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6:10 PM ET, March 7, 2025

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New York Times:
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk  —  Simmering anger at the billionaire's unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting.  The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.  —  Marco Rubio was incensed.
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Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
Marco Rubio Melts Down at Musk in Furious Cabinet Shouting Match  —  Marco Rubio blew up at Elon Musk at a closed-door Cabinet meeting after the DOGE head accused the secretary of state of failing to slash his staff, according to a report.Musk, the world's richest man, told the secretary of state …
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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 …
Voice of America:
Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs on lumber, dairy from Canada
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Bessent says economy could be ‘starting to roll a little bit’
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants for Columbia University  —  The move comes shortly after the administration notified Columbia University that it was conducting a “comprehensive review” of its federal grants and contracts.  —  The Trump administration on Friday announced …
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U.S. General Services Administration:
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
New York Times:
White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia
Discussion: Daily Mail and Mediaite
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Put Two Prosecutors in Adams Case on Leave  —  The prosecutors, Celia Cohen and Andrew Rohrbach, had held high-ranking positions in the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.  —  Two Manhattan prosecutors who worked on the corruption case …
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Washington Post:
Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows  —  The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump's direction knew it wouldn't reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.  —  Just now
Discussion: Press Telegram
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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: The Independent and Al Jazeera
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate  —  In email obtained by TPM, White House claims that Trump can appoint whoever he wants - absent Congress.  —  The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control over the entire executive branch …
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 …
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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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emptywheel:
Attention Deficit and Defiance Division of Labor: There's Stuff Happening Where You're Not Looking
Discussion: Associated Press and WTOP News
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. Considering a Run For President in 2028  —  When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News last month, anchor Bret Baier asked what should have been a softball question: “Do you view Vice President JD Vance as your successor, the Republican nominee in 2028?”
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: NBC News
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Associated Press:
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch  —  Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk's DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud  —  There is a new staffer from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency seeking access …
Discussion: Krebs on Security
Jackie Bensen / NBC4 Washington:
‘Just following Hispanic people’: Citizen detained by ICE questions vote for Trump  —  Manassas man says he was pulled over on his way to work by agents looking for another man  —  A naturalized Hispanic man says he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Fox Business host on ‘shocking decline’ in consumer spending: ‘The boom times are over’  —  Fox Business Network host Charles Payne said the apparent decline in consumer spending was “shocking” on Friday, and said a return to “boom times” was not on the horizon.
Discussion: Mediaite
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Strike, or Else  —  The most important thing about a union contract is that it is a contract.  It is a legally binding agreement.  It is not a passing fancy.  It is not an empty promise, a public relations ploy.  It is a contract.  It is a guarantee.  The things that are laid …
Discussion: CBS News, Blaze Media and UPI
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Associated Press:
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections
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Basel Musharbash / BIG by Matt Stoller:
Hatching a Conspiracy: A BIG Investigation into Egg Prices  —  This issue is part one of a three-part series on the egg industry.  It is written by antitrust lawyer Basel Musharbash, based in part on a report he authored for Farm Action.  —  Over the past two months, egg prices have become a political football.
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans to Restrict Loan Forgiveness for Non-Profit Workers  —  President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will restrict eligibility for a government-run student loan forgiveness program, targeting individuals whose work for non-profits clashes with the administration's immigration policies.
New Jersey Globe:
Monmouth University will shutter its gold-standard polling institute  —  Patrick Murray, institute's director since 2005, will depart  —  Monmouth University is planning to imminently shutter its lauded polling institute, sources with direct knowledge of the matter have told the New Jersey Globe …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
LIVE March 7, 2025, 12:36 p.m. ET Trump Talks About Tariffs, Ukraine and Student Loans From the Oval Office  —  Where Things Stand  — Russia sanctions: President Trump said Friday that he was “strongly considering” imposing new sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a cease-fire …
OCC.gov:
OCC Clarifies Bank Authority to Engage in Certain Cryptocurrency Activities  —  WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today took action to reaffirm that a range of cryptocurrency activities are permissible in the federal banking system.
Discussion: Reuters and CoinDesk
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Trans women transferred to men's prisons despite rulings against Trump's order  —  Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: 'I'm punished for existing'  —  Transgender women incarcerated in the US prison system have been transferred …
Ben Protess / New York Times:
Trump Organization Sues Capital One for Closing Its Accounts  —  President Trump's family business accused the bank of violating consumer protection laws by closing its accounts in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.  —  President Trump's family business sued Capital One on Friday for …
US Department of Justice:
Active-Duty and Former U.S. Army Soldiers Arrested for Theft of Government Property and Bribery Scheme  —  For Immediate Release  —  One Soldier Charged with Conspiring to Transmit National Defense Information to Individuals Located in China  —  View the indictment for Jian Zhao.
 
 
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