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New York Times:
Danielle Sassoon and Other Officials Resign After Order to Drop Eric Adams Case  —  The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.
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New York Times:
Read the letter from Emil Bove accepting Danielle Sassoon's resignation  —  A letter from Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, accepting the resignation of Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan's acting U.S. attorney, over her refusal to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams. … Around the New York Region
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Read Danielle Sassoon's Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi  —  Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan's acting U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
Discussion: Reuters and The City
Associated Press:
Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case says she's confident he ‘committed the crimes’
Discussion: Off Message, New York Times and CNBC
Matthew Gault / Gizmodo:
The $400 Million Armored Tesla Story Is a Fake Scandal In a Sea of Real Graft and Horror  —  The State Department does a lot of business with a lot of different companies and has bought Tesla's before.  But freaking out and editing a spreadsheet when it's pointed out is weird.
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Hegseth's Ukraine bombshell and Trump's Putin call leave NATO reeling … - NATO membership for Ukraine — a central source of tension with Russia promised by the alliance in 2008 — is not a “realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,” Hegseth said.  — U.S. troops will not be deployed …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hegseth responds to blowback from Ukraine, NATO remarks
Politico:
Europe lacks a master plan for Donald Trump's new world disorder
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections  —  Despite millions of dollars spent by groups opposed to his nomination, the Senate voted to install Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Nicholas Florko / The Atlantic:
RFK Jr. Won.  Now What?  —  America's health is in the hands of an anti-vaccine conspiracist.  —  America's health secretaries, almost as a rule, have résumés manicured to a point of frictionlessness.  Once in a while one will attract scandal in their tenure; see Tom Price's reported fondness for chartered jets.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
McConnell on RFK Jr.: ‘I will not condone the relitigation of proven cures’  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell issued a blistering indictment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday, with the Kentucky Republican saying his childhood bout with polio heavily influenced his decision to vote against Kennedy as Health and Human Services secretary.
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Mayor Adams to Sign Order Allowing ICE Agents Into Rikers Island  —  The executive order seems to conflict with New York City's sanctuary laws designed to prevent cooperation with the enforcement of federal immigration law.  —  Mayor Eric Adams of New York City announced on Thursday …
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Ashley Harrell / SFGATE:
‘Honestly terrifying’: Yosemite National Park is in chaos  —  California's beloved national park is on the brink of disaster  —  Yosemite National Park is in trouble.  Hamstrung by President Donald Trump's hiring freeze, hundreds of rescinded job offers and the threat of coming layoffs …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump and Musk can't seem to locate much evidence of fraud  —  They keep justifying their bold moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything specific that's actually fraudulent.  —  President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to disrupt …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There's a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip  —  The offer triggered alarm among Pentagon officials concerned about the military being dragged into partisan warfare.
Discussion: Human Events
Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump order on health care for transgender youth  —  The lawsuit filed by families and LGBTQ advocates challenges an order that aims to end federal support for gender transition care for people under 19.  —  A federal judge on Thursday blocked executive orders signed …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump's gender-affirming care executive orders nationwide
Discussion: NBC News and New York Times
Jory Heckman / Federal News Network:
OPM advises agencies to fire probationary employees after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline  —  The Office of Personnel Management is advising all federal agencies to fire their probationary employees after it stopped accepting new offers for its “deferred resignation” program last night.
Discussion: Politico, GovExec.com and FedScoop
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Wall Street Journal:
Trumponomics and Rising Inflation  —  The President calls for easier money even though consumer prices keep rising.  Does he want even higher prices?  —  Does President Trump understand money?  Not money as in cash, but the supply of money, the price of money as measured by interest rates, and their impact on inflation?
Politico:
Walz considering Minnesota Senate run  —  Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced earlier Thursday she would not seek reelection.  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is considering a run for Senate next year, according to a person close to the governor who was granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations.
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Emily Woodruff / The Advocate:
Louisiana Department of Health ends mass vaccinations, bans seasonal vaccine promotion  —  Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a directive to state health workers Thursday ending long-standing mass vaccination clinics and banning staff from promoting seasonal vaccines …
Yashar Ali / The Reset:
Exclusive: Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman, allegedly sexually assaulted a man at a bar, witnesses say.  —  Matt Schlapp, the Chairman of the American Conservative Union, which hosts the CPAC convention, allegedly engaged in lewd conduct and allegedly sexually assaulted a man at a restaurant …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Associated Press and the White House remain in standoff over access  —  For the third day in a row, the White House barred an AP reporter from attending official events because the organization won't use the name Gulf of America.  —  On Thursday, for the third day in a row …
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman collides with ship in Mediterranean Sea  —  There are no reported injuries, nor is there flooding aboard the carrier.  —  The US warship USS Harry S. Truman is pictured anchored in The Solent, Oct. 8, 2018, near Portsmouth, England.
Washington Post:
Justice, FBI ousters remove longtime experts from daily threats meeting  —  Trump administration shake-ups at the Justice Department and FBI have eroded continuity on national security matters, people familiar with the situation said.  —  Every morning at 9:45, top FBI and Justice Department officials meet …
Discussion: CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
DOGE Staffer Arrives at Internal Revenue Service Headquarters  —  IRS is latest federal agency under review by Elon Musk's cost-cutting group  —  WASHINGTON—A key staff member of the Department of Government Efficiency arrived Thursday at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump signs off on proposed reciprocal tariffs  —  President Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum proposing reciprocal tariffs that he maintains will crack down on unfair and discriminatory tariffs from both adversaries and allies.  —  The reciprocal tariffs will be customized …
New York Times:
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website  —  The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.  —  The National Park Service on Thursday eliminated references …
Discussion: The Hill and them.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Murkowski introduces bill to reverse Trump's Mount McKinley name change  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation on Thursday to rename North America's highest mountain “Denali,” after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office changing its name to Mount McKinley.
David Gilbert / Wired:
DOGE's Website Is Just One Big Twitter Ad  —  The source code for the new Department for Government Efficiency's “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com.  —  At a press conference in the Oval Office this week …
Oren Cass / New York Times:
The Fringe Cause That Could Derail the Republican Agenda  —  We're not even a month into Donald Trump's new term and already, a cadre of Republican activists appears poised to fritter away his popularity and derail his administration's agenda with a maximalist demand for a budget-busting tax cut.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa.'s Sean Parnell as the face of Trump's Pentagon is another assault on women  —  There was a moment just over three years ago when it was clear not only that Sean Parnell — a highly decorated Army veteran and an acolyte of Donald Trump — would have to end his 2022 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate campaign …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation  —  Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more after being hired.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How to stop Trump's power grab  —  At this point, there is little doubt that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are engaged in a fundamentally unlawful effort to rewrite the American constitutional order.  Their efforts to redirect federal spending are attempts to seize Congress's power of the purse …
Irina Ivanova / Fortune:
Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government  — World's richest man and government official Elon Musk accused federal workers of unfairly getting rich off the taxpayer's dime, citing …
Discussion: WPR and Reuters
 
 
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Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Fourth judge blocks Trump's birthright executive order
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he wants Russia back in the G7
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
NIH reportedly loses 2 top leaders in 2 days
Discussion: STAT and CBS News
The Hill:
Trump blasts McConnell for voting against RFK Jr., disregarding his childhood polio
Discussion: HuffPost and NBC News
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
State says $400 million armored EV contract on hold
New York Times:
As Trump Threatened a Primary, a G.O.P. Holdout on Hegseth Flipped
Discussion: Politico and NOTUS
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Some Follow Up Questions For Elon Musk, After He Admits He Gets Stuff Wrong Sometimes
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Vox:
Trump's new passport rules are trapping transgender Americans in bureaucratic limbo
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