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5:30 PM ET, January 28, 2025

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Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans  —  The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB Pritzker's office.  The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
White House says Medicaid portal ‘will be back online shortly’ after Trump funding freeze blamed … Medicaid reimbursement portals were down Tuesday in every U.S. state on the heels of a funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration of federal grants and loans, Sen. Ron Wyden said.
Axios:
Scoop: Trump offering buyouts to all federal workers, source says … We're five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office.  That is unacceptable," a senior administration official tells Axios.
Discussion: The Hill
Daniel Barnes / NBC News:
D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending  —  The order from Judge Loren AliKhan runs through next Monday, when further arguments in the case are scheduled.  —  Trump administration freezes nearly all federal grants and loans
STAT:
As some Medicaid sites freeze up, White House acts to clarify pause on grants and programs  —  Payments system appears to be an issue after budget office issued broadly worded memo  —  WASHINGTON — A memo from the White House budget office indicates that Medicaid payments should not be affected …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald's instead  —  Rep. Rich McCormick said that the freeze on federal aid would allow the government to review all programs including ones that provide free school lunches to low-income children.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Live Updates: White House Defends Trump's Funding Freeze as Opponents Rush to Block It  —  Where Things Stand  — Federal aid pause: The White House budget office ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, a sweeping move it said was necessary to bring …
Washington Post:
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion  —  Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo.  —  The White House budget office is ordering a pause to all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government …
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Legal battle looms as Trump orders a funding freeze during a review of federal loans and grants
NBC News:
Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion
Washington Post:   Trump's chaotic pause of federal grants
Washington Post:
Trump's perceived enemies brace for retribution with plans, dark humor
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House
New York Times:
States Plan to Sue to Block Trump's Federal Grants Freeze
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Playbook: Trump's massive power grab
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Transom
Washington Post:
Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter  —  In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump's HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy's ethics and views on vaccines.  —  Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators …
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Associated Press:
Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘predator’  —  Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump's health secretary.
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:   Caroline Kennedy calls RFK Jr. a “predator” in letter to senators a day before his confirmation hearings
Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
Michigan's Gary Peters won't seek reelection to U.S. Senate.  Here's why  —  Washington ― Gary Peters, Michigan's senior senator and a former congressman, said he won't seek reelection next year and will retire from the U.S. Senate when his second term ends in January 2027.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues  —  As Trump floods the zone in his first week in office, Democrats are departing from their “resistance” strategy in his first term and zeroing in on issues that cost them the last election.
Discussion: Slate and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:   Scoop: Senate Democrats unify against GOP on ICC sanctions
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Trump Ousts Top Labor Board Leaders Who Backed Broader Worker Rights  —  Jennifer Abruzzo says she was fired by email late on Monday  —  Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits of presidential authority.
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Trump fires senior labor board official in ‘unprecedented and illegal’ move
Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says  —  The comments came as Denmark's prime minister travels to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up support from allies.  —  PARIS — France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response …
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Breaking Defense
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Politico:
Europe's leaders plot to stop Trump from taking Greenland
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Paul Krugman / The Contrarian:
Departing the New York Times  —  As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer at the New York Times—a job I had done for 25 years.  Despite the encomiums issued by the Times, it was not a happy departure.  If you check out my Substack …
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Reuters:
Americans sour on some of Trump's early moves, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Americans have a dim view of some of President Donald Trump's early barrage of executive orders, including his attempt to do away with so-called birthright citizenship and his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Discussion: Carolina Journal
Steve Vladeck / One First:
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025  —  The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of “impoundment”—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims …
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Tariffs Hit US Growth Before, and Threaten to Again  —  Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve show just how much policymakers were scrambling to keep growth intact.  —  For skeptics of President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, the concern raised most often at home …
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Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga / KCUR:
Kansas' tuberculosis outbreak is now the largest in the U.S. since the 1950s  —  The outbreak started last January.  Kansas health officials say numbers are trending downward, but they still expect to find more cases.  —  A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas …
Discussion: Scripps News, WHDH-TV and WVEC
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Senator Ted Cruz is trying to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren
Dave Lawler / Axios:
White House on mysterious drone swarms: “This was not the enemy”
Ilya Somin / Just Security:
What Just Happened: The “Invasion” Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Is Going Woke  —  I understand that Donald Trump was elected to better manage our borders and curb left-wing wokeism.
Bipasha Dey / Reuters:
Republican state attorneys pressure Costco to drop diversity policies
 Earlier Items: 
Carmen Paun / Politico:
Trump's beef with the World Health Organization is personal
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Kristi Noem calls human beings ‘dirtbags’ as she cosplays as ICE agent in New York City
G. Elliott Morris / ABC News:
Once again, Trump starts a term with a weak approval rating
Discussion: Newsweek and Townhall
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Trump Administration Payment Freeze May Delay Money For Critical Preschool Program
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
The Strategy Behind Trump's Policy Blitz
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The MAGA terror has begun
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
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