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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow — Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups.
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow — Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak — The president criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a photo shoot, a day before Federal Reserve subpoenas — WASHINGTON—President Trump criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a White House event last week …
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Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting — At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the administration's handling of the fatal shooting of a motorist in Minneapolis …
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Matt Sepic / MPR News:
Minn. fraud prosecutor quits over ICE shooting probe
Minn. fraud prosecutor quits over ICE shooting probe
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe
Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe
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Laura Jedeed / Slate:
You've Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I'm the Proof. — What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out. — The plan was never to become an ICE agent.
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:
Whistleblower drops ‘largest ever’ ICE leak to unmask agents: ‘The last straw’ — A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach — INTERNAL REVOLT — A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good. — EXCLUSIVE — Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry — The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress. — Bill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday …
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New York Times:
Read the Clintons' Legal Letter to Comer — Lawyers for Bill and Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, on why the couple would not testify in the House's Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House GOP moves to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress in Epstein probe
Cate Martel / The Hill:
Trump pulls plug on Iran talks, spurs protesters
Trump pulls plug on Iran talks, spurs protesters
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New York Times:
Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell — Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year. — The investigation of Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, has prompted fierce blowback from Republicans …
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Paul Krugman:
Trump is Venezuelifying the United States
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Washington Post:
Trump blasts Fed's Powell in speech on economy
Trump blasts Fed's Powell in speech on economy
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Johanna Treeck / Politico:
Global central bankers speak up for beleaguered Fed Chair Powell
Global central bankers speak up for beleaguered Fed Chair Powell
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Wall Street Journal:
Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
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Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgue — Information trickling out of Iran on Tuesday suggests that a crackdown by authorities to end more than two weeks of widespread anti-government protests has likely been far more deadly than activists outside the country have reported.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution — The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during …
New York Times:
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss's Bumpy Revamp at CBS — Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes. — Bari Weiss's message to the “CBS Evening News” team was blunt.
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Los Angeles Times:
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says — 7 min Click here to listen to this article — A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Resistance Libs Were Right — For the last decade there's been a debate, among people who don't like Donald Trump, about whether he's a fascist. — The argument that he isn't often hinges on two things. First, when Trump first came to power, he lacked a street-fighting force …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error — A handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Voters Think Fatal Shooting Of Minneapolis Woman By ICE Agent Was Not Justified, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Enforcing Immigration Laws — mail_outline — Days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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CNN:
Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome — Federal agencies US military National security — The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators …
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Mizy Clifton / Politico:
US State Department threatens UK over probe into Elon Musk's X — Official Sarah B. Rogers said “nothing is off the table” if X is banned in the U.K. — LONDON — The U.S. Department of State's Sarah B. Rogers says “nothing is off the table” if the U.K. government makes good on its threat …
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Julia Harte / Reuters:
Video of Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters it was justifiable — Video of a U.S. immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car on Wednesday has divided the nation, becoming a political Rorschach test that elicits different verdicts depending on who views it.
Lauren Coates / Variety:
Scott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ Creator, Dies at 68 — Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, who became controversial for his right-wing statements, has died following a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 68. … Adams started writing blog posts praising Donald Trump in 2015 …
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NPR:
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions — When Emma Brennan and Lauren Wright got married last year, the couple began weighing seriously whether or not to have a child. “A lot of people our age are not having kids, or are waiting, and they have a great life regardless,” Brennan said.
Preston Mizell / Fox News:
Trump administration ends temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in US — Several thousand Somali nationals currently living in the US must leave the country by March 17 — FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is ending temporary protection status (TPS) for Somalia …
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New York Times:
Initial Obamacare Enrollment Drops by 1.4 Million — That number could increase significantly as more consumers are faced with higher bills brought on by expiring premium subsidies. — About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in Obamacare coverage this year in the face of soaring premiums …
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Rhodium Group:
Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 2025 — Based on preliminary economic and energy activity data, we estimate that in 2025, US greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4%, marking a change from the prior two years of decreases in emissions.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Over 50 House Dems sign onto Kristi Noem impeachment articles — Over 50 House Democrats have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned. … - Reps. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Al Green (D-Texas) and Haley Stevens …
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Steph Brawn / The National:
New Ukip logo slated over ‘similarities to Nazi symbol’ — A NEW party logo proposed by the UK Independence Party (Ukip) has been slammed for being strikingly similar to a Nazi symbol. — The party has bid to replace its purple and yellow logo featuring a gold pound sign with a black …
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Young Americans Are Turning Antisemitic — A recent survey shows a clear shift toward anti-Jewish sentiment—and it's worst on the far right. — SATURDAY'S DEVASTATING ARSON ATTACK on the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, has been the latest in a string of reports that highlight …
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
GOP unveils plan to cut deficit by $1 trillion with second ‘big, beautiful bill’ — The legislation could cut the federal deficit by $1 trillion, Republicans say — The House GOP's largest caucus released a plan for a second “big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday morning, which the group …
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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Terrorist Designations of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters — Today, as a first step in support of President Trump's commitment to eliminate the capabilities and operations of Muslim Brotherhood chapters that pose a threat to the United States as described in Executive Order 14362 …
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John Hewitt Jones / Politico:
Deepfake porn bill allowing victims to sue passes Senate — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake pornography to sue the producers and distributors of such content. The proposal was put forward by Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) …

