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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Federal prosecutor will sign motion to dismiss Adams charges in bid to save colleagues' jobs, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor agreed on Friday to file a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in a bid to spare other career staff …
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Washington Post:
Justice officials move to drop Adams case after 7 lawyers refuse, resign in protest  —  Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove told prosecutors in Washington to find someone who would seek to have the case dismissed, or risk losing their jobs  —  The Justice Department on Friday filed …
NBC News:
Justice Department moves to dismiss Eric Adams case after extraordinary internal revolt  —  The filing does not spell the end of the high-profile case.  A federal court judge must approve the decision to drop the charges.  —  The Justice Department on Friday moved to dismiss corruption charges …
New York Times:
Read the Resignation Letter From Hagan Scotten  —  Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote to Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams. … Around the New York Region  —  A look at life, culture, politics and more in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ asks judge to dismiss Eric Adams case after seven prosecutors resign in protest
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Trial of Danielle Sassoon
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Live Updates: Upheaval Over Adams Case Spreads as Calls for His Resignation Grow
Associated Press:
Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
CNN:
Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump's former lawyer in scathing letter
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department  — About 300-400 workers tied to nuclear programs were dismissed  — Agency seeks to bring back workers after chaotic terminations  —  The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists …
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CNN:
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say  —  Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation's nuclear stockpile …
ABC News:
Hundreds laid off at US nuclear weapons agency: Sources
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:   Trump's Purge Hits Nuclear Weapons Agency—Setting Off National Crisis
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website  —  “People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk's programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — Elon Musk's team at the so-called Department …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS  —  The Internal Revenue Service has now joined the list of federal agencies and offices experiencing life on the “DOGE” side.  Two sources told TPM that a staffer affiliated with President Trump and Elon Musk's controversial …
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Washington Post:
Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections  —  The cuts are expected to at least partially reverse the Biden administration's efforts to beef up the agency.  —  The Trump administration is expected to begin laying off thousands of employees at the Internal Revenue Service …
STAT:
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies  —  Employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years are being targeted  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across public health …
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Associated Press:
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
Politico:
Trump's cuts hit red states, triggering GOP pushback  —  GOP lawmakers try to intervene with the Trump administration as local fallout grows.  —  Republican lawmakers are pushing back against sweeping cuts to the federal government launched by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story and The Hill
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New York Times:
Seeking a Mar-a-Lago Vibe, Trump Considers Paving Over Grass in Rose Garden  —  The president has been discussing plans to rip up the grass in one of the White House's most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio like the one at his Florida home and club.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and The Daily Wire
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany's far-right party  —  US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist parties  —  JD Vance has met with the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland party …
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Politico:
JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe's leaders
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Judge temporarily blocks mass terminations at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  In a court order, the judge said CFPB employees for now cannot be fired without cause, and data housed by the independent agency cannot be deleted.  —  WASHINGTON — A judge said in a r u ling Friday …
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:   Judge blocks Trump admin from firing CFPB employees
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute  —  The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, saying the news agency's stance …
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Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine:
The federal tech workers facing down DOGE  —  Over the last few weeks, as Elon Musk and DOGE have infiltrated government agency after government agency, proclaiming their intent to slash budgets, cut jobs, and embrace AI, we've watched a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state unfold in real time.
Discussion: ZeroHedge News
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Wall Street Journal:
DOGE's Federal Job Cuts Threaten Republican Districts Too
Politico:
Special counsel Jack Smith discloses ‘gift’ of $140,000 in free legal services  —  It's not clear precisely why Smith sought outside legal advice.  —  Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump, received $140,000 in pro bono legal services …
Discussion: Frontpage Mag
Washington Post:
Trump administration's firing of federal employees hits multiple agencies  —  Lawyers for eight inspectors general suing the Trump administration over their firings were forced by an angry federal judge to withdraw their motion seeking a temporary restraining order.
Helen Branswell / STAT:
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health  —  EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad  —  The Trump administration's campaign to slash the federal civil service will hit one of the crown jewels of global public health on Friday.
Discussion: CBS News and Ars Technica
Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner:
Naval Academy faculty told to avoid ‘divisive concepts’ like ‘systemic racism’  —  The guidance from the provost follows President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, which some say seeks to erase history and diversity.  —  Faculty at the Naval Academy are no longer permitted …
Tim Fang / CBS News:
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records  —  San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices before fleeing.
Emily Ngo / Politico:
Adams to sue over Trump's clawback of $80 million in migrant grants  —  New York City mayor says legal action will begin next week as his ties to Trump are scrutinized.  —  NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams plans to take the Trump administration to court over its clawback of $80 million …
Mother Jones:
National Archives Head Resigns as Trump Takes Control of Records  —  Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.  —  The acting head of the National Archives announced his resignation on Friday, paving the way for Donald …
Discussion: CBS News
Eric Geller / Wired:
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work  —  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.  —  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency …
 
 
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Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
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Jennifer Ludden / NPR:
HUD employees are bracing for what they hear will be ‘drastic’ staff cuts
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Intel Agency Confirms It Removed So-Called DEI Items From Its Secured Museum
Discussion: Raw Story
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A dangerous, damaging civil war at the Justice Department
Discussion: CBS News
Mother Jones:
Kash Patel Failed to Disclose Companies Involved in a Million-Dollar Land Deal
Discussion: Forbes
New York Times:
N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year's
Discussion: The Hill and WisPolitics
Reuters:
US bird flu response disrupted in early weeks of Trump administration, sources say
 Earlier Items: 
Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump's ear
Discussion: The Nation
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Executives Ask: Could They Be Sued for Settling Trump's $20 Billion CBS Lawsuit?
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republicans plot impeachment against judges blocking Trump, DOGE
Discussion: Arizona Republic
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore
Discussion: The Verge and Fortune
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
‘Open Season’: Local Republicans Rush to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration
Discussion: Washington Post
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
They Are a Minority  —  For many politically minded people who are not fascists …
Politico:
Senior Republican senator ‘puzzled’ and ‘disturbed’ by Hegseth's Ukraine remarks
 

 
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman signs a multiyear contract extension, making him the longest-serving film chief in Hollywood

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Court filing: internal docs show Pornhub had 706,000 videos in May 2020 flagged for child rape or other problems, often not removed until flagged 16+ times

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
WMG launches the WMG Pulse app in beta to let artists and their teams access real-time information about streaming performance and more across various platforms
 
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