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10:25 AM ET, January 28, 2025

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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 …
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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 …
Discussion: American Prospect
Politico:
Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid  —  In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.  —  One week in, the Trump administration is broadening its assault on the functions of government …
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Playbook: Trump's massive power grab  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, currently drinking tea and reading up on the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.  What a life.  —  DRIVING THE DAY
Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House  —  The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday, potentially impacting trillions in government spending and halting public programs that affect millions of Americans.
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants  —  The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.  —  The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants …
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: Eschaton
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
The Strategy Behind Trump's Policy Blitz  —  The staff was still setting up dinner on Mar-a-Lago's outdoor patio on a balmy early-January evening when Donald Trump sat down.  He was surrounded by several top advisers who would soon join him in the West Wing and who wanted to get his input …
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.
Discussion: Reuters and Axios
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Week One inside Trump's DOJ: ‘It feels like a non-violent war’  —  Fear reigns among the staff at the beleaguered law-enforcement agency as a new reality sets in.  —  Career lawyers and staff at the Department of Justice say the rush of changes in the first week of the Trump administration make them feel like they're under siege.
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NBC News:
Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Acosta La Vista  —  The anchor signaled to associates in private conversations over the weekend that he intends to depart the network, Status has learned. … The anchor, I'm told, signaled to associates in private conversations over the weekend that he intends to depart the network …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ in Maps after government updates … Google said Monday it will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” after the government updates its “official government sources.”  —  The company also said it will start using Mount McKinley …
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Washington Post:
Google Maps says U.S. users will see Trump's new name for Gulf of Mexico
Lee Moran / HuffPost:   Google's Donald Trump-Inspired Move Has Critics Navigating Outrage
Politico:
Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave  —  “This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.  —  The Trump administration has ordered dozens of top career employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Order Freezing Foreign Aid Halts Programs Worldwide, Prompts Confusion and Rush for Waivers
Discussion: Daily Mail
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.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump signs 4 new executive orders, transforming military  —  President Trump signed a bevy of new executive orders Monday evening that have the potential to significantly transform the Defense Department (DOD).  —  The new orders prevent transgender people from openly serving in the military …
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HuffPost:
Trans Women Notified Of Removal From Women's Prisons Days After Trump's ‘Two Sexes’ Executive Order
Discussion: NBC News
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Tillis Assured Hegseth's Former Sister-in-Law Her Testimony Could Convince GOP Senators to Vote No  —  North Carolina senator provided pivotal 50th ‘yes’ vote to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary  —  WASHINGTON—A key witness in the contentious Senate confirmation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
Trump's Victory Over Colombia Less Clear as Details Emerge  — Colombia sends own planes to bring people home after showdown  — Trump runs the risk of overuse of tariff, sanctions threats  —  A deportation arrangement with Colombia that the White House presented as a total victory …
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Axios:
Trump's two-by-four foreign policy gets early wins
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and The Hill
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries  —  PEPFAR's computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.  —  The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The MAGA terror has begun  —  Their leader is glorifying political violence and weaponizing the threat of it.  —  ⛓️‍💥 ✍️ ⚖️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent media is more important right now than ever.
Dave Troy / America 2.0:
No Limits: Crypto Scams Set to Proliferate in 2025  —  Donald Trump drew attention when he launched a so-called “meme coin” immediately before his inauguration.  The value of the cryptocurrency, called $TRUMP, reached a price of $73 within a day of its release, giving it a total market valuation of about $72 billion.
Discussion: Futurism
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Border Czar Tom Homan Responds To Selena Gomez Crying Over Deportations: ‘No Apologies’  —  Trump's immigration enforcement pick had blunt words for the “Only Murders in the Building” star.  —  LOADING  —  Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, was not moved Monday by viral video …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Joins the Trump Entourage, Shrinking the Role of House Speaker  —  In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
He Did It: Trump Calls for Ending the Federal Income Tax!  —  President Trump has once again demonstrated his unwavering commitment to making America great again by proposing a return to the economic policies that once made the United States the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world, namely ending the federal income tax.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Man Pardoned in Jan. 6 Riot Is Fatally Shot by Sheriff's Deputy During Traffic Stop  —  The police said that Matthew W. Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Ind., who was sentenced to six months for his role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021, resisted arrest after he was stopped in Indiana on Sunday.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in U.S. History Is Happening Right Now in Kansas  —  And the news comes as the Trump administration has “paused” all public messaging by the CDC.  —  I always thought I'd missed a lot not having been born in the 19th century.  From The Topeka Capital-Journal:
The White House:
Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, and to ensure the readiness and effectiveness of our Armed Forces, it is hereby ordered:
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Coalition of Jewish groups say they're leaving X over Musk's behavior … - It also came after Musk told members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party “there's too much focus on past guilt,” seemingly referring to the burden Germany carries for the Holocaust.
The Hill:
By killing remote work, DOGE will only bleed taxpayers dry  —  Republicans in Congress, bolstered by a 41-page report from the House Oversight Committee, have unleashed a wave of criticism against federal telework policies.  Their claims, aired at a Jan. 15 congressional hearing titled …
 
 
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Emmer cheers Trump's federal aid freeze
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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
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Anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose distinctive warm voice led WTOP's evening news, dies at 55
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Paralyzes Independent Rights Watchdog, Firing Members Selected by Democrats
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