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Boycott The Donald Trump Show — Playing captive to the lies he'll tell at his coming address to Congress is weak, conveys weakness, and surrenders the whole national stage to him. — ∙ Paid — There's one form of mass anger sweeping the country, and it's all directed at Donald Trump …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Twitchy and Politico
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Trump Bends Congress to His Will on Spending, Tax Cut Agenda
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Politico

Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
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Raw Story

Majority disapproves of Trump job performance ahead of address to Congress: Survey
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USA Today

Trump is all-in on DOGE. It's a political gamble.
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New York Magazine and Raw Story

Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump's Congressional Address
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The Guardian, Hartford Courant and The Federalist


Trump to hold Ukraine meeting on next steps including possible aid freeze … - The White House didn't immediately respond to questions. — The New York Times first reported about the meeting. … - “The American people's patience is not unlimited, their wallets are not unlimited …
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Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, The Post Millennial, The Kyiv Independent, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, New York Post, NPR, Raw Story and RedState
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UK prime minister lays out Ukraine peace deal framework as Zelenskyy responds to resignation calls
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The National Pulse, IJR, Breitbart, Agence France-Presse, NPR, The Kyiv Independent, RedState, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters

Live updates: Trump faces scrutiny over Zelenskyy meeting ahead of speech to Congress
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Associated Press, Townhall, The Guardian, HotAir, Reuters, USA Today, Politico, Raw Story, Scripps News and Axios

Zelensky must mend the breach with Trump — or resign
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Financial Times, Breitbart, American Thinker, The Gateway Pundit, The Dispatch, Crooked Media and The Hill


What a Weekend for Putin! — It was a hell of a weekend for bad men getting what they paid for out of Donald Trump. And while we'll focus on Vladimir Putin here, we don't want to fully ignore venture capitalist David Sacks, Donald Trump's “crypto czar,” who seemingly stands …
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Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow's vision, Kremlin says
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The Hill, Vanity Fair, Semafor, The Independent, Daily Kos, The Diplomat, Axios, The Kyiv Independent, CNN, The Guardian, Reuters and Fox News


Top HHS spokesperson quits abruptly — Thomas Corry left after two weeks in the senior post. — The top spokesperson at the Health and Human Services Department has abruptly quit, just two weeks after he rejoined the federal government. — Thomas Corry announced that he was resigning …
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Raw Story
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid — The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower. — The Trump administration's decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle …
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Tesla's plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earnings — CEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand. — BRUSSELS — Elon Musk's political meddling in Europe is cratering Tesla's sales — and that's putting at risk its revenue …
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Daily Mail
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RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak … - He has previously repeated debunked claims about vaccines and provided elusive answers to senators on his stance on vaccinations ahead of being confirmed. … - Kennedy wrote that before the introduction of the measles …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, New Republic, CBS News, New York Times, New York Post and Eschaton
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.: Measles outbreak is call to action for all of us
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Bloomberg, Scripps News, USA Today, New York Post, The Hill, CNN, The Post Millennial, Breitbart, New York Daily News, Poynter, Mediaite, Protect Our Care, The Independent and Al Jazeera


Car Prices Are Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump's New Tariffs — Auto bosses warn Trump administration of economic consequences — Companies rush to stockpile parts, engines in US warehouses — Impending tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk driving up US car prices by as much as $12,000 …
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Raw Story


Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies — The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties …
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Rolling Stone, Breitbart, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit
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Trump praises end of ‘outrageous and invasive’ reporting rule at Treasury
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The Daily Wire, RedState and Fox Business


Donald Trump Is Backed by the Business Elite — Over lunch last week with a friend of mine — a major technology investor who has been an ardent Democrat — the talk quickly turned to politics. Like many businessmen, he refuses to air his views publicly to avoid drawing fire. In private, he's more forthcoming.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money

France has ‘trouble understanding’ US halt on cyber operations against Russia — PARIS — French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot voiced his confusion over reports that the United States' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a halt of offensive cyber operations against Russia.
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TechCrunch, One America News Network, New York Times, The Register and The Guardian
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Hegseth suspends offensive cyber operations against Russia: reports
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NBC News, CBS News, Fortune, Florida Politics and UPI


Cuomo's attempted comeback: NY Dems silent as ex-governor jumps into mayor's race … We rely on your support to make local news available to all — Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today — Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
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Bloomberg, New York Post and City & State New York


RFK Jr. and His Allies Target Trump's Beloved Soda — Within the Trump administration, the push to strip soda from state food-aid programs is getting personal — WASHINGTON—Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls it “poison.” President Trump has multiple cans of it every day. Welcome to the 2025 soda wars.
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Raw Story


Trump credit card freeze crippling cancer and Alzheimer's research — On February 26, President Trump issued an executive order expanding the power of the United States DOGE Service (DOGE), the government initiative controlled by Elon Musk. The purpose of the order is to limit any spending …


It's not Dickens—it's the MAGA agenda — Given the scope of the MAGA assault on the foundations of our democracy, many Democrats, responsible media outlets, and concerned Americans have (understandably) been focused on its attempt to obliterate the rule of law, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment.


The roots of Trump's realpolitik Uncle Sam always drives a hard bargain — President Trump's attempt to end the war in Ukraine has enraged liberal internationalists on both sides of the Atlantic. Dealing directly with the Kremlin and going over the heads of America's European allies …
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Washington Examiner


CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn't Mean Stop Work! — The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA. — Russell Vought speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination to lead …


Trump blames town hall drama on paid ‘troublemakers’ — President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed a spate of contentious town halls that congressional Republicans have faced in recent weeks as being the work of “paid ‘troublemakers.’” Trump's Truth Social post came after a new round …
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The Hill, New Jersey Online, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo