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8:05 AM ET, March 2, 2025

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New York Times:
Shocked by Trump, Zelensky and Ukraine Try to Forge a Path Forward  —  After President Trump's rebukes, President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to repair the relationship with his counterpart while also reaching out to European allies.  —  For months leading into the American elections last fall …
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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
The Trump-Zelensky blowup, broken down by body-language analysts
CBS News:
Most European leaders back Zelenskyy as he joins crisis talks in London
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump officials fume at Zelenskyy for disregarding advice before meeting
The Guardian:
Starmer welcomes Zelenskyy to Downing Street ahead of tomorrow's defence summit with European leaders - live
18F:
A letter to the American People:  —  For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving you to make government technology work better.  We are non-partisan civil servants.  18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed to make government technology not just efficient but effective, and to save money for American taxpayers.
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Skilled technologists are being forced out of government
Jason Kottke / kottke.org:
Good Trouble: JD Vance Chastised by Vermont Snow Reporter  —  JD Vance, fresh off of helping his boss ambush & insult a foreign leader in the White House yesterday afternoon, is on vacation in Vermont with his family this weekend and will be skiing at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, VT, a 15-minute drive from where I live.
Discussion: TMZ.com
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Hillary Flynn / The Boston Globe:
As JD Vance takes ski weekend in Vermont, protesters give him the cold shoulder
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Judge rules Trump's firing of federal workforce watchdog was illegal  —  Decision reinstating special counsel sets up executive power fight that Supreme Court is likely to resolve  —  A federal judge ruled Saturday that President Donald Trump's firing of a federal workforce watchdog was illegal …
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Judge says Trump cannot fire head of independent watchdog agency
Discussion: NBC News
Ella Lee / The Hill:   Firing of whistleblower protection office head unlawful, judge rules
ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives.  It Canceled Them Anyway.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  After the Trump administration moved to freeze nearly $60 billion …
Discussion: The Hill
George Allison / UK Defence Journal:
Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine  —  Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Breitbart
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Alex Evans / Daily Express:
Norway fuel giant ‘refuses to fill US submarines’ after Trump-Zelensky clash  —  Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will no longer help the US Navy.  —  A petrol giant in Norway has announced a ban on fuel sales to all US forces following Donald Trump's treatment …
New York Times:
DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead  —  Elon Musk's group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.  —  While George W. Bush was president …
Discussion: New York Times, NPR and FactCheck.org
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Elon Musk Calls Social Security ‘The Biggest Ponzi Scheme Of All Time’  —  The tech billionaire argued Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that one of America's most enduring social safety nets is an insidious ploy.  —  Elon Musk is calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” …
Associated Press:
Anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores target Elon Musk's bottom line  —  Demonstrators gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. Saturday to protest the automaker's billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, and his push to slash government spending on behalf of President Donald Trump.
Bob Wieland / Princeton Herald:
Congressman faces Trump and DOGE critics  —  About two dozen demonstrators greeted 3rd District Congressman Keith Self at a town hall in the Collin College Conference Center in Wylie.  —  “Do your job!” chanted the crowd carrying signs including “Dump Musk,” Russia is Not Our Ally," …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Threats and Mexico's Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel  —  Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities.  —  Investigators collecting evidence at a crime scene in a residential neighborhood of Culiacán last week.
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Ex-Chicago mayor rips current city leaders for focus on bathroom and locker room instead of crime, education  —  'I don't want to hear another word about the bathroom.  You better start focusing on the classroom,' Rahm Emanuel told Bill Maher on Friday  —  Former Democratic Chicago Mayor …
Dorany Pineda / Associated Press:
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them.  In anti-DEI push, that's over  —  Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi River …
Discussion: The Independent
The White House:
Designating English as the Official Language of The United States  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language.
Washington Post:
DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax records  —  Officials with Elon Musk's group say they want to search for fraud.  Privacy law bars the IRS from disclosing tax information to other parts of the government.  —  Just now  —  Officials from Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Thousands Gather at National Parks Across U.S. to Protest Job Cuts  —  From Acadia in Maine to Joshua Tree in Southern California, protesters turned out to stand up against what they see as threats to public lands.  —  Thousands of people gathered on Saturday at national parks from California …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Calen Moore / KCUR:
Kansas senator's rural town hall meeting swamped by people mad at Trump administration  —  Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall ended a rural town hall meeting early after people angry about budget cuts, funding freezes and other actions by President Trump shouted the senator down.
Discussion: Raw Story and KSN-TV
The White House:
Addressing The Threat To National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862) (Trade Expansion Act), it is hereby ordered:
 
 
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump first weeks in office are raising alarms that US democracy is under threat
New York Times:
The Stock Market Was One of Trump's Favorite Talking Points. Not Lately.
Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
OPM's second email to federal employees asks what they did last week — and adds a new requirement: report
Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges Amid Reports of Harassment
The Hill:
DOGE structure, authority emerge as biggest DC mystery under Trump
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania Republicans who narrowly won their House seats feel the heat of early votes back home
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Trump's spending play raises ‘risk of a shutdown,’ top Democrats say
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Examiner
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Andrew Cuomo for Mayor? His “First Accuser” Says New York City Deserves Better
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump says he'll posthumously pardon baseball legend Pete Rose
CNN:
Trump takes seized boxes back to Florida on Air Force One
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
Gustavo Solis / KPBS Public Media:
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
STAT:
We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Francis Collins Retires From N.I.H., Saying Colleagues ‘Deserve the Utmost Respect’
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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Umar Shakir / The Verge:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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