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Scoop: White House to pull CDC director nomination  —  The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Dave Weldon to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), per a source close to Senate health committee and another source familiar.

Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days  —  The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president's mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.

Trump threatens 200% tariff on European wine and Champagne  —  Washington — President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose tariffs on wines, Champagnes and other alcoholic products imported to the U.S. from France and other European countries in response to raised tariffs the European Union placed on American whiskey.

Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange's Guilty Plea  —  Discussions for stake in Binance's U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea  —  Representatives of President Trump's family …

Top IRS lawyer pushed aside as DOGE seeks tax records, staffing cuts  —  Elon Musk's team has provoked concern among career staff over requests for tax records of undocumented immigrants.  —  The acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service has been removed from his position …

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes  —  Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation's largest megachurches — has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.

Russia says it does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine  —  Putin's foreign policy adviser says Moscow wants long-term settlement taking its interests into account  —  Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and is pushing for a long-term peace settlement that will take into account …

Pete Buttigieg, a Possible 2028 Contender, Won't Run for Senate in Michigan  —  The former transportation secretary, who moved to Michigan from Indiana in 2022, had been seen as the most prominent potential candidate in next year's marquee contest.  —  Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary …

DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find  —  Elon Musk's group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency.  But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency …

Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say  —  Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, according to two U.S. officials..

Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war  —  The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general's corps  —  The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is expected in the coming weeks to start a sweeping overhaul …

NH's new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates  —  It took three trips, but Brooke Yonge was finally able to cast her ballot.  —  On her first trip to the Derry polls Tuesday morning, Yonge didn't bring proof of her U.S. citizenship …

Former lawmaker says Trump pardoned him 2 weeks into campaign finance scheme sentence  —  President Trump pardoned a former Tennessee Republican lawmaker who was two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance scheme.  —  Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey announced his pardon in a post online.

Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions  —  The demands for information are designed to clarify the “parameters of DOGE's and Musk's authority.”  —  A federal judge has ordered that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency turn …

'They're Totally Screwed': White House Taunts Democrats on Shutdown  —  The administration thinks the opposition is about to eat crow.  —  Senate Democrats haven't even surrendered yet on a government shutdown — but already White House officials are gloating about making them eat crow, almost taunting them to vote “no.”

Walz: 'We wouldn't be in this mess if we had won the election'  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the 2024 Democratic nominee for vice president, sharply criticized President Trump's governance style and economic policies but said he takes some responsibility for “this mess” after losing the election in November.

Meta wins halt to promotion of ‘Careless People’ tell-all book by former employee  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) on Wednesday won an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily stop promotion of the tell-all book “Careless People” by a former employee, according to a copy of the ruling published by the social media company.

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department  —  The Trump administration cut about half the agency's work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively.  The attorneys general called the layoffs “reckless and illegal.”

Fox's Laura Ingraham Advises Viewers to ‘Ignore’ Tumbling Stock Market Because Trump ‘Is Good for Business’  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham advised her viewers to “ignore” the tumbling stock market and “sky is falling reports in the regime press,” Wednesday, because President Donald Trump is “good for business.”

Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR … Federal workers obviously don't like government shutdowns.  Most of them are furloughed.  Others are forced to continue working without pay.  But in a letter addressed to members of the Senate, which I obtained …

‘I just call Elon.’ To avoid DOGE cuts, lawmakers just need the right connections and an ‘R’ after their names  —  WASHINGTON — At Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, there is no official help line for members of Congress to call with questions about how the billionaire's far-reaching effort …

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump's Purge  —  Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they're struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

Federal Workers Return to the Office.  Custodial Staff Doesn't.  —  There are reports of clogged sinks, overflowing trash cans, and a lack of toilet paper.  —  With the Capitol shut down to tourists, a workman performs a routine cleaning of surfaces in the Capitol Visitor Center, March 13, 2020, in Washington.