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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Mike Waltz out as national security adviser, but Trump says he'll be ambassador to U.N.  —  National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House, according to multiple sources familiar with their departure.
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Politico:
Trump ousts Mike Waltz as national security adviser  —  Names for a replacement have been discussed around the West Wing for weeks.  —  President Donald Trump ousted Mike Waltz, who has lost the confidence of other administration officials, from his national security adviser position on Thursday.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Oust National Security Adviser Mike Waltz  —  The decision followed a report that Waltz placed a reporter on a sensitive Signal chat about bombing the Houthis in Yemen  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is replacing national security adviser Mike Waltz roughly a month after he put …
Axios:
Why Trump's White House turned on Mike Waltz  —  Mike Waltz has been a dead man walking for the past month, and the outgoing national security adviser started to act like it, Trump administration sources tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: “Signalgate” badly damaged Waltz, but it wasn't his only problem.
Fox News:
Mike Waltz, other National Security Council staffers out in latest Trump purge following Signal chat leak
Washington Post:
Live updates Trump plans to nominate Michael Waltz as U.N. ambassador
CNN:
Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz expected to depart administration, sources say
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump names Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz as UN ambassador
New York Times:
There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump's Power Grab  —  The first 100 days of President Trump's second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction.  Mr. Trump is attempting to create a presidency unconstrained by Congress or the courts …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under the Alien Enemies Act
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Spooked By Trade Wars, Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: ‘It Would Be Stupid Not To!’  —  Some Trump administration officials are stockpiling toilet paper and food before Trump's tariffs cause prices to skyrocket … Well, many Americans aren't listening to that advice, according to survey data this year …
Discussion: The Hill and Semafor
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Trump is Terrified of Tariff Blowback
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case  —  The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president's executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients.  —  When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided …
Harshita Meenaktshi / Reuters:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports  —  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
Discussion: Fox News
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Haagen-Dazs and Buddha: Elon Musk waxes philosophical on his time with Trump  —  Musk reflected on what it has been like at the center of the U.S. DOGE Service.  At times, the man running the show wondered aloud how the show even started.  —  Elon Musk sat down in the Roosevelt Room late Wednesday afternoon …
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Billal Rahman / Newsweek:
Republicans Vote Against Move To Stop ICE Deporting US Citizens  —  have voted down an effort to block immigration enforcers from using federal resources to detain or deport U.S. citizens.  —  During a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday,  —  tabled amendments to a sweeping budget bill that President
Discussion: Salon, New Republic and PoliticusUSA
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Bloomberg:
The Rising Cost of ICE Flying Immigrants to Far-Flung Detention Centers
Discussion: Hartford Courant and Zeteo
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health  —  Congress authorized the money in a bipartisan breakthrough around addressing gun violence after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers.
Paul Krugman:
It's Trump's Economy Now  —  Many people have complained about New York Times headlines, with reason.  All too often an equivocating, sanewashing headline belies the excellent reporting that follows.  But yesterday the Times got it right about the first-quarter decline in GDP …
Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review:
Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics … A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all communications between the staff …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order.  Others are expected to fall  —  When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he warned Americans during his campaign of a tariff ‘transition period’  —  President Donald Trump falsely claimed Tuesday that he warned during his 2024 campaign that his tariffs would require Americans to experience a “transition period.”
Discussion: Washington Post
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
And So It Begins: Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire  —  via Bruce Japsen at Forbes, the first shoe has dropped: … Below I list the 17 states where CVS/Aetna is pulling out of the ACA market.  —  IMPORTANT: I've included my estimate …
Discussion: Forbes and STAT
O. Rose Broderick / STAT:
STAT+: Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry  —  SEATTLE — Michael VanPelt spent several weeks recently glued to his telephone, dialing doctors who might be able to get his 3-year-old son in for an autism evaluation.  The music teacher ran out of providers …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants a New Air Force One So Badly He's Refurbishing a Qatari Plane  —  The luxury plane is being outfitted in Texas for Trump's use as his frustration mounts with Boeing  —  President Trump is done waiting for Boeing .  —  Frustrated by delays on Boeing's work to deliver a new Air Force One …
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it ‘illegal DEI’  —  A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was stopped by an executive order.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
HHS redirects $500 million to Trump appointee's vaccine project, bypassing reviews  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has transferred $500 million from research into next-generation COVID-19 vaccines, redirecting the money to a single vaccine project linked to the Trump …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The New Culture of the Right: Vital, Masculine and Intentionally Offensive  —  The left has dictated culture for decades.  Jonathan Keeperman is trying to change that.  —  Ross Douthat: There's been a lot of talk about a vibe shift since Donald Trump's election and return to office …
Discussion: alicublog
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: White House launches Drudge-style website to promote Trump  —  The White House has launched a new Drudge Report-like website devoted to promoting pro-Trump news stories.  —  Why it matters: The site, called White House Wire, represents the administration's latest effort to circumvent …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Weekly jobless claims surge to 241,000, more than expected, in latest sign of economic trouble … WATCH NOW  —  Initial unemployment claims posted an unexpected increase last week in a potential trouble sign for the wobbling U.S. economy.  —  First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Associated Press and UPI
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
At a Dubai Conference, Trump's Conflicts Take Center Stage  —  A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president's son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the beginning.”
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
A small Montana town has thrived on federal jobs.  Now come Trump's cuts.  —  In this pocket of red America, locals worry that the losses at Rocky Mountain Laboratories and the Bitterroot National Forest could have dire consequences.  —  HAMILTON, Mont. — In an era of rural decline …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories  —  Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about President Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
Discussion: Yahoo News
The Hill:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to end deportation protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, the administration's latest plea for the justices to intervene in President Trump's sweeping immigration agenda.
Jack Herrera / New York Times:
For One Texas County, Arresting Migrants Made Big Money  —  Kinney County, along Texas' border with Mexico, collected some $1.7 million in bail from migrants who were deported before they could make their court appearances.  The money was never returned.  —  Kinney County has collected large amounts …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats fume at rogue Trump impeachment push  —  Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) has set off an internal furor among House Democrats with his unsanctioned efforts to impeach President Trump, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: In addition to many House Democrats seeing the push …
 
 
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Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
That $119 swimsuit? With tariffs it will cost you $360.
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Trump's Recession Has Begun
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Reuters:
Democratic lawmakers call for review of Musk's role in Golden Dome missile defense shield
Jocelyn Kaiser / Science:
NIH under siege
Pete Syme / Business Insider:
Airbus will avoid Trump tariffs by delivering planes to US airlines in countries outside America, its CEO says
New York Times:
100 Days of Solitude: Trump and the Retreat of America
Discussion: Bloomberg
 Earlier Items: 
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Trump's HHS casts doubt on evidence supporting gender-affirming care for youth
Justine Calma / The Verge:
House Republicans move to stop California from setting its own vehicle pollution standards
Miami Herald:
Former federal prosecutors lay out possible crimes in Hope Florida saga
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
What the First 100 Days Taught Us About Resisting Trump
Bobbie Johnson / Wired:
North Korea Stole Your Job
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
‘Bumbling F*cking Idiot!’ White House Insider Slams Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Over Solo Putin Meetings
NPR:
Trump's VA strands thousands of veterans by ending a key mortgage program
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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