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8:00 AM ET, March 16, 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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Court blocks deportations hours after Trump says he invoked 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 announced that he had invoked a law last used to justify Japanese internment camps.
Discussion: USA Today
Associated Press:
Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later  —  A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States.
Tim Balk / New York Times:
LIVE March 15, 2025, 11:41 a.m. ET Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America's Parent  —  Where Things Stand  — Alien Enemies Act: A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump administration must halt use of an obscure wartime law, called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to deport Venezuelans.
Washington Post:
Judge blocks Trump after he invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations  —  Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua members.  A federal judge later ordered the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off.
Politico:
Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act
America's Voice:
BREAKING: Trump Admin Aiming to Invoke Alien Enemies Act, the “Tip of a Very Dangerous Spear” for Democracy
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
Discussion: DNyuz
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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Steve Herman / The Newsguy:
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation's conscience  —  I am speaking here in my personal capacity and not as a representative of any agency or organization, past, present or future...  My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America's story to the world — honestly …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
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: Washington Examiner
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Liberal group calls for Schumer to step down as minority leader after spending bill vote  —  The request by Indivisible indicates just how much his decision has angered the Democratic grassroots.  —  The liberal organizing group Indivisible said Saturday it was calling for Senate Minority …
Discussion: DNyuz, The Hill, Fox News and Townhall
David Pozen / Balkinization:
A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)  —  By Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Jamal Greene, Olatunde Johnson, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen  —  On Thursday, the president of Columbia University received a remarkable letter …
Discussion: New York Times
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran  —  U.S. President Donald Trump launched strikes against Yemen's Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against ships in the Red Sea, warning if Houthi attacks did not stop “hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before.”
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New York Times:
Trump Orders Attacks on Militant Sites in Yemen and Issues a Warning to Iran
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
New York Times:
Trade War Retaliation Will Hit Trump Voters Hardest  —  The counties where tariffs could hit jobs, by presidential vote winner  —  Source: New York Times analysis of data from Lightcast and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.  Note: Vote results are for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Discussion: Fox Business
Jess Craig / Vox:
The devastating impact of Trump's slashing foreign aid, in 3 charts  —  From HIV to malnutrition, here's what the loss of 83 percent of USAID programs looks like. … In about three short months, the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to foreign aid, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods around the world.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Fortune
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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
Discussion: DNyuz
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees  —  The president, who recently had himself installed as the center's chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.  —  When President Trump was criticized by some of the artists …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
A mural of Anthony Fauci was meant to inspire staff.  Then NIH took it down.  —  A mural of Tony Fauci was meant to inspire staff.  Then NIH took it down.  —  Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, Trump officials continue to blame Fauci for missteps — and are minimizing his presence on his old campus.
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STAT:   STAT+: At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
 
 
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Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Jesse Watters Says His Mom Is ‘Upset’ Over DOGE Cuts
Randall / AsAmNews:
JACL condemns Trump erasure of 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion
CNN:
“Delete' is one of their favorite terms': Inside DOGE's IRS takeover ahead of tax season
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status
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
Sharryse Piggott / WUNC:
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks