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Spiegel Online:
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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Wired:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
The Atlantic:
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 …
Daniel Boguslaw / American Prospect:
Michael Waltz's Venmo Is Public, and It's Full of Journalists  —  The figure who tagged a journalist into a Signal chat about the attack on Yemen also failed to set his Venmo to private, revealing his willingness to engage with reporters of all political stripes.
NBC News:
‘Somebody has to go down’: Trump allies take aim at Michael Waltz  —  In a particularly rough week for the Trump administration, a number of the president's allies are calling for accountability after military plans were inadvertently shared with a journalist.
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Times
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate  —  The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself  —  Welcome to Doomsday Scenario, my regular column on national security, geopolitics, history, and—unfortunately—the fight for democracy in the Trump era.
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
The Guardian:
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 …
Irie Sentner / Politico:
The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.
Discussion: Raw Story and New Jersey Online
CNN:
Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Adviser Lied About Not Knowing Atlantic Editor in Group Chat
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:   When Your Threat Model Is Being a Moron
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New York Times:
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 …
Associated Press:
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
New York Times:
Here is the latest.  —  The measure is intended to bring car factories to the United States but could increase prices for consumers significantly.  —  Here is the latest.  —  President Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 25 percent tariffs on all cars that are shipped into the United States.
Discussion: Washington Post, RedState, UPI and The Verge
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues  —  President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Von der Leyen vows EU will protect its interests as Trump announces huge car tariffs
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people  —  But millions applying for retirement or survivor benefits will no longer be allowed to verify their identity by phone, and will need to do so online or in person.  —  The Social Security Administration …
Discussion: NPR and New Jersey Online
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:   Social Security postpones and partially rolls back ID changes
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
Walter Olson / The UnPopulist:
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 …
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law
Discussion: Deseret News and The Dispatch
New York Times:
Rivals Pounce on Paul Weiss, a Top Law Firm, After Trump's Order
Discussion: Off Message and The Hill
Mother Jones:
“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.
Discussion: Reason and Just Security
New York Times:
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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Richard L. Hasen / MSNBC:
Trump's executive order on elections is a blatant power grab  —  It seems especially dangerous to take power away from the states when there are many threats to our democracy.  —  By design, presidents have no power over the conduct of federal elections.  President Donald Trump's recent executive order …
Jim Friedlich / Chicago Sun Times:
Now that Trump has silenced Voice of America, could U.S. public media outlets be next?  —  The president's decision to shutter the global news organization portends ever more troubling repression of independent journalism in the United States.  —  Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump signed …
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CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks NPR and PBS as ‘communist,’ calls for funding to ‘end’
Devan Cole / CNN:
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.
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
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 …
Reuters:
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.
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Federal Court Slaps Down DOJ's Request to Allow Deportations Under Wartime Law  —  A three-judge panel Wednesday with a 2-1 vote declined the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to lift a lower-court order preventing the Trump administration from using an 18th century wartime law to deport people …
Discussion: NPR
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Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Trump To Courts: What I Do With Migrant ‘Terrorists’ Isn't Your Business
Noah Shachtman / New York Times:
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?
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
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 …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada  —  Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’  —  A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university …
Discussion: Daily Nous
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid  —  As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country's racist apartheid government decades ago, some on the American right felt they took it too far.  One of those people who stepped up and spoke …
 
 
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Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
Some Weird Alliances Are Breaking Out Among Democrats
Ben Packer / UAW:
In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster
Discussion: The Hill
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE PARTS INTO THE UNITED STATES
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
Julie Pace / Wall Street Journal:
The AP's Freedom of Speech—and Yours
Discussion: The Federalist
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
Discussion: Reuters
Ceylan Yeğinsu / New York Times:
‘Trump Slump’ Looms as Foreign Visitors Rethink Travel to U.S.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Democrat Asks Intel Leaders If Pete Hegseth May Have Been Drinking Before Signal Chat
New York Post:
Team Trump will pay a price for whistling past the Signal group-chat fiasco
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
LA Times owner defends remaking paper to Tucker Carlson
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Associated Press:
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Nieman Lab:
Reuters 2025 Digital News Report: in a first, Americans' top news source is social media, at 54%, overtaking TV, at 50%, and news websites and apps, at 48%

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
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Mark Mwachiro / Adweek:
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