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7:50 PM ET, March 15, 2025

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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated …
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Associated Press:
A judge limits Trump's ability to deport people under the 18th century Alien Enemies Act  —  Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows the president broader leeway …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Court blocks deportations hours after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act  —  A little before 7:00 p.m. Saturday, a federal judge issued an order temporarily stopping deportations set in motion by President Donald Trump hours earlier when he invoked a law last used to justify Japanese internment camps.
Discussion: Bloomberg, USA Today and Forbes
America's Voice:
BREAKING: Trump Admin Aiming to Invoke Alien Enemies Act, the “Tip of a Very Dangerous Spear” for Democracy
Discussion: Just Security and Common Dreams
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
Discussion: New York Times
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump orders cuts  —  Employees at Voice of America were placed on paid leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks  —  Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions.  —  All full-time staffers …
Discussion: Reuters, National Review and Politico
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness
Discussion: Politico and The Wrap
New York Times:
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her  —  Ranjani Srinivasan's student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities.  That was just the start of her odyssey.  —  The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy …
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New York Times:
Trump Orders Attacks on Militant Sites in Yemen and Issues a Warning to Iran  —  The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.  —  The United States carried out large-scale military strikes …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran
Sarah Betancourt / New Hampshire Public Radio:
Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained  —  A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Keeping With Kennedy's Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments  —  In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.  —  Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Tom Mooney / The Providence Journal:
Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order.  What we know.  —  A federal court order that would have halted the immediate deportation of a Rhode Island doctor was issued Friday evening while the doctor's departing plane sat on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport, said a family friend and colleague.
Discussion: The Boston Globe
Spencer Humphrey / WKRN-TV:
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City retiree said his Social Security benefits were suspended without warning — and with no explanation given when he reached out.  He worries it may have to do with the place …
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:   Voters flood town halls with fears of Social Security cuts, putting heat on GOP over Musk and DOGE
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut.  That Isn't True.  —  Mr. Kristof reported from South Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya.  Ms. Fezehai is a photographer and visual journalist based in Kenya.  —  As the world's richest men slash American aid for the world's poorest children, they insist that all is well.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mediaite
Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk  —  Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
Discussion: Coeur d'Alene Press
Washington Post:
Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status  —  Their arrests, weeks before TPS is set to expire for many Venezuelans, raised alarms that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents and children.  —  Just now  —  The Venezuelan couple …
Indivisible:
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer surrendered leverage in the Senate, paving the way for a GOP funding bill that jeopardizes critical programs and accelerates the efforts of Trump, Musk and congressional Republicans …
Discussion: Salon
Pduskie / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America's Enemies”  —  RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America's Enemies”  —  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed today by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that its federal grant agreement …
András Pethő / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar  —  Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán's playbook.  —  When Viktor Orbán gave a speech in 2022 at a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering in Budapest …
STAT:
STAT+: At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control  —  With the National Institutes of Health facing deep workforce cuts and little information from agency leadership about how those cuts will be made, scientists, administrators …
CNN:
“Delete' is one of their favorite terms': Inside DOGE's IRS takeover ahead of tax season  —  The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency's Washington, DC, headquarters.
Discussion: FOX8 WGHP, Raw Story and Fox Business
Sharryse Piggott / WUNC:
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks  —  The State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services received a letter from the United States Department of Agriculture earlier this month stating it will no longer receive funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump's Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance  —  The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions.  —  Presidents and prosecutors have for generations appeared …
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
A mural of Tony Fauci was meant to inspire staff. Then NIH took it down.
Mike Brock / Notes From The Circus:
The Day That Never Ends  —  In a political maneuver that would make Kafka blush …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Invading Canada Is Not Advisable
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Kash Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Whitewashing American history
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
How Pete Hegseth is pushing his beliefs on US agency: ‘nothing to prepare forces’
Discussion: Raw Story and E&E News
Ry Rivard / Politico:
Two former governors resigned in scandal. Now they want to be mayors.
Discussion: City & State New York
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
Trump revokes nearly 20 executive orders issued by Biden administration
Discussion: The Hill and The Post Millennial
Greg B. Smith / The City:
Trump Org Presses Eric Adams for Wollman Rink Rights After City Hall Spurned $120M Nonprofit Gift
NBC News:
A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally
Public Notice:
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The US House votes 214-212 to rescind $1.1B in federal funding for public broadcasting for the next two fiscal years; the bill now heads to the Senate

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
A look at Apple's vision for Apple TV+ and its film business, as Tim Cook says the company's $200M+ bet on the F1 movie is about more than selling iPhones

New York Times:
Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content

 
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