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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal — So, about that Signal chat. — On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive Trump-administration security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, why he had shared plans …
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Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online — Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers …
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Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public — A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it. — A Venmo account under the name …
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The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner. — The president has used a strongman playbook to bring universities, news organizations and law firms to heel. That didn't work on The Atlantic. — Over the past two months …
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Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes.
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SignalGate Isn't About Signal — The Trump cabinet's shocking leak of its plans …
SignalGate Isn't About Signal — The Trump cabinet's shocking leak of its plans …
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Negligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classified
Negligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classified
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WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine — “I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE — The university was told that the student's visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members. — An international student in a graduate program at Tufts University was taken …
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Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody — A Tufts University international graduate student is in federal custody after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. — Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national and PhD student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences …
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
DHS detains grad student who advocated for Palestine and the “humanity of all people”
DHS detains grad student who advocated for Palestine and the “humanity of all people”
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Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars — President Trump on Wednesday said he will put a 25% tariff on automobiles and light trucks imported into the U.S., escalating his administration's use of aggressive trade measures in an effort to boost domestic manufacturers.
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Here is the latest. — The measure is intended to bring car factories to the United States …
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Trump announces additional 25 percent tariff on auto imports
Trump announces additional 25 percent tariff on auto imports
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump imposes sweeping auto tariffs in latest trade crackdown
Trump imposes sweeping auto tariffs in latest trade crackdown
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump will announce auto tariffs at a White House news conference
Trump will announce auto tariffs at a White House news conference
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Duckworth: 'Pete Hegseth is a ‘f‑‑‑ing liar’ — Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) called Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth a “f‑‑‑ing liar” and demanded his resignation, after the top military official repeatedly insisted he did not share classified information …
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Republican senators break ranks to call for investigation of Signal leak scandal — Senior GOP figures warn of potential ‘significant political problem’ for Trump administration in rare sign of unrest — In rare signs of unrest, top Republican senators are calling for an investigation …
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‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows
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Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages
Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages
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Exclusive: DOGE staffer, ‘Big Balls’, provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show — WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 26 (Reuters) - (This story contains strong language in paragraph 15) — The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support …
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“You're Here Because of Your Tattoos” — On Friday, March 14, Arturo Suárez Trejo called his wife, Nathali Sánchez, from an immigration detention center in Texas. Suárez, a 33-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, explained that his deportation flight had been delayed.
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Trump To Courts: What I Do With Migrant ‘Terrorists’ Isn't Your Business
Trump To Courts: What I Do With Migrant ‘Terrorists’ Isn't Your Business
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4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he did not yet know the details. A U.S. official would say only that the four soldiers …
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Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district — Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a district that a Democrat …
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Trump's executive order on voting seems to ignore a lot of law — The process of governance matters, but the president pretends we don't have a Congress and rides roughshod over the states. — President Trump has finally issued an executive order on election administration. — I'd expected it to come sooner.
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Trump's Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
Trump's Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
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Federal appeals court maintains temporary block on Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations — A divided federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Donald Trump's ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.

What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about — The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era. — Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are striking a chord.
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U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries — A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration's plans for thousands of foreign aid programs. — The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States' financial support for Gavi, the organization …
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Trump Is Going After the Independence of the Entire Legal Profession, Not Just Big Law — A new presidential memo is meant to instill fear in any firm that dares to represent his political adversaries — The Trump administration's assault on lawyers who represent its perceived adversaries …

Gabbard says Signal comes ‘pre-installed’ on government devices — The app has been largely banned on government-issued devices in the past. — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified to House Intelligence Committee members Wednesday that encrypted messaging app Signal comes …
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U.S. Prosecutors Probe Tip About Timing of Pfizer Vaccine — Claim came to the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan via Pfizer rival GSK — Soon after President Trump won the presidential election in November, British drugmaker GSK brought an unusual claim to federal prosecutors in Manhattan …
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Hmmm: Did Pfizer Try to Throw the 2020 Election to Biden?
Hmmm: Did Pfizer Try to Throw the 2020 Election to Biden?
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Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services — States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services. — The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion …
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Canada freezes rebate payments to Tesla, bans it from future rebate programs due to tariffs — Canada has frozen all rebate payments for Tesla (TSLA.O) and banned the electric-vehicle maker from future EV rebate programs, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.

The AP's Freedom of Speech—and Yours — A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes. — For anyone who thinks the Associated Press's lawsuit against President Trump's White House is about the name of a body of water, think bigger. It's really about whether the government can control what you say.
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DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why — Fewer than 50 people have access to Social Security Administration databases containing hundreds of millions of people's private financial and personal information. — But only one also has access …
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Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥 — If you're running the security directorate of a hostile nation, savor this moment. It's never been easier to steal secrets from the United States government. Can you even call it stealing when it's this simple?
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Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states — The cuts, if carried through, would politicize the federal funds that Congress and the Biden administration awarded to seven regional applicants as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law.
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Rivals Pounce on Paul Weiss, a Top Law Firm, After Trump's Order — Fears that competitors could take its top rainmaking talent added to the law firm's worries about a Trump executive order that targeted it. — President Trump's executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting …
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