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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 …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Some Conservative Voices Raise Alarm Over Trump's Immigration Tactics  —  The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration's aggressive and at times slapdash tactics.  —  Influential figures on the right have largely cheered on the opening months of the Trump presidency.
Discussion: Raw Story, Vox and Breitbart
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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 Catoggio / The Dispatch:   ‘Liberation’ Movement  —  On the euphemism du jour.  —  The vice presidency isn't worth …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
A Tale of Two Men  —  1. Manliness  —  We are all learning about Kilmar Abrego Garcia today, thanks to the Atlantic.
Discussion: The Independent
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Innocent (in a Brutal Prison) Abroad
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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Republican Jimmy Patronis wins special election for Gaetz's Florida seat
Kate Payne / Associated Press:
Who is Jimmy Patronis? Florida's chief financial officer wins election to replace Matt Gaetz
New York Times:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Results  —  ‹ See all Wisconsin state results  —  Wisconsin voters will choose a new State Supreme Court justice in an election that will determine whether liberals retain a 4-to-3 majority or whether conservatives take control of the state's judiciary.
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Washington Post:
White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump's sights  —  It's the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump's desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.  —  Just now
Discussion: Associated Press and HuffPost
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: Raw Story, NBC News and Politico
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Senator Schiff:
STATEMENT: Sen. Schiff Announces Hold on D.C. U.S. Attorney Nominee Ed Martin
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:   Trump-Allied Prosecutor Looks to Undermine Biden Pardons
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk  —  Liberals will maintain their narrow majority on the court after Crawford's victory in the first battleground state election of Trump's second term.  —  Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk
NBC News:
What to watch as Wisconsin and Florida host the first major elections of Trump's second term
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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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Booker's speech tops 350M 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 after Booker began …
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight
NPR:
Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65  —  A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable.  At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.  —  Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor …
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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Alvaro Murillo / Reuters:
Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa  —  Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor.”
Discussion: New York Times
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to ‘vote’  — Elon Musk's super PAC replaced a video featuring a $1 million giveaway winner who said she got the money, in part, to vote.  — Experts suggest that offering money in exchange for voting …
Discussion: Forbes
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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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NOTUS:
House Republicans Lose a Floor Vote, End the Work Week on a Tuesday
Max Kozlov / Nature:
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs … - Max Kozlov  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  On health economist Jay Bhattacharya's first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
Discussion: Science and STAT
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
Wired:
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson's Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH  —  Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US's leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.  —  Several top scientists charged …
Discussion: CBS News
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.
J.J. McCorvey / NBC News:
Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say  —  Those who work closely with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program now fear for its future.  —  The Trump administration on Tuesday eliminated the entire staff of a federal program …
Discussion: NPR and Roll Call
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut  —  Many clinics had been planned at schools in the Dallas area with low vaccination rates.  —  Steep federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in one of Texas' most populous counties — Dallas …
Discussion: STAT
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
The dirty little secret of universities everywhere  —  The students don't have any significant voice in the management of the university, oh heck no. It's definitely not the faculty, either — they are allowed to contribute to strictly defined internal academic domains, but that's it.
Discussion: UnHerd
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
White House issues warning to China for war games near Taiwan  —  The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a warning to China after Beijing announced large-scale war games in the waters and airspace around Taiwan.  —  The joint military drills, which were launched with no prior notice …
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
New York Times:
Columbia Campus Occupation Could Have Ended Without Police, Report Says  —  A university senate review concludes that some demonstrators who occupied Hamilton Hall were willing to leave voluntarily.  —  Columbia University's move to use police force to clear demonstrators from a campus building …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
He Got Clemency From Trump.  Now He's Facing Charges of Injuring a Child.  —  Jonathan Braun, who has had a string of legal issues since President Trump commuted his drug sentence four years ago, was arrested after allegedly punching an acquaintance and shoving a 3-year-old.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Aida Fofana / BBC:
Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101  —  A decorated World War Two code breaker who spent her youth deciphering enemy messages at Bletchley Park has died at the age of 101.  —  Charlotte “Betty” Webb MBE - who was among the last surviving Bletchley code breakers - died on Monday night …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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The Economist:
Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies
NBC News:
Trump administration suspends a host of federal grants to Princeton University
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth's office
Punchbowl News:
MTG hits back at Ossoff as Senate speculation grows
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PRAMS Shuttered for Good  —  In the first weeks of the administration, I wrote a number …
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Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
Judge holds ICE agent in contempt for detaining suspect in the middle of his trial
Discussion: Associated Press and Boston Herald
Rann Miller / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
For some Trump voters, a realization dawns: We've had our pockets picked
Kate Nalepinski / Newsweek:
‘Obama 2028’ Trends on X As Donald Trump References Third Term Run
Discussion: HuffPost, Bloomberg and The Independent
Paul Kirby / BBC:
Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
Discussion: 19FortyFive and Fox News
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
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