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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 …
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Trump Administration Just Admitted It's Creating a Black Site for Migrants  —  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.
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:   Happy April Fools Day! (No joke.)
New York Times:
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
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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Camille Gijs / Politico:
EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump's mega tariffs  —  Brussels sees America's transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles' heel.  —  BRUSSELS — It's one thing to hit Harley-Davidson motorbikes and bourbon whiskey.  It's another to go after Silicon Valley or Wall Street.
Axios:
Trump's “Art of the Deal” hits new hurdles
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: STAT, The Verge, Mother Jones and Politico
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Trump Pauses Dozens of Federal Grants to Princeton  —  The Trump administration has sought to punish universities financially, saying they have not done enough to combat antisemitism or comply with other administration priorities.  —  The Trump administration moved this week to suspend dozens …
Justine Calma / The Verge:
Hundreds of scientists accuse Donald Trump of censorship
Discussion: NPR, New York Times and STAT
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Professors Pushed Harvard to Resist Trump. Now Billions Are on the Line.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents  —  The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.
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Politico:
Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus amid split with colleagues over proxy voting for new parents  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has left the House Freedom Caucus, the Florida Republican said in a letter Monday withdrawing her membership.  The decision comes amid a break with her colleagues …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House votes to defy Mike Johnson in painful blow  —  The House voted Tuesday to defy House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force a vote on allowing members who are new parents to vote by proxy for three months.  —  Why it matters: It's a brutal loss for Johnson, who poured considerable political capital …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson ignites GOP fury with hardball tactics
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food  —  Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
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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.
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 …
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Associated Press:
New Jersey Sen. Booker presses his marathon speech against Trump's agenda past 21 hours and counting  —  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 …
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Cory Booker Has Been Bashing Trump on Senate Floor for 17 Straight Hours
Discussion: Associated Press and USA Today
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Inside Cory Booker's Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor
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 …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
D-Day for Musk: Democrats in Special Elections Target Trump's DOGE Chief  —  Special Elections Reveal Trump's Weak Spot: Elon Musk  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Trumpeting new tariffs he hopes will return industry to America, President Donald Trump has called April 2 “Liberation Day.”
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New York Times:
Turnout Strong as Wisconsin Decides Key Court Contest
Discussion: Twitchy
Washington Post:
Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies  —  The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.  —  April 1, 2025  —  The Fix  —  Analysis  —  Aaron Blake
Discussion: Endpoints News and New York Times
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Lauren Weber / Washington Post:
Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. She's dead.
Discussion: Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Pamela Bondi Directs Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement:  —  “Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Mangione, Bondi Says
Ian Dunt / Striking 13:
Want to know how Trump gets in?  Just look at the coverage of Le Pen  —  The press takes a leading role destroying the rule of law  —  The truth of the Marine Le Pen story is simple.  She fucked around.  She got found out.  —  What did she actually do?
Discussion: The Nation
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Politico:
Le Pen could still become French president after appeal slated for 2026
Discussion: Bloomberg and BBC
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 and WBUR
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 …
 
 
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Senate committee leaders ask RFK Jr. to testify on HHS overhaul
Discussion: New York Post and STAT
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
Discussion: Raw Story
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Republicans celebrate as BLM Plaza removal complete
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
Discussion: Forbes
Democracy Docket:
Washington, D.C. Trump Election Integrity Executive Order Challenge (LWV)
Discussion: The Hill
In These Times:
Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents
Discussion: The Hill and LewRockwell
 Earlier Items: 
Li Qiang / The Hill:
How ‘America First’ created a strategic opening for Beijing
Discussion: EVBoosters
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants' Social Media
Discussion: Racket News
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Rahm Emanuel is coming to Wall Street
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Alabama Can't Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Ten weeks that shook the world
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company
 
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