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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 …
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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.
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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.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Innocent (in a Brutal Prison) Abroad
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Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
‘Liberation’ Movement — On the euphemism du jour. — The vice presidency isn't worth …
‘Liberation’ Movement — On the euphemism du jour. — The vice presidency isn't worth …
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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 …
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate — Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate for more than 24 straight hours. One of them fought to keep Black people out of public life, the other was a Black leader who staged a landmark protest.
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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 …
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight
Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight
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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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House Republicans Lose a Floor Vote, End the Work Week on a Tuesday
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Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus amid split with colleagues over proxy voting for new parents
Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus amid split with colleagues over proxy voting for new parents
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HuffPost:
Republicans Turn On Each Other In Fight To Help New Moms In Congress
Republicans Turn On Each Other In Fight To Help New Moms In Congress
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House votes to defy Mike Johnson in painful blow
House votes to defy Mike Johnson in painful blow
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Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
Happy April Fools Day! (No joke.)
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.
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Ayelet Sheffey / Business Insider:
The same badge-scan strategy used in Tesla layoffs has hit federal workers
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Jeff Nesbit / The Contrarian:
Trump and Kennedy just put America at risk
Trump and Kennedy just put America at risk
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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
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Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg:
Trump's Tariffs to Take Immediate Effect, White House Says
Trump's Tariffs to Take Immediate Effect, White House Says
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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.
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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 …
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Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
Princeton Says Trump Administration Is Halting Research Grant Funding
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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Professors Pushed Harvard to Resist Trump. Now Billions Are on the Line.
Professors Pushed Harvard to Resist Trump. Now Billions Are on the Line.
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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.
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate GOP embraces controversial tax cut strategy
Senate GOP embraces controversial tax cut strategy
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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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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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In These Times:
Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents — While the Trump administration targets hundreds over their constitutionally protected right to political speech, Democratic leadership and influential media pundits have largely stayed quiet.
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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
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Nicholas Fondacaro / Newsbusters:
The View Lauds Mystal, Claims All Laws Pre-1965 Are ‘Unconstitutional’ — Text to Speech — ABC News's The View had become a home for far-left extremist politics. That fact was obvious during Tuesday's episode where they invited far-left extremist writer Elie Mystal to promote …
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