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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say  —  Trump's national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis.  But new revelations about his team's operational security are piling up in the inbox.  —  Just now  —  Members of President Donald …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court To Let Him Have Black Sites  —  The Trump administration inadvertently revealed on Monday that it is attempting to trap Venezuelan migrants in a catch-22 that would effectively block them from challenging their deportation and detention in an El Salvador prison.
Discussion: Vox and Washington Examiner
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Lawlessness Is the Point  —  If JD Vance were capable of shame, he'd be embarrassed by what just happened.  After the news broke that President Trump's administration admitted to deporting a Maryland man in “error,” Vance lashed out at podcaster Jon Favreau, who had asked him to comment on what had transpired.
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status …
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
‘Liberation’ Movement  —  On the euphemism du jour.  —  The vice presidency isn't worth …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   A Tale of Two Men  —  Look at MAGA family values, in all its repellent splendor.  —  1,014
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:   Happy April Fools Day! (No joke.)
Associated Press:
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech.  Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?  —  Watch live as U.S. Senator Cory Booker addresses the Senate floor.  Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, has promised to speak “as long” as he's physically able on the Senate floor Monday night …
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NOTUS:
A Cory Booker Staffer Was Arrested for Carrying a Gun on Capitol Grounds, Police Said  —  The arrest comes the same day the New Jersey senator began a protest of President Donald Trump's agenda.  — Copy  —  A staffer for Sen. Cory Booker was arrested Monday by U.S. Capitol Police …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Booker's speech tops 350 million likes on TikTok live  —  More than 350 million people liked Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) floor speech on TikTok live, as the senator approached 25 hours of holding the floor in the Senate chamber.  —  By 7:07 p.m. EDT on Tuesday — just over 24 hours …
Discussion: The Guardian and USA Today
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies  —  Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans' health.
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CNN:
'It's a bloodbath': Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies  —  A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies early Tuesday, with some employees receiving early morning emails that their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work.
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Democrats use FDA hearing to protest agency job cuts  —  Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee slammed Republicans for holding a routine hearing on the FDA's regulation of consumer products amid HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping layoffs of the agency's workers and his ousting of its top vaccine regulator.
Discussion: NBC News, Endpoints News and USA Today
Jeff Nesbit / The Contrarian:
Trump and Kennedy just put America at risk
Discussion: USA Today, Axios and Jeff Nesbit
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House Republicans Lose a Floor Vote, End the Work Week on a Tuesday
HuffPost:
Republicans Turn On Each Other In Fight To Help New Moms In Congress
Dasha Burns / Politico:
'I don't know anyone that isn't pissed off at him': Trump world turns on Lutnick  —  As ‘Liberation Day’ nears, patience for the Commerce secretary is wearing thin across the Trump administration.  —  Inside the White House, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been perhaps the biggest proponent of …
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney  —  President Trump's controversial choice to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, faces an uncertain future, as a Senate Democrat plans to put an indefinite hold on his nomination.
Discussion: Senator Schiff
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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Professors Pushed Harvard to Resist Trump. Now Billions Are on the Line.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Republican Randy Fine wins Florida special election for Waltz seat  —  Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) has won the special election for Florida's 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democrat Josh Weil in what became a closely contested race in the deep-red district.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Have Problems. Turning Out for Special Elections Isn't One of Them.
Rann Miller / The Philadelphia Inquirer:   For some Trump voters, a realization dawns: We've had our pockets picked
Wired:
The CDC Has Been Gutted  —  Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force.  Experts say people will die.  —  Thousands of federal employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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Justine Calma / The Verge:
Hundreds of scientists accuse Donald Trump of censorship
Discussion: NPR and STAT
Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks  —  Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin expressed concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youth … Jeremy Lewin recently became deputy administrator for policy and programs for what's left of USAID …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Another big law firm cuts a deal with White House to avoid sanctions  —  Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP agreed to provide $100 million in free legal services to causes favored by the Trump administration.  —  A third major law firm has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to escape …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Associated Press:
Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources  —  Musk seemed to boast of advance knowledge of the arrest during a tele-rally.  —  Elon Musk attends the Division 1 Men's Wrestling Championship in Philadelphia, Mar. 22, 2025.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Mangione, Bondi Says  —  The attorney general said the decision to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering an insurance executive, was in keeping with an executive order by President Trump.
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US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Pamela Bondi Directs Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Republicans Eye $25,000 SALT Cap as Trump's Tax Cuts Take Shape  —  Republicans are in the process of drafting a tax bill behind closed doors that includes an increase of the state and local tax deduction to as high as $25,000 for an individual, according to people familiar with the plan.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate GOP embraces controversial tax cut strategy
McKenzie Funk / ProPublica:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”  —  Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump's immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.
Discussion: New York Post
Rep. Jeffries / Rep. Jeffries on YouTube:
House Democratic Hearing on Social Security  —  Today, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will hold a hearing on the Republican scheme to destroy Social Security, featuring testimony from e...
Discussion: Axios
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Elon Musk's $1 million handout winners are connected to Republican causes  —  Nicholas Jacobs and Ekaterina Diestler were presented with giant checks, but they're not exactly random voters. … On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak …
Brian Barrett / Wired:
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free  —  It's the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk's DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.  —  On Tuesday, US district judge Beryl Howell effectively allowed the transfer …
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PRAMS Shuttered for Good  —  In the first weeks of the administration, I wrote a number …
Paul Kirby / BBC:
Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
Discussion: Fox News
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
Discussion: Raw Story
Fortune:
Target can't get its footing after its DEI program demise and a 40-day boycott against the retailer.  Foot traffic at stores is down for the eighth consecutive week
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Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants' Social Media
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Rahm Emanuel is coming to Wall Street
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Turnout Strong as Wisconsin Decides Key Court Contest
Discussion: Urban Milwaukee and Twitchy
Ian Dunt / Striking 13:
Want to know how Trump gets in? Just look at the coverage of Le Pen
Discussion: The Nation
Washington Post:
Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
Discussion: Raw Story and Payday Report
 

 
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