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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.  — 3.5k  —  Marco Rubio was incensed.
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Is DOGE Losing Steam?  —  President Donald Trump's shift on the Department of Government Efficiency began with a warning from an unlikely source.  —  Jesse Watters, a co-host of the Fox News hit show The Five, is usually a slick deliverer of MAGA talking points.
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 …
Reuters:   DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland
Associated Press:
Live updates: Researchers and doctors rally for science and against Trump cuts
Discussion: WBEZ Chicago
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 …
Liz Oyer / Liz Oyer on LinkedIn:
I'm sad to share that I was fired today from the job I have poured my heart and soul into for the last three years.  I am so proud of the team we built in the Office of the Pardon Attorney, who will carry on our important work.  I'm very grateful for the many extraordinary people I've had the opportunity to connect with on this journey.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Washington Post:
Several top career officials ousted at Justice Department  —  The terminations are the latest upheavals at an agency where the administration has removed several high-ranking officials.  —  The Justice Department ousted multiple senior career officials Friday, including a top ethics official …
New York Times:   Trump Administration Forces Out More Senior Justice Dept. Officials
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era  —  It remains to be seen how far President Trump's embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go.  But “the West” may be gone.  —  For decades a core objective of the Soviet Union was to “decouple” the United States from Europe.
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Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
Trump considers pulling troops out of Germany
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Lauren Boebert Accuses Black Lawmaker of Waving ‘Pimp Cane’ at Trump  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) suggested that the Black lawmaker who yelled at President Donald Trump during a joint address to Congress is a “pimp.”  —  During Trump's speech on Tuesday, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) …
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
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NBC News:
Federal prosecutors who worked on the Eric Adams case escorted out of workplace  —  It's the latest way the move to dismiss the case against New York City's mayor has roiled the Justice Department.  —  Two federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York who worked on the case …
Discussion: Axios, New York Post and Gothamist
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Put Two Prosecutors in Adams Case on Leave
Discussion: USA Today and New York Post
Associated Press:
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections  —  The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration …
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Politico:   Trump administration declares TSA screener union contract void
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?”
Wired:
DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers  —  Elon Musk's DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce.  —  Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers …
U.S. General Services Administration:
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million  —  Members of the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism take swift action to protect Jewish students in response to inaction by Columbia University
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants for Columbia University
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump Organization sues Capital One for closing its bank accounts four years ago  —  President Donald Trump's business trust sued Capital One for closing its bank accounts in 2021, claiming the Virginia lender “debanked” them over their political views causing “considerable financial harm.”
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Ben Protess / New York Times:
Trump Organization Sues Capital One for Closing Its Accounts
Discussion: Associated Press, Fortune and Townhall
Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Trump names Fox News's Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo to Kennedy Center board  —  President Trump announced Friday he's appointing Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo to the board of the Kennedy Center, after naming himself chair of the performing arts center last month.
Alison Patton / WOUB Public Media:
Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration suspended their funding  —  ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) - When an Ohio University international student woke up last Friday, he was expecting to see a deposit in his bank account, but he found an email in his inbox instead.
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Charlie Kirk / Media Matters for America:
Charlie Kirk warns “all these campuses that don't treat us well at Turning Point USA” may have their funding cut  —  Pro-Trump podcaster Kyle Forgeard talks about YouTube's event during Trump's inauguration weekend  —  Media Matters weekly newsletter, March 7  —  Broadcast correspondents covering climate change in 2024
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tightens Grip on FBI and Justice Department  —  FBI Director Kash Patel's early requests at agency included how to securely contact the Oval Office  —  WASHINGTON—Among Kash Patel's first questions as FBI director was one that underscored who was now in charge.
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
Marc Santora / New York Times:
With Drones and North Korean Troops, Russia Pushes Back Ukraine's Offensive  —  Russia has retaken about two-thirds of the territory Ukraine seized last summer in the Kursk region of Russia, but at a fearful cost in lives.  —  Russian and North Korean forces have made significant battlefield advances …
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.
Simon Shuster / Time:
“Hundreds of Dead”: Inside the Fallout from Trump's Ukraine Intel Pause … In an emailed statement to TIME on Friday, Maxar Technologies confirmed the disruption to service in Ukraine.  “The U.S. government has decided to temporarily suspend Ukrainian accounts” in the system that the government uses …
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent and CBS News
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending  —  With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.
 
 
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Fox News:
Kristi Noem says 2 leakers accused of disclosing ICE operations ID'd: ‘Put law enforcement lives in jeopardy’
Dave Bohman / WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm:
Ryan Routh's attorneys want to test fire weapon allegedly intended to assassinate Donald Trump
Discussion: IJR and Townhall
Deena Shanker / Bloomberg:
Two USDA Food Safety Committees Disbanded Under Trump Order
Discussion: NOTUS and Talking Points Memo
Elyse Wanshel / HuffPost:
Trump Admin Slammed As ‘Stupidest’ Ever After Linking WWII Plane ‘Enola Gay’ To DEI
Cyrus Farivar / Forbes:
DOGE's Latest Casualty: The Government's Texting Service For Urgent Reminders
Discussion: Nextgov/FCW
Volodymyr Ivanyshyn / The Kyiv Independent:
Voice of America correspondent Ostap Yarysh fired following DOGE review
Discussion: Voice of America and Raw Story
Jimmy Jenkins / Arizona Republic:
Entire Phoenix field office of General Services Administration fired, says court executive
US Department of Justice:
Active-Duty and Former U.S. Army Soldiers Arrested for Theft of Government Property and Bribery Scheme
 Earlier Items: 
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Fox Business host on ‘shocking decline’ in consumer spending: ‘The boom times are over’
Discussion: Mediaite
New Jersey Globe:
Monmouth University will shutter its gold-standard polling institute
Discussion: Twitchy
Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
Jackie Bensen / NBC4 Washington:
‘Just following Hispanic people’: Citizen detained by ICE questions vote for Trump
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
 

 
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Axios:
Sources: G/O Media sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to software firm Redbrick, the fourth Quartz ownership change in seven years

Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
A judge dismisses former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today; Bryant sued in 2023 over reporting about a welfare scandal

Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg:
Sources: connected TV ad platform MNTN, which filed for a US IPO in late February, is among companies pausing listings as Trump's trade war upends the economy
 
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