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New York Times:
Hegseth's Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say — The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat …
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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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emptywheel, Lawyers, Guns & Money, WTTG-TV, The Gateway Pundit, PBS NewsHour, ABC News and Washington Examiner
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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The Bulwark, Salon, New York Post, So What, ABC News, The Independent, WBAL Baltimore News, 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
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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘love the concept’ of millionaire tax hike, but ‘may not be acceptable to the public’ — President Trump in an interview published Friday said he loves the “concept” of raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for some of his policy proposals in a sweeping piece of legislation but acknowledged …
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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 and New York Times
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Atlantic:
Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council
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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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 …
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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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump to target Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe
Trump to target Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe
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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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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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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
The president's latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’
The president's latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’
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Daily Mail, The Independent, UPI, The Nevada Independent, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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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Politico, ABC News, New York Daily News, Washington Times, The Hill, The Independent 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 and Alternet.org
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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Althouse, Palo Alto Daily Post and Fortune
Renee Anderson / CBS News:
George Santos faces sentencing today on Long Island. Here's how long he faces behind bars. — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos faces sentencing Friday on Long Island. He pleaded guilty last August to federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, admitting he exaggerated or fabricated large parts of his backstory.
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:
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. — A young woman walked casually down a public street only to find herself suddenly surrounded by masked law enforcement officers in plain clothes. Without explanation — and in the absence of criminal charges …
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
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Economic Nightmare … i remember the little stickers on restaurant menus. — In the 1970s, it cost much more to print a menu than it does today. Restaurants did not change them often. When prices rose, they'd retain their old menu—but affix little stickers with the new, handwritten prices atop the previous ones.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Chart of the week: Young people are anti-Trump again — If it's Friday, it's time for the Chart of the Week! I was going to write about Trump's sinking approval ratings on economics and immigration, and about the stock market, but I already wrote about that this week so I decided to do something new instead.
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Teen Vogue, The Up and Up and The Independent
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 …
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy — Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group's efforts inside Ukraine — Alleged former members of an international neo-Nazi terrorist organization are claiming …
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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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Newsmax, Jewish Insider, PoliticusUSA, The Forward, The Hill and Mediaite
Julie Su / American Prospect:
Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor — Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech. — Participants hold signs during a news conference with Federal Workers …
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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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Would Sign Bill Banning Congressional Stock Trades — President Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” sign a bill banning congressional stock trading, saying he was concerned lawmakers could be using insider information for an advantage. — “I would be okay with it,” …
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IJR
David Gilbert / Wired:
Behold, the Social Security Administration's AI Training Video — Social Security workers are being asked to use an AI chatbot. An animated instructional video fails to mention that you can't trust it with personally identifiable information. — Amidst the chaos and upheaval …
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The Hill and Alternet.org
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Trade Deals Getting Done 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 …
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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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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
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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New York Times and WBUR


