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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon's security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer …
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Wall Street Journal:
Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: Pentagon Chaos Rattles Hegseth — Defense secretary has chastised top military officers and staffers as he seeks to quiet a storm he helped create — WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was rattled. — Word had leaked that he was planning …
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Salon, ABC News, So What, New York Post, The Independent, Raw Story and Mediaite
Politico:
Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth's office: 'It's a free-for-all' — The departure of the Defense secretary's top advisers has left the first-time government official without senior staff who understand Washington. — The circle of top advisers in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's orbit …
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The Hill
Reuters:
Hegseth used Signal app connected to ‘dirty line’ on personal computer in Pentagon office: Sources
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Raw Story
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: A WHCD like none other
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Elon Musk and DOGE's Savings May Be Erased by New Costs — An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk's cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. — President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings …
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Hartford Courant
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk leaves legacy of self-destruction at DOGE — Elon Musk arrived in Washington as the most powerful political outsider ever, brimming with Silicon Valley swagger and bipartisan buy-in for his goal of streamlining the federal government. — He's leaving with his reputation in tatters …
Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME — President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on April 22. — Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed a wide range of issues, including his trade war and the economy …
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The Hill, Axios, Associated Press, Euromaidan Press, WTOP News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and IJR
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USA Today:
Trump's first 100 days: Here's 100 things that have changed (so far) — From the momentous to the less so, there have been plenty of changes across America in Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. — WASHINGTON - From the structure of the global economy to the use of plastic straws …
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Blaze Media, New York Times and Reuters
New York Times:
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats' Cash Engine — The president ordered an inquiry into ActBlue, the main Democratic fund-raising platform, in his latest move using the government to target political opponents. — President Trump on Thursday directed …
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Washington Times, Florida Politics, Blaze Media, New York Magazine, The Daily Wire, HotAir and Politico
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump to target Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe — President Donald Trump is slated to issue a memorandum on Thursday targeting ActBlue, the Democratic Party's main fundraising platform - taking aim at one of the key pillars of the financial infrastructure for Democratic candidates.
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Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
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WTTG-TV, Plain Dealer, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Mediaite and The Hill
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
The president's latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’
The president's latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’
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UPI, The Nevada Independent, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions — Nearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after its promoters said top buyers could join the president for dinner. — Buyers have poured tens of millions …
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Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, New York Times, Alternet.org and Saywhat Politics
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Rejects Trump's Vision Of An All-Powerful Presidency In Blocking Chunks Of His Election Order — A federal judge temporarily blocked parts of President Trump's executive order demanding that proof of citizenship be added to some federal voting forms Thursday.
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Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Judge halts parts of Trump's overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Judge blocks part of Trump's order calling for proof of citizenship to vote
Judge blocks part of Trump's order calling for proof of citizenship to vote
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Townhall, The Daily Caller, RedState and The American Conservative
CNN:
A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought — Five days before his 100th day in office - and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine - President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker …
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New York Times, HuffPost, Bloomberg, Mediaite, Associated Press, The Kyiv Independent, Raw Story, CNBC and The Japan Times
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New York Times:
Trump Tells Putin to ‘STOP!’ After Deadly Russian Attack on Kyiv
Trump Tells Putin to ‘STOP!’ After Deadly Russian Attack on Kyiv
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Washington Post:
Trump's immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds — President Donald Trump's approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll …
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ABC News, New York Daily News, Washington Times, The Independent, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Why 72% of American Jews disapprove of Trump — American Jews continue to reject Donald Trump overwhelmingly. — A new poll from the Mellman Group finds: … The disapproval extends, but not as overwhelmingly, to how Trump is “handling antisemitism.” … Think about it.
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Jewish Insider, The Forward, The Hill and Mediaite
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Rob Stein / NPR:
In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study — The Trump administration is restoring financial support for a landmark study of women's health, an official said Thursday, reversing a defunding decision that shocked medical researchers.
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WBUR
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New York Times:
U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing — The Trump administration replaced lawyers who had exposed flaws in its legal battle over New York City's congestion pricing program. — The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday said it took the extraordinary step …
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Gothamist, New York Daily News, Semafor, The Hill, Raw Story, Associated Press, Axios, Alternet.org, New York Post, WBAL Baltimore News and New York Magazine
Washington Post:
White House ousts trade official over alleged ties to ‘Anonymous’ author — George Bogden, a senior aide at Customs and Border Protection, was pushed aside after officials circulated a photo of him at Miles Taylor's wedding. — The White House ousted a top customs official earlier …
New York Times:
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They're Closing. — Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
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Palo Alto Daily Post and Fortune
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Trump Victim I Can't Stop Thinking About — I understand why Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become the face of Donald Trump's monstrous policy of sending migrants to a gulag in El Salvador. In a court filing, the administration's own lawyers initially admitted that his deportation was an …
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Trade Deals Coming in Three to Four Weeks — President Donald Trump said he expected to wrap up trade deals with US partners looking for lower tariffs soon. — “I would say, over the next three to four weeks, and we're finished, by the way,” Trump said of the deals in an interview with Time magazine published Friday.
Punchbowl News:
4/25/25 ☀️ AM: … The slot won't open up until after the 2026 election, but Schatz and other hopefuls will spend the next 19 months lobbying colleagues for their support. … The effort is a sign that Republicans are seriously considering including the tax hike in their reconciliation package.
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
DNC chair rips vice chair David Hogg's plan to challenge incumbent Democrats — Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said Thursday that party officers should be banned from taking sides in primaries, countering DNC Vice Chair David Hogg's plan to raise money for candidates challenging Democratic incumbents.
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JoNel Aleccia / Associated Press:
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry — The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.
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New York Daily News
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Trump Takes His Biggest Step Yet Toward Restoring Meritocracy — The administration's executive order eliminating disparate-impact theory restores the 1964 Civil Rights Act to its original meaning. — Measured in Trump time, it took them eons to get around to it, but the White House …
Jeffrey Mervis / Science:
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy — “I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020 — The director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced his resignation today …
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New York Times, Politico, GovExec.com and Ars Technica
Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
ICE to spend up to $45 billion on contractors for immigrant detention, deportation — Private prison company CEO calls $45 billion detention expansion plans ‘exciting’ as President Trump ramps up deportations — The Trump administration is preparing to dramatically escalate the number …
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Fox News, Associated Press and Washington Times
David Ibave / KFOX-TV:
Ex-judge, wife into custody after claims of hosting Tren de Aragua member in Las Cruces — LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A former judge and his wife were taken into custody after authorities raided their home in Las Cruces following accusations that they had an alleged Tren de Aragua member living in their home.
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Washington Post:
Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West — Interior Department officials are considering scaling back the boundaries of national monuments in the West to encourage energy development on public lands. — Trump officials are analyzing whether to remove federal protections …
Mike Firn / Radio Free Asia:
Hanoi denies Washington will snub Vietnam War commemoration — The Vietnamese government says it expects American officials to attend ceremonies, in spite of a US media report. — BANGKOK - The Vietnamese government says it is expecting a sizable U.S. presence when it marks the 50th anniversary …
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WTOP News and Associated Press
Reuters:
Exclusive: Documents show differences over U.S. peace drive for Ukraine — Ukrainian and European officials pushed back this week against some U.S. proposals on how to end Russia's war in Ukraine, making counterproposals on issues from territory to sanctions, according to the full texts of the proposals seen by Reuters.
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The Kyiv Independent and American Greatness
