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Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people  —  A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa Whitfield confirmed the death Wednesday.
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say  —  At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say.
Discussion: Texas Standard
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
Measles death of unvaccinated child in Texas outbreak is 1st fatality in US in a decade
Discussion: Rolling Stone, STAT, Raw Story and NPR
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump and Musk's slash-and-burn tactics are a sticking point in talks to prevent a shutdown  —  Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democratic appropriator, urged Republicans to help stop Trump from usurping Congress' spending powers and not to “follow Elon towards a shutdown.”
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Forbes and Fox News
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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 …
Politico:
Senate Republicans say House budget won't fly with them  —  Tuesday's big win for Speaker Mike Johnson might not last long.  —  House Republicans spent weeks in painstaking negotiations before delivering a budget blueprint for “one big, beautiful bill.”  Now Senate Republicans are preparing to tear it apart.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
71 percent of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts: Poll
Jim Newell / Slate:
Republican Lawmakers Are Debating Whether They Can Afford to Totally Gut Their New Base
Politico:
GOP leaders say they won't put reins on Trump and Musk in shutdown negotiations
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction  —  Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper's opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”  —  The Washington Post's opinion editor, David Shipley, is exiting as the newspaper's owner …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Legendary WaPo Editor Slams Bezos' ‘Disgusting’ MAGA Makeover  —  BETRAYAL  —  Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” that Bezos was prioritizing his business interests over The Washington Post.
The Guardian:
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’  —  Amazon executive and newspaper owner says in letter that ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’  —  Jeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” …
Washington Post:
Post owner Bezos announces shift in opinions section; Shipley to leave
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
White House Kicks Out HuffPost Reporter From Press Pool  —  Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.  —  Donald Trump's White House kicked a HuffPost reporter out of the pool of journalists set …
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
White House bars AP, Reuters and other media from covering Trump cabinet meeting
Whitney Snyder / HuffPost:
Donald Trump's Extraordinary Act Of Weakness
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ben Johansen / Politico:
White House removes liberal outlet from press rotation
New Republic:
Trump Press Sec Seethes at Media over Musk as More Bad Econ News Hits … At Tuesday's media briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House will now decide who attends briefings, an effort to insulate President Trump from tough scrutiny.
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The Guardian:
Trump faces Truth Social backlash over AI video of Gaza with topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers  —  Users of president's own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktails  —  Donald Trump is facing a backlash …
Washington Post:
Elon Musk's business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding  —  Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk's wealth  —  Elon Musk and his cost-cutting U.S. DOGE Service team have been on a mission to trim government largesse.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce  —  Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation.  —  There are more than 1,200 Social Security field offices across the country.
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump's nominee for solicitor general won't rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’  —  President Donald Trump's nominee to be solicitor general told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that presidents might rightfully defy court orders in “extreme cases.”
Discussion: The Federalist
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Nominees Suggest Some Court Orders Can Be Ignored
Discussion: NBC News, Roll Call and Washington Post
Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
Who Is the Anonymous Data Expert Telling Elon Which Cuts to Make?  —  Conservatives have used DataRepublican to spread misinformation about federal agencies.  She's been working at a tech firm that's battled the CFPB … The account, and its alleged findings of mismanaged government agency spending …
Discussion: Blaze Media
Bloomberg:
Musk's Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over ‘Fork in the Road’ Email  — Ex-employees prevail in challenges to ‘Fork in the Road’ email  — Billionaire has Trump's support using similar tactics at DOGE  —  Former Twitter employees are scoring early victories in legal challenges …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court leans toward reviving straight woman's reverse discrimination claim  —  Marlean Ames sued Ohio officials claiming she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to allow a woman to pursue a claim …
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Neal Riley / CBS News:
American Airlines flight from Boston aborts landing at D.C. airport to avoid departing plane  —  An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
CNN:
White House point man at Homeland Security shared ‘martial law option’ post to keep Trump in office  —  The Trump administration's new point man for dealings with the Department of Homeland Security is a former far-right podcast host and election denier who once shared an article calling for …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo  —  Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.
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CNN:
Trump prepares to use controversial 1798 ‘Alien Enemies’ law to speed deportations  —  The Trump administration is preparing to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president's mass deportation pledge, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power  —  Conservative women believe complicity will save them.  But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights  —  For decades, the anti-abortion movement has aggressively promoted women into visible leadership roles.
Discussion: Raw Story
Emma Colton / AOL:
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump's HHS  —  FIRST ON FOX: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has paused a multimillion-dollar contract from the Biden administration to create a new COVID-19 vaccine, Fox News Digital has learned.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Not known for political coverage, Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk's team  —  Shortly after becoming Wired's global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea.  With a presidential election coming, the tech-focused news outlet needed a team …
Pew Research Center:
Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off  —  Findings from the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Findings from the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study  —  Pew Research Center conducts the Religious Landscape Study …
Michael Andor Brodeur / Washington Post:
Following executive orders, 'The President's Own' Marine Band scraps concert  —  The canceled collaboration with Equity Arc was to feature high-school musicians of color who competed for spots to perform with the U.S. Marine Band.  —  There is perhaps no band closer to the president's ear …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Bluesky Deletes AI Protest Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes, Calls It ‘Non-Consensual Explicit Material’  —  Update: After this article was published, Bluesky restored Kabas' post and told 404 Media the following: “This was a case of our moderators applying the policy for non-consensual AI content strictly.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Federal workers 'don't deserve' their paychecks  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said federal workers “don't deserve” their paychecks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Tuesday.  —  “Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue, by the way.
Discussion: The Independent, Raw Story and Mediaite
Richard Salgado / Default:
Skirting Judicial Scrutiny by Mooting and Scooting  —  We rely on providers to resist improper surveillance.  The Justice Department uses a “moot and scoot” tactic to hobble this protection.  —  Meet The Authors … Increasingly, people rely on service providers as gatekeepers of the data …
 
 
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Niki Gunter / USA Today:
Supreme Court hears arguments in ‘reverse discrimination’ case
Discussion: CBS News
Bolts:
Indiana Republicans Move to Ban Student IDs for Voting
Aziz Huq / Politico:
Conservatives on the Supreme Court May Not Fully Align With Trump
Discussion: Twitchy
ABC News:
Trump claims 'we're not going to touch' Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security
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Exclusive: Anti-Trump Podcaster Who Dethroned Joe Rogan Wants to Beat Fox News
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
New book on Biden by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson reports a ‘cover-up’ about his decline
Jesse Coburn / ProPublica:
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP staffers told to call occupied West Bank Judea and Samaria
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Sheldon Whitehouse / The Contrarian:
Recapturing the Supreme Court for the people
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Elon Musk appears to be driving Europe away from Teslas
 

 
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