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Politico:
Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell  —  Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff whiplash.  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump says Powell's “termination can't come fast enough”  —  President Trump blasted Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Thursday with the strongest suggestion yet of intentions to try to fire the nation's most powerful economic policymaker.  —  Why it matters: Trump's attack comes …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has for Months Privately Discussed Firing Fed Chair Powell  —  The president hasn't made a decision on whether to try to oust Powell, and some of his advisers have warned against the move  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has for months privately discussed firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell …
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Trump Says Fed Chair Jerome Powell's ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’
The Harvard Crimson:
As Garber Stands Against Trump, Money From Harvard Donors Pours In  —  After Harvard publicly rejected the Trump administration's demands, a wave of support — and money — has come rushing in.  —  In the 24 hours after Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 announced that he would not comply …
Discussion: Forbes
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CNN:
DHS threatens to revoke Harvard's eligibility to host international students unless it turns over disciplinary records
Politico:
The Ivy League resistance is just getting started
NBC News:
Live Updates: Active shooter reported at Florida State University; multiple patients hospitalized  —  The university sent out an alert urging students to seek shelter as a shooter was reported in the area of the student union. … FSU was site of shooting in 2014
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Tallahassee Democrat:
FSU shooting: Six injured, one critically; man arrested; campus locked down  —  There is an active shooter on Florida State University's Tallahassee campus, according to an alert sent from the university, with multiple social media reports of gunshots being heard. … ‘It was terrifying’
Associated Press:
At least 4 injured in shooting at Florida State University, suspect in custody: Sources  —  Police are responding to the scene, which is near the Student Union.  —  LIVE  —  People comfort each other on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee, Fla., where law enforcement responded …
Zachariah Hughes / Anchorage Daily News:
‘We are all afraid’: Speaking to Alaska nonprofit leaders, Murkowski gets candid on upheaval in federal government  —  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told a room full of Alaska nonprofit leaders that the tumult of tariffs, executive orders, court battles, and cuts to federal services under …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Lisa Murkowski Says ‘We Are All Afraid’ Of Retaliation By Donald Trump
Discussion: New Jersey Online and Mediaite
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Murkowski on Trump: “We are all afraid”
Discussion: The Hill
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether Trump can implement birthright citizenship plan  —  The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution's 14th Amendment.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:   The Most Damning Aspect of the Supreme Court's Latest Trump Dodge
Ivana Saric / Axios:   Supreme Court to hear arguments over Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib—and worse  —  Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump. … A row of Latino men with shaved heads and stoic expressions wearing identical white boxer shorts stand behind thick metal bars.
NPR:
Trump says he's optimistic about a trade deal with Europe  —  President Trump expressed optimism about a deal with Europe before the end of a 90-day pause in tariffs.  —  “There'll be a trade deal 100%,” Trump said during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.  “We're going to make fair deals.”
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Boasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt Over Deportation Flights  —  The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders.  —  A federal judge in Washington threatened on Wednesday …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Trump in trouble? Stagflation, judicial contempt, and sagging polls
Discussion: Des Moines Register and Reuters
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Ed Martin Has Completely Disqualified Himself
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People  —  Palantir, the surveillance giant, is taking on an increased role with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including finding the physical location of people who are marked for deportation, according to Palantir Slacks and other internal messages obtained by 404 Media.
Discussion: Futurism
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately  —  Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen.  —  A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately.
Discussion: The City and The Independent
Jason Swensen / Deseret News:
BYU Ph.D. student's international student visa revoked over apparent fishing license violation  —  A Brigham Young University Ph.D. candidate from Japan has had his international student visa revoked — perhaps because of a fishing violation from years ago.  —  Outside of a couple …
ProPublica:
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Four days before Donald Trump's inauguration …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution  —  Donald Trump's most frightening power grab was undertaken with an undertone of sinister jocularity.  There was no column of tanks in the streets, no burning of the legislature.  The president and his partner in despotism …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Trump appointee asked IRS to review audit of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell  —  Experts say the outreach on behalf of Lindell, a Trump political ally, is highly unusual and represents a change in how political appointees engage with the IRS.
Discussion: PennLive, The Independent and Raw Story
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for U.S. antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Federal judge rules Google has illegal ad tech monopoly
Wall Street Journal:
Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump's Tariffs  —  Countries offer to buy more U.S. energy, defense and agricultural products, but not everyone is splurging  —  In the two weeks since President Trump's “Liberation Day,” many U.S. trade partners have a clear plan …
Discussion: Raw Story and UPI
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will review Trump's attempt to ban birthright citizenship  —  President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship ban would deny automatic citizenship for newborns if neither parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
Discussion: Deseret News
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Step Up Trump Resistance as Base Hungers for More of a Fight  —  Out of power in Congress, Democrats who were slow to fight back against President Trump are increasingly finding ways to do so.  But activists want much more.  —  Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland …
Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor  —  The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.  —  The White House is considering deep cuts to federal housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of aid …
 
 
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Trump's tariff policy has nothing to do with trade
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