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10:25 AM ET, February 15, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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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 …
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Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine:
The federal tech workers facing down DOGE
Discussion: ZeroHedge News
Associated Press:
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Musk's takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn
Discussion: NPR
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 …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Seven Former Manhattan U.S. Attorneys Voice Support for Sassoon
Discussion: CBS News
NBC News:
Justice Department moves to dismiss Eric Adams case after extraordinary internal revolt
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A dangerous, damaging civil war at the Justice Department
Discussion: CBS News and CNN
Washington Post:
As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump's team says: So what?  —  “They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn't going to have a USAID bottle, and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” a White House official said.
Discussion: Inside Climate News
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Washington Post:
Records show how DOGE planned Trump's DEI purge — and who gets fired next  —  A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.  —  A team of workers from the U.S. DOGE Service developed step …
Washington Post:
See inside DOGE's playbook for eliminating DEI  —  Documents obtained by The Washington Post detail step-by-step plans the U.S. DOGE Service developed to purge federal agencies of diversity, equity, and inclusion workers and offices.  DOGE, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Lawmakers expect tough questions over Trump's vision in Europe  —  The question every American lawmaker faces this year at the Munich conference: Does America still stand behind Europe and other global allies?  —  Even before their flights lifted off, dozens of lawmakers knew that their annual trip …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump strangles Europe
Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Zelenskyy: ‘The time has come’ for a European army
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 …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
This is a perfectly fine hill for the AP to die on  —  The wire service's reporters have been barred from White House events.  Next time, it could be you.  —  The world is now filled with media critics, media analysts, media prognosticators, media experts, media everything.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis  —  At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany's coming elections.  —  Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance …
Discussion: Breaking Defense and Reuters
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New York Times:
Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
German Leader Denounces Vance's Overture to Far-Right Party
Discussion: Politico
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
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 …
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 …
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: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Daily Wire
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo … Shockingly, it turns out that empowering the richest human being on the planet to maliciously and gratuitously heap additional misery on that planet's most poor, hungry, and desperate people might—just might …
Brenda Wintrode / The Baltimore Banner:
Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order declares Black History Month ‘dead’  —  Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for an Eastern Shore parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass' 207th birthday because it was being held during …
New York Times:
Don't Assume Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship  —  On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship for certain children.  It does so despite Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which declares, “All persons born …
Susan Snyder / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Penn scrubs diversity initiatives from its website to comply with Trump order  —  The University of Pennsylvania's medical school plans to dissolve committees having to do with diversity, equity, and inclusion and any roles that implement such efforts.That's what Roy Hamilton, vice dean for inclusion …
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
In Trump's Cuts to Aid and Refugees, a Clash Over Christian Values  —  Vice President JD Vance and the Pope square off, as faith-based groups face an existential crisis.  —  Since World War II, as refugees fled Europe, Christian charity groups have delivered lifesaving American assistance around the world.
Financial Times:
Is corporate America already souring on Trump?  —  Optimism at the prospect of tax cuts and lighter regulation has given way to anxiety over trade policies
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Washington Post
 
 
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
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Alan Z. Rozenshtein / Default:
The TikTok Ban Withers Away
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Trump Will Withhold Money From Schools That Require Covid Vaccines
Mother Jones:
National Archives Head Resigns as Trump Takes Control of Records
Discussion: CBS News
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
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Kash Patel Failed to Disclose Companies Involved in a Million-Dollar Land Deal
New York Times:
N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year's
Discussion: The Hill and WisPolitics
Washington Post:
Trump administration's firing of federal employees hits multiple agencies
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Trump's cuts hit red states, triggering GOP pushback
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
 

 
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
YouTube, the RIAA, and SAG-AFTRA express support for the reintroduced NO FAKES Act, which standardizes rules around making AI copies of a person's likeness

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Media and tech stocks jump after Trump announced a 90-day tariff pause, with WBD closing up 17%+, Netflix up 8%+, Disney up 12%+, and Meta up 14%+

Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
A survey of 1,128 US adults: 49% have no interest in using an AI chatbot to get info from news outlets, and 27% believe outlets often use AI to write articles
 
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