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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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Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes. — The fight over Waltz's survival shows the administration is obsessed with reporters more than NatSac protocols. — President Donald Trump was upset when he found out that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz …

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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Trump Administration Live Updates: Full Exchange of Signal Texts on U.S. Strikes Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak — Where Things Stand — Security leak: The full exchange of messages about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials on the Signal app …
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The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis — The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches …

Negligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classified
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The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.
The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.
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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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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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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Oops, DOGE Did It Again
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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
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The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated
The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated
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Dasha Burns / Politico:
‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows
‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
How the White House Uses Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak
How the White House Uses Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials
The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Calls for Hegseth, Waltz ousters grow in Congress over leaked chat
Calls for Hegseth, Waltz ousters grow in Congress over leaked chat
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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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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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Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student — Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said. — The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, is student at the Tufts's doctoral program …
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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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‘A lot closer than people expected’: GOP worries, Dem cash dominate tense Florida special election — President Donald Trump handpicked state Sen. Randy Fine to replace Mike Waltz in the district. — Randy Fine has leaned into President Donald Trump's endorsement to try to win a congressional special election in Florida.
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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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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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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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Inside DOGE's Plan to Invade the Treasury—and Throttle USAID — Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk's DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID. — From the beginning of President Donald …

How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Elon Musk's aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes …
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Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits — The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch. — A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, July 19, 2024. — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as “ghost guns.”
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Supreme Court allows Biden-era regulations for hard-to-trace ghost guns
Supreme Court allows Biden-era regulations for hard-to-trace ghost guns
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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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Nation's Elite Lawyers Choose Money Over The Constitution
Nation's Elite Lawyers Choose Money Over The Constitution
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Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy — Trump's people can be and are both — The amount of damage the second Trump administration has already done on many fronts, from foreign policy to public health to America's economic prospects, both for the months ahead and in the long run, is astonishing.

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.

Republican moves to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett over ‘Hot Wheels’ remark — A Texas Republican is proposing to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett after she appeared to make light of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's use of a wheelchair. The Dallas-area Democrat has drawn backlash after referring to Abbott …
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Corporate America's Euphoria Over Trump's ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress — CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession — Rapturous applause and a sea of phones in the air greeted President Trump …
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Denmark welcomes US decision to skip Greenland dog-sled race amid Trump spat — Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.
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Voice of America director sues over the outlet's closure — This is the second suit filed in response to the Trump administration's executive order gutting the media organization. — Voice of America Director Michael Abramowitz has sued the Trump administration, asking a federal court …
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‘Felt like a kidnapping’: Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal — It started off as a routine family trip to the supermarket. — On Saturday, March 8, a woman named Sarahi hopped into the car with her two kids and her 19-year old brother to drive from their home in Detroit …

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze dozens of teacher training grants — President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow it to freeze millions of dollars in grants to states for addressing teacher shortages over allegations that the money …
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This Is Why Young People Really Voted for Trump — Democrats were alarmed last spring and summer when polling suggested that voters ages 18 to 29 were softening in their longtime commitment to the Democratic Party. After the November election, when exit polls indicated that Kamala Harris …