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2:15 PM ET, March 16, 2025

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  It has been quite a week for Chuck Schumer.  When I spoke to the Senate minority leader on Monday, we talked about a lot of things: the direction of his party …
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NBC News:
Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder  —  Unlike in Trump's first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll.
NBC News:
Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big change
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge's order stopping removal  —  The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge's order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting …
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Luke Garrett / NPR:
Hundreds of alleged gang members deported from U.S. despite court order
Lauren Villagran / USA Today:
He voted for Trump.  Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.  —  Bradley Bartell and Camila Muñoz had a familiar small-town love story, before they collided with immigration politics.  —  They met through mutual friends, had a first date at the local steakhouse …
Discussion: Saywhat Politics
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: Daily Mail and Fox Business
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:   Tuberville says Trump's tariffs ‘only shot’ at ‘getting our country back’
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Associated Press:
Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
Steve Herman / The Newsguy:   Requiem for the voice that carried a nation's conscience
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 …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Murphy says Americans want Democrats to ‘take risks right now’ to ‘save our democracy’  —  Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Sunday that Americans want Democrats to “take risks right now” to “save our democracy” after internal party divisions over a funding bill.
Discussion: NBC News
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans  —  The Trump administration's hard stance on tariffs and other international policies has some travelers rethinking where they vacation.  —  International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump's trade policies …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
132. Five Questions About Trump's Alien Enemy Act Proclamation  —  A quick take on some of the questions raised by President Trump's ... dubious invocation of a 1798 statute as a basis for arresting, detaining, and removing non-citizens with ties to Tren de Aragua.
Joe Rennison / New York Times:
Trump's Moves Are Boosting Stocks ... Overseas  —  For years, the S&P 500 soared above the stock indexes of other countries.  But since Trump's inauguration, it has fallen 6 percent and is now trailing major markets in Europe and China.  —  President Trump has promised to create an age …
Politico:
White House seriously considering deal from Oracle to run TikTok  —  Any deal could face security concerns from China hawks in Congress.  —  The software company Oracle is accelerating talks with the White House on a deal to run TikTok, though significant concerns remain about what role …
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.
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Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:   Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans  —  Notorious Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations  — Never miss global breaking news.  Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
What Authoritarianism Means  —  An audio version of this piece will be added by Monday morning.  —  It has been almost two months since Donald Trump's inauguration.  It feels much longer.  The speed and the scope of the assault on the constitutional order, on the foundations of democratic self-government have been unprecedented.
Garry Trudeau / GoComics:
Featured Comment  —  Bill Clinton enacted his Reinventing Government package of streamlining restructuring (REIGO) in 1993, when he still held legislative majorities.  It was passed by a margin of ONE VOTE.  Al Gore was the one who actually drafted the plan in writing …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Not getting the donations’: DC insider notes Kennedy Center decline after Trump takeover  —  A longtime insider who has been at the center of the Washington, D.C. social scene for decade claims Donald Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center is destroying the venerable institution as ticket sales dry up …
Discussion: The Guardian
Frances Vinall / Washington Post:
Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’  —  A new social studies agenda approved by the education board would require high-schoolers to review baseless claims related to President Trump's 2020 election loss.
 
 
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John Hendel / Politico:
Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
Noel Rubinton / Washington Post:
Nita Lowey, first woman to chair House appropriations panel, dies at 87
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Trump says the economy ‘went to hell’ under Biden. The opposite is true
Jeanne Whalen / Wall Street Journal:
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Associated Press:
Tornadoes, wildfires and blinding dust sweep across US as massive storm leaves at least 33 dead
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
A Trump county worries Medicaid cuts could throw them back into opioid spiral
Michael Hirsh / Politico:
‘Beyond My Wildest Dreams’: The Architect of Project 2025 Is Ready for His Victory Lap
Discussion: The Independent
Associated Press:
Angst pervades a pair of Republican town halls — one in Trump country, the other in a swing state
NBC News:
Federal workers cast Trump's many Mar-a-Lago trips as working from home
Discussion: New York Times and Courier News
Vox:
Were companies ever serious about DEI?
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Michael Waltz, Trump's National Security Adviser, Is Taking Fire From Both Sides
Jessica Craig / Vox:
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Washington Post:
Judge blocks Trump after he invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations
 

 
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