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11:45 AM ET, March 7, 2025

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Associated Press:
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge  —  References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
We Live in the Dumbest Times  —  In an increasingly hostile world of great power competition, it's nice to know that in Pete Hegseth we finally have a secretary of defense focused on the important things: purging military web databases of thousands of images featuring women, minorities …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill and HotAir
New York Times:
Trump's Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook  —  Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.  —  President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders.
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Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
How Trump's ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious  —  President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn't like their shared water agreements.  —  After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada on Tuesday …
Discussion: Daily Mail, Daily Kos and New Republic
Tom Malinowski / The Bulwark:
How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight  —  WITH NO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE TO ENFORCE our nation's basic laws, the most practical check on a tyrannical president is Congress's power of the purse.  And for the last couple of weeks, as the March 14 deadline for passing a government funding bill approaches …
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The New Resistance  —  We cover the fractured Democratic opposition to President Trump.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Jeffries calls Ogles ‘complete and total fraud’ over move to remove Al Green from committees  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), accusing him of being a “complete and total fraud” over his vow to remove Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and others from committee assignments.
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David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
Trump Signs Order to Create a ‘Crypto Reserve’
The White House:
Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP  —  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.  The dishonest and dangerous activity of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP ("Perkins Coie") has affected this country for decades.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Are No ‘Emergency’  —  The President invokes a law that doesn't give him power to impose sweeping tariffs.  Someone should sue.  —  Tap For Sound  —  President Trump delayed his Mexico-Canada tariffs again on Thursday—this time for another month.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Joe Rennison / New York Times:
Stocks Tumble as Trump Pauses Mexico and Canada Tariffs Again
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Breakup of SpaceX's Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports  —  Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
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CNN:
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for a second time, disrupting Florida air traffic
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This morning, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters reported that the Trump administration is preparing to deport the 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia's attacks on Ukraine and have temporary legal status in the United States.  Foreign affairs journalist Olga Nesterova reminded Americans that …
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New York Times:
State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
Discussion: Reuters and Stimson Center
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say  —  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Inside Trump and DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water  —  Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency repeatedly pressured the head of a United States water management agency to open a major California pump system in late January …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency  —  A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.  —  Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials …
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Anna Kramer / NOTUS:
DOGE Is Trying to Shutter Crucial Volcano Observatory Facilities  —  The Trump administration plans to terminate leases for buildings that are used to monitor active volcanoes close to population centers.  Reductions in force could make relocating these facilities even harder.  — Copy
Washington Post:
Trump expands retribution campaign against law firms that aided his foes  —  Trump hit another major law firm that worked for his political rivals with an executive order seeking to limit its ability to work for the U.S. government.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday targeted another elite law firm …
KFF:
KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2025: The Public's Views on Potential Changes to Medicaid  —  Share this page on Facebook (opens in a new tab) Share this page on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) Share this page via Email Print this page  —  Key Takeaways  — As Congress considers changes …
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Politico:
Kamala Harris sets a deadline for her next move  —  “I am staying in this fight,” she's told allies in phone calls and at private gatherings.  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris is seriously considering a run for governor of California — and has given herself a deadline to decide.
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Why the Maga mindset is different  —  US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west  —  The recurring question in liberal circles during Donald Trump's first term as US president was whether to take him seriously or literally.
Bertrand Benoit / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Embrace of Putin Has Germany Thinking of Nuclear Weapons  —  The travails of the Western alliance have injected urgency into a debate about homegrown alternatives to the U.S. nuclear umbrella  —  BERLIN—President Trump's embrace of Russia is causing Europeans to rethink their security …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel objected to secret U.S.-Hamas talks in tense call  —  Israel's concerns over the Trump administration's secret negotiations with Hamas erupted in a contentious call Tuesday between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-hand man and the U.S. official leading the talks …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Antisemitism in the Oval Office  —  A confrontation seen with a historian's eye  —  The attempt to humiliate Volodymyr Zelens'kyi in the Oval Office a week ago was an American strategic collapse.  It heralded a new constellation of disorderly powers, obsessed with resources, seizing what they can.
Clea Skopeliti / The Guardian:
First Thing: Russia launches wave of strikes across Ukraine  —  Strikes follow European leaders committing to a huge boost in defense spending.  Plus, another of Elon Musk's Starship rockets explodes within minutes of take-off  —  Good morning.  —  Russia has carried out a vast wave …
Benjamin Wittes / Default:
The Situation: A Ukrainian Hostage Situation  —  Toying with the lives of Ukrainians in the United States  —  Meet The Authors  —  Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With  —  The Situation on Monday compared Donald Trump and JD Vance to Neville Chamberlain and found them wanting.
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana  —  Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.  —  Something remarkable happened in Montana today.
 
 
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
As Trump Seeks New Air Force One Planes, Security Requirements Are Eased
Breanne Deppisch / Fox News:
Axed government watchdog says Trump was right to fire him
John Roberts / Washington Examiner:
The war on woke isn't won
Rolling Stone:
Trump's Shockingly Lawless Second Term
Discussion: Balls and Strikes
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
The Miraculous Life of Shane DiGiovanna
Daniel Engber / The Atlantic:
At the NIH, Intolerance Will No Longer Be Tolerated
Discussion: The Daily Wire
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Mark Carney, crisis-fighting central banker, hopes to lead Canada through trade war
 Earlier Items: 
Militarnyi:
Maxar Cuts Off Ukraine's Access To Satellite Imagery
Discussion: Politico and Euromaidan Press
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Anti-D.E.I. Crusader Who Wants to Dismantle the Department of Education
New York Times:
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
RFK Jr. warns vaccinating poultry for bird flu could backfire
Politico:
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Amy Furr / Breitbart:
‘She Needs to Shut Her Mouth’: Dad of Teen Cancer Survivor Whom Trump Honored Blasts Rachel Maddow
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear “pro-Hamas”
 

 
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