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11:40 PM ET, February 25, 2025

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NBC News:
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts  —  A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans are becoming weary …
Discussion: UnHerd, Raw Story, Deseret News and HuffPost
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NBC News:
Conservatives threaten to tank House budget vote needed to advance Trump agenda
Congressman Kevin Mullin:
Rep. Mullin Votes NO on Republicans' Harmful Budget Proposal
New York Times:
House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts
Politico:
Trump targets Washington law firm that aided Jack Smith  —  The president suspended security clearances of lawyers at Covington & Burling over their pro bono work for special counsel Jack Smith.  —  President Donald Trump retaliated Tuesday against a Washington law firm that provided free legal services …
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New York Times:
Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith  —  The move, signed by President Trump on Thursday, is a major escalation of his promise to pursue perceived foes.  —  President Trump plans to punish a prominent Washington law firm that has aided the former special counsel Jack Smith …
New York Times:
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week  —  The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk's team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.  —  Last week, Elon Musk's government cost-slashing initiative …
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Politico:   The Musk Oval meeting you haven't read about
Eli Stokols / Politico:
White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president  —  The move reverses the long established precedent of journalists determining who participates in the press pool.  —  The White House announced on Tuesday that the administration …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump  —  In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.  —  The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday that the Trump administration …
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don't Join Registry  —  Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to create a registry for immigrants in the U.S. illegally to submit their personal information …
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Alicia A. Caldwell / Bloomberg:
Trump to Force Migrants to Join Registry or Face Fines, Prison
Associated Press:
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE  —  More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
Bloomberg:
Trump to Offer ‘Gold Card’ Visas for $5 Million to the Rich  — Initiative would replace the existing EB-5 visa program  — Trump, Lutnick tout move as draw for wealthy investors  —  President Donald Trump said he is starting a program to offer residency and a path to citizenship …
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Ali Bianco / Politico:   Trump floats ‘gold card’ to grant US residency to wealthy foreigners
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Trump says he will offer ‘gold cards’ for $5 million path to citizenship, replacing investor visas
Financial Times:
Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US  —  Kyiv hopes agreement on jointly exploring resources will improve relations with Trump administration  —  Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Ukraine and U.S. agree to minerals deal: sources … - President Trump has said the agreement will yield billions of dollars in revenue for the U.S. and help to recoup costs related to U.S. support of Ukraine in the war.  — One source said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky managed …
CBS News:
This is who the White House says is the DOGE acting administrator  —  A White House official says Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, after the White House struggled to answer who is technically at the top of the organizational chart.
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Who is Amy Gleason, the person named DOGE's acting administrator by the White House?
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser  —  MERCI  —  The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
“That Feels Indefensible”: MSNBC's New Direction Leads Rachel Maddow to Speak Out  —  As Joy Reid and Alex Wagner lose their shows, Rachel Maddow uses her platform to challenge management's decisions.  —  MSNBC's major programming overhaul has sparked a rare public rebuke from the network's biggest star …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Hires A State Judge Who Was Once Suspended To Advise The Deputy AG  —  Ex-Oregon Judge Vance Day was suspended by a state judicial ethics commission in 2018.  —  A new top Justice Department appointee brings a bizarre past to the job: he was a state judge in Oregon but was, in 2018 …
Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers  —  Operatives working for Elon Musk's DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and CBS News
Devan Cole / CNN:
For Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes  —  Three different federal judges delivered legal setbacks and slap downs to President Donald Trump in the span of an hour and a half on Tuesday in a series of cases challenging controversial moves taken during the early days of his second term.
Vivian Ho / Washington Post:
‘Unknown disease’ that can kill within days leaves 53 dead in Congo  —  World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after reportedly eating a bat carcass.  —  An unknown illness has killed 53 people in a northwest region …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
White House official pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group  —  Peter Navarro wants to increase pressure on country that Donald Trump has threatened to annex  —  A top White House official has proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network …
Washington Post:
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show  —  Records show the 875 contracts included support for medical and burial services, cancer programs and efforts to recruit doctors for critical vacancies  —  Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media …
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages  —  The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters.  But a group of employees used it for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.
Discussion: Fox News and Blaze Media
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to vaccinate kids  —  At least 124 people, mostly babies, children and teens, have been infected.  Eighteen people have been hospitalized.  —  As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate …
Discussion: KHOU-TV
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Big, Big Scandal Brewing at DC US Attys Office … There's a big, big scandal brewing beneath the already big scandal of the alleged assault by Florida congressman Corey Mills (R).  But as yet no one seems inclined to pull on the dangling thread.  As you've probably already seen …
Discussion: HuffPost and The Status Kuo
Associated Press:
Judge gives Trump administration two days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid  —  A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, saying the administration had given no sign of complying …
Discussion: CNBC, NPR, The Hill and Associated Press
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers  —  Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications  —  The US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Media Paid Donald Trump Jr. Nearly A Quarter Of Its Annual Revenue.  He Attended Just Two Board Meetings  —  Donald Trump Jr. made $813,000 in 2024 as a director of Trump Media & Technology Group—roughly a quarter of the company's annual revenue—despite attending …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Social Security Administration “eliminated” its civil rights office  —  The Social Security Administration “eliminated” the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity (OCREO) on Tuesday, Law Dork has learned.  —  “The OCREO office has been eliminated,” the auto-response message read of a person who …
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
The US is now the enemy of the west  —  Washington has decided to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world  —  “Freedom and independence are today in jeopardy the world over.  If the forces of conquest are not successfully resisted and defeated there will be no freedom …
Discussion: Twitchy and Politico
NBC News:
Trump admin planning operation to find and possibly deport unaccompanied migrant children  —  If a judge determines the children have no legal basis to stay in the United States, they could then be placed on a path for deportation.  —  Trump administration immigration officials are planning …
Discussion: The Boston Globe
 
 
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Federal board orders government to reinstate six workers fired by Trump
Daniel Schuman / American Governance Institute:
Statement on Termination of Open Government Federal Advisory Committee
Discussion: GovExec.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Staffers Who Get Paid by Private Clients
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Lawmakers pressure Bondi to release Epstein ‘client list’
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
The Next Phase of Trump's Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway
Discussion: Federal News Network
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Apple's Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’
Politico:
First Senate Dem announces she will support Trump's Labor secretary nominee
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Montana Bill Would Charge Women for ‘Trafficking’ Their Own Fetus
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and New Republic
Punchbowl News:
Thousands of veterans likely fired under DOGE
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
 

 
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Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture that will operate Intel's chipmaking facilities; TSMC will take a 20% stake

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Tech stocks fall after President Trump announced new global tariffs: Amazon closed down 9%, Meta 9%, Nvidia 7.8%, Alphabet 3.9%, and Microsoft 2.4%

Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle told some clients this week that a hacker stole old login credentials, the second breach that Oracle acknowledged to clients in the past month
 
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