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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“They're Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump's Grip on Congress — With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Jesse Watters Makes On-Air Plea to Trump for Veteran Friend Who Got 'DOGE'd' In Pentagon Cuts — Fox News host Jesse Watters made an on-air plea that the Trump administration be “less callous” when implementing when laying off federal employees after a military veteran friend was “DOGE'd” in Elon Musk's Pentagon cuts.
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US objects to calling out ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 statement on Ukraine — Trump administration splits with allies on holding Moscow responsible for war — The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine …
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Voice of America:
US figures do not support Trump claims on Ukraine spending — President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated a claim that the United States has spent $350 billion on Ukraine's war — a figure that far eclipses the amount recorded by the Department of Defense and the interagency oversight group that tracks U.S. appropriations to Ukraine.
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Joshua Keating / Vox:
Is Trump about to hand Ukraine to Russia?
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Jack McKessy / USA Today:
Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe calls MAGA ‘a Nazi movement’ in protest that led to his arrest — Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested Tuesday on a charge of disturbing an assembly in Huntington Beach, California, per the city's arrest log. The incident occurred at a city council meeting.
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Michael David Smith / NBCSports.com:
Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested over protest at Huntington Beach City Council meeting — Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested over a protest at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday. — Kluwe was protesting Huntington Beach's decision to display a plaque …
Steven Monacelli / The Texas Observer:
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account — Fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids began to spread the day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated for the second time. Posts on social media and Reddit claimed that ICE had already been spotted …
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
My Open Letter to Elon Musk — Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. — Mr. Musk,
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Trump's vow to preserve Medicaid collides with House GOP plan for tax cuts — President Trump's vow to keep Medicaid intact is colliding headlong into the Republicans' strategy to extend their 2017 tax cuts, complicating the GOP effort to secure a major policy win in the early months of Trump's second term.
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Republican lawmaker seeks US judge's impeachment over ruling against Trump
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New York Times:
I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday — The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize. — The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 employees on Thursday as part …
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Stephen Fowler / NPR:
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up — A new online tracker on the Department of Government Efficiency's website puts a dollar amount on the estimated savings from the DOGE effort to slash federal government spending at $55 billion. — But an NPR analysis finds the numbers don't add up.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
It's Easy To Save Billions In Taxpayer Funds When Everything Is Made Up — Here's a neat trick for saving taxpayers billions of dollars: just make stuff up! — I mean, sure, you could do all the hard work of actually finding government waste and fixing inefficient processes.
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Say System Of Checks & Balances Not Working Well, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Congressional Job Approval: Democrats Hit All-Time Low, Republicans Hit Record High — mail_outline — Less than 4 in 10 voters think the system of checks and balances between the executive …
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Kim Zetter / Wired:
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency — DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. — Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old engineer …
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Corey Kilgannon / New York Times:
DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors' Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke — After 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them. — In a rare pushback against President Donald J …
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Trump can't end birthright citizenship, appeals court says, setting up Supreme Court showdown — An appeals court will not allow the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants, in a ruling that could propel the issue to the Supreme Court.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Appeals court won't immediately revive Trump's birthright citizenship order
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David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Elite lawyers sell out the rule of law — Sullivan & Cromwell enlist in Trump's assault on the justice system. … ⚖️ 📜 🏛️ — As Trump moves forward with his assault on the rule of law and our nation's democracy, lawyers must decide if they will stand …
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Washington Post:
Many of Trump's early actions are unpopular, Post-Ipsos poll finds — Reviews from Americans on President Donald Trump's second term are mixed to negative, and 57 percent say he has exceeded his authority since taking office.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
D.C. U.S. attorney probing Democrats over alleged threats, documents show — Analysts say Ed Martin's ‘Operation Whirlwind,’ which targets statements by Democrats and others about Elon Musk, justices and government workers, is meant to stifle criticism. — D.C.'s top prosecutor escalated …
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’ — US president made comparison after administration rescinded New York City's congestion pricing plan — Donald Trump is receiving widespread backlash after he likened himself to a “king” on social media following …
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Canadian Press:
New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an ‘enemy’ country — OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians — 27 per cent — now see the United States as an “enemy” country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally.Another 27 per cent …
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Makena Kelly / Wired:
USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’ — “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” wrote Anne Marshall in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. — The director of data science and engineering …
Dean Fioresi / CBS News:
Cal Fire captain found stabbed to death inside of her San Diego County home — A Cal Fire captain was found stabbed to death inside of her San Diego County home on Monday and authorities are still searching for the suspect. — Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 20200 block …
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Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
These feds took Trump's ‘fork’ deal. Then they got fired — creating a government ‘mess.’ — The Trump administration is racing to fix mistakes after some agencies fired probationary employees who had accepted the deferred resignation offer for federal workers.
Reuters:
‘Stagflation’ fears haunt US markets despite Trump's pro-growth agenda — Stubborn inflation and President Donald Trump's hard-line trade policies have rekindled fears of stagflation, a worrying mix of sluggish growth and relentless inflation that haunted the U.S. in the 1970s, even as markets remain upbeat on his pro-growth agenda.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump's flood of false claims about Ukraine — In remarks and social media posts, the president echoed Russian talking points. … — President Donald Trump, in remarks to reporters, Feb. 18 — Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post — Save on unmatched reporting.
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ProPublica:
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. — ProPublica's first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas' abortion ban. — Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths
Nick Reisman / Politico:
Andrew Cuomo supporter prepares reception ahead of likely mayoral bid — A “save the date” notice for a March 4 event is being planned for the ex-governor as he weighs a run for mayor. — NEW YORK — Supporters of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo are mobilizing to boost him as he prepares to run for New York City mayor.
Washington Post:
Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts — The directive, detailed in a memo dated Tuesday, exempts a handful of programs, including the president's expanded military mission along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Scioto Valley Guardian:
A judge in Mississippi orders newspaper to remove editorial, so we're publishing it — At Scioto Valley Guardian, Ohio's leading news website, we stand unwaveringly for the freedom of the press—a cornerstone of democracy enshrined in the First Amendment. Today, we are reprinting an editorial …
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