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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war  —  BREAKING NEWS: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine  —  Washington's dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides …
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
U.S. Clashes With European Allies at the U.N. Over Ukraine  —  The United States voted against a resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy.  —  A showdown over Ukraine between …
Financial Times:
Ukraine diplomacy live: UN assembly condemns Russia's Ukraine invasion despite US opposition  —  Vote came shortly after G7 leaders failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Russia's war  —  Edited by Alexandra White, Zehra Munir, Peter Wells  —  UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump backs off Musk's 5 things threat — sort of  —  An administration official said it is “not a one-size-fits-all” approach.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday defended the decision by some of his Cabinet to order their agencies to ignore Elon Musk's weekend edict that all federal …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply  —  The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn't be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.  —  The Trump administration has told federal agency leaders …
Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:
LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge  —  “They're not asking people, ‘Are you gay?  Are you lesbian?’  They're asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?’”  —  When Michael first started working in the Department of the Interior over a decade ago, he hid the fact that he was gay from his co-workers.
NBC News:
Federal workers and agencies push back against Elon Musk's email ultimatum  —  The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond.  —  WASHINGTON — Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they'd accomplished over the past week …
Associated Press:
Trump backs Musk as he roils the federal workforce with demands and threats  —  President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk's demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, an edict that has spawned new litigation and added …
Jonathan Shorman / Kansas City Star:
Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall  —  Ariel Mollhagen couldn't hear what U.S. Rep. Mark Alford was saying but she didn't really need to.  The crowd's reaction told the story.  —  During an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
AI video of Trump kissing Musk's feet plays on TVs in HUD building  —  An artificial intelligence (AI) produced video depicting President Trump rubbing and kissing Elon Musk's feet played on television screens in the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) building on Monday, in an apparent mocking of the relationship between the two men.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
AI Video of Trump Kissing Elon's Bare Feet Plays Throughout HUD Office  —  Federal workers are becoming increasingly incensed over DOGE's attacks on their departments  —  As Donald Trump and Elon Musk prepare to bring their next round of arbitrary cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development …
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Workers Who Don't Respond to Musk's Email Risk Being Fired
NBC News:
Fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed at HUD office in Washington
BBC:
Trump names podcaster Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director  —  US President Donald Trump has appointed podcaster and commentator Dan Bongino as deputy director of the FBI.  —  Trump posted on social media that Bongino was “a man of incredible love and passion for our Country” …
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
An Obituary for the FBI  —  America's dream of a politically independent bureau is officially dead  —  The 117-year-old Federal Bureau of Investigation, long heralded as the nation's premier national law enforcement agency — an avowedly nonpartisan, independent investigator that for decades …
New York Times:
Right-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Trump Names New Deputy Director of the FBI
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal  —  The controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website.  —  It appeared as if the State Department was taking steps to award Elon Musk's Tesla …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Johnson makes ‘prayer request’ ahead of critical vote on Trump agenda bill  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) asked for prayers as he prepares to bring the House's budget reconciliation resolution, the vehicle for President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda, for a floor vote as soon …
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Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Trump administration in court over AP lawsuit on White House access  —  A federal judge was hearing arguments Monday afternoon in The Associated Press' lawsuit against three staff members of President Donald Trump, whose administration has barred the news agency from presidential events.
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Helen Huiskes / NOTUS:
Donald Trump Won't Commit to Ukraine Reconstruction Efforts
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
MSNBC drama intensifies as network axes shows hosted by 3 more lefty anchors in wake of Joy Reid's ouster: sources  —  MSNBC's new president continued to overhaul the embattled network Monday — canceling shows hosted by anchors left-wing anchors Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart, The Post has learned.
Paul Krugman:
DOGE is the Theranos of Cost-Cutting  —  And other notes from the Chaos  —  Today's post will really be two short posts on different but related topics: The failure of DOGE to make any progress on its stated goals, and what's beginning to look like a rapid loss of confidence in Donald Trump's economic policies.
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Oversight agency finds Trump's federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated  —  An independent federal oversight agency has deemed at least some of President Trump's mass firings of probationary period employees unlawful, creating a pathway for those employees to regain their jobs.
Politico:
Trump just blew up Ron DeSantis' succession plans  —  Now DeSantis, who has arguably risen to become the most powerful governor in Florida history, may leave office without someone determined to preserve his legacy.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis …
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Kate Payne / Associated Press:
Ron DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor and takes a shot at Trump's pick
Frank Kendall / New York Times:
America Has a Rogue President  —  President Trump's decision to fire senior military leaders without cause is foolish and a disgrace.  It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous and debilitating way.  What frightens me even more is the removal of three judge advocates general …
Discussion: Raw Story, Just Security and Lawfire
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Steve Vladeck / The Contrarian:
Let's fire all the lawyers
Discussion: New Republic
Laura Guido / Bonner County Daily Bee:
New Idaho bill would cost you $100K, five years in jail for lying about someone  —  BOISE — House Speaker Mike Moyle on Friday introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly communicate a false statement about another person.  —  “I'm a firm believer in our First Amendment right …
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
One Word Describes Trump  —  A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.  —  What exactly is donald trump doing?  —  Since taking office, he has reduced his administration's effectiveness by appointing to essential agencies people …
City Journal:
The NSA's Secret Sex Chats  —  Intelligence officials maintained a chatroom to discuss polyamory and transgender surgeries, internal documents reveal.  —  / Eye on the News / Politics and law, The Social Order  —  The “intelligence community” is one of the most powerful parts of the American national security apparatus.
Washington Post:
Trump repeals Biden directive linking U.S. arms to human rights  —  Rescission of the order, imposed as Biden struggled to support Israel's war in Gaza, comes as the new administration puts its mark on U.S. foreign policy.  —  The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era regulation …
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites  —  The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.  —  Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the Agriculture Department …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Common Dreams
The Hill:
Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money  —  Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump's victory in November.  But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn't there.  —  Democratic donors …
David Strom / HotAir:
Stonewall, UK's Largest Trans Rights Organization, Turned Out to Be a USAID Front  —  Stonewall UK, which in recent years has been at the tip of the spear in the fight to transify the UK, is slashing their staffing by 50% and even then may be in trouble.  —  Why?  USAID cuts.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico ‘will go forward’ … WATCH NOW  —  VIDEO 06:35 … - CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values  — Select Shopping  — Ad Choices  — News Tips  —  Got a confidential news tip?
 
 
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jordan uses first subpoena of new Congress to target Biden admin
Discussion: Townhall and The Federalist
Docket updates for City of New York v. Trump …:
City of New York v. Trump (1:25-cv-01510)
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Institute Asks Judge in Trump Documents Case to Disclose Special Counsel Report
Ailia Zehra / The Hill:
Nearly 200K sign petition to revoke Musk's Canadian citizenship
Discussion: The Guardian, Townhall and Fortune
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Warner, Who Said CIA Stole Election, Now Leads DOJ Civil Rights
CNN:
US halts plan to house migrants in tents at Guantanamo amid concerns over conditions
Discussion: Stars & Stripes and New York Times
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Florida Sues Target Over Trans Merchandise
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Fair or Not, Zelensky Is Angering Trump. Is His Style Hurting Ukraine?
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He's Already Preparing for It
Discussion: The Bulwark
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams to close Roosevelt Hotel migrant center targeted by Musk, Trump administration
Chris Morris / Variety:
Roberta Flack, '70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
Apple:
Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’ after a decade
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Coup Has Failed  —  Trump's falling approval ratings reveal an out-of-touch presidency …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Something is shifting," scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday. " …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 

 
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