recklessness as the national security adviser,” one official said.  —  The stunning revelation that top administration officials accidentally included a reporter in a group chat discussing war plans …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic  —  Trump administration true believers are closing ranks to try to protect top national security officials from being pushed out over Monday's Signal scandal, insiders tell Axios.  — Why it matters: Democrats and critics …
David French / New York Times:
If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign  —  I don't know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye.  He's just blown his credibility as a military leader.  —  On Monday, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg published one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop  —  How The Atlantic's editor in chief found himself in a group chat with Trump-administration officials who were planning an attack on Yemen  —  The Trump administration has provided many jaw-dropping moments …
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Watch: Intelligence leaders testify before Congress, fresh off the group chat fiasco  —  As fallout from the Signal scandal continues, the leaders of several intelligence agencies — some of whom were part of the group chat that inadvertently shared war plans with a journalist — are set to testify before Congress this week.
emptywheel:
Seven Reasons Trump's Entire National Security Team Should Resign in Disgrace  —  The White House, with the help of Politico, is trying to make National Security Adviser Mike Waltz the fall guy for adding Atlantic editor Jeff Goldberg to the Signal thread on which they planned war strikes against Yemen.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia:
Kaine & Colleagues Demand Answers about Trump Cabinet Officials' Use of Unsecured Group Chat for Military Planning  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, and 13 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter …
Wired:
Trump Officials in Signal Fiasco Attended Secret Mar-a-Lago Dinner Shortly After Celebrating Bombing  —  Trump officials accidentally invited the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to their Signal group chat.  Hours after bombs dropped on Yemen, they partied at a $1-million-per-seat Mar-a-Lago dinner.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Hegseth lashes out at The Atlantic: “Nobody was texting war plans”
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
House Republican on war plans chat: 'There's no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff'
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 24, 2025  —  Today the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg …
Washington Post:
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down  —  A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
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New York Times:
Social Security, Buffeted by Turmoil, Awaits a New Leader … Frank Bisignano, a Wall Street veteran, will face Congress this week as President Trump's pick to lead the Social Security Administration.Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg  —  When the Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano goes before Congress …
Emily Peck / Axios:
Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say  —  The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.
Discussion: Saywhat Politics and Raw Story
Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
Former Social Security Chief Courts Florida Seniors Enraged By Musk's Cuts
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks  —  The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and legal representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump's actions in court than during his first term.  —  Just now
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Deborah Pearlstein / New York Times:
They Are America's Most Powerful Law Firms.  Their Silence Is Deafening.  —  In his chaotic attempt to dismantle democratic governance, redefine citizenship and cast aside fundamental rights of speech and due process, President Trump has all but declared war on one of the most effective forces …
Catherine Porter / New York Times:
As Trump's Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat  —  European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the administration's cost-cutting efforts, or are anxious over perceived threats to academic freedom.
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Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump's cuts
Discussion: Washington Post
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Influencers May Have Been Paid to Break With RFK  —  Secret cash flies in the MAGA soda wars  —  IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN READING YOUR social media feed and suddenly noticed that conservative personalities have latched on to some obscure issue they've never cared about before …
Adam Wren / Politico:
A Rising Democratic Star Is Ready for New Leadership — Without Chuck Schumer  —  Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow says it's time for a new generation to take on Trump.  —  Mallory McMorrow doesn't claim to have all the answers for the Democratic Party.  But as the 38-year-old Michigan Democrat gears …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Clock ticks on Trump and GOP's ‘big, beautiful’ bill on taxes  —  Economic turmoil from tariffs could push Republicans to move faster on budget legislation.  —  Just now  —  As President Donald Trump's tariffs roil the U.S. and global economies, lawmakers returned to Washington late Monday under …
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Emily Peck / Axios:   More than 300 rich people ask Congress to reject tax breaks for rich people
Punchbowl News:
Are Republicans blowing a Florida special election?  —  House Republicans shouldn't have to worry about Florida's 6th District special election on April 1.  It's a deep-red seat that former Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) won by 33 points five months ago before decamping for the Trump administration.
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Bryan McMahon / American Prospect:
Bubble Trouble  —  An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us. … The week of Donald Trump's inauguration, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, stood tall next to the president as he made a dramatic announcement: the launch of Project Stargate, a $500 billion supercluster in the rolling plains …
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Rats, card tables and BYO toilet paper: Inside federal workers' return to office  —  President Trump ordered federal employees back to the office full-time.  So far the end of remote work in the government has been chaotic, workers say.  —  Defense Department employees returned to work …
Discussion: The Hill, The Independent and Raw Story
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
The Worst and the Dimmest  —  The Atlantic Debacle  —  Most relatively informed citizens will be aware by now of the biggest news story that has come out of this administration: national security officials accidentally added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat …
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants  —  New York CNN —  Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants.  But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
USPS chief Louis DeJoy resigns as Trump eyes overhauling mail agency  —  The postmaster general had said in February that he would stay on until a successor was chosen.  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will resign at the end of the day Monday, concluding a five-year tenure that began …
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’  —  A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
Bryan Mena / CNN:
Consumer confidence plummets to lowest level since January 2021  —  Washington CNN —  America's economic mood continues to deteriorate as President Donald Trump carries on with his sweeping economic agenda.  —  Consumer confidence slid 7.2 points this month to a reading of 92.9 …
Discussion: CNBC
Reuters:
Trump cuts hit struggling food banks, risking hunger for low-income Americans  —  Food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of at least $1 billion in federal funding cuts and pauses by the Trump administration …
Discussion: KTVU-TV and WINK News
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia's President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings  —  Katrina Armstrong warns of ‘devastating’ risk of funding cuts  —  Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong met with anxious faculty over the weekend in an effort to generate support, warn of the jeopardy …
 
 
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Jen Christensen / CNN:
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Jesse Coburn / ProPublica:
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Matt Barnum / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Dismantling the Education Department—With or Without Congress
Discussion: Fox News
Vernal Coleman / ProPublica:
Under Pressure From Trump, ICE Is Pushing Legal Boundaries
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
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New York Times:
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Politico:
Anti-Trump former Republican David Jolly considers run for Florida governor
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Josh Hawley Shrugs off Major National Security Leak: Democrats Are 'Griping About Who's on a Text Message'
Discussion: The Hill and The Independent
Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
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New York Times:
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation
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