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NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown  —  The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30.  But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it's unclear if Johnson can pass it with only Republicans.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Infighting Stalls Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill
Discussion: Townhall and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target
Discussion: Raw Story
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
House Unveils Trump-Backed Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
NBC News:
DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers  —  DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks about planned operations.  —  The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests …
Washington Post:
HHS grants DOGE access to child support database, overriding objections  —  An HHS official said the associates of Elon Musk's group had sought ‘read-only’ access.  —  just now  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Golf Weekends' Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 Million  —  Donald Trump has played golf at his own courses in Florida on six of the seven weekends since his second term began.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's insistence on playing golf at his Florida courses has now cost American taxpayers …
Discussion: The Independent
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Peter Stubley / The Times:
Pro-Palestinian activists vandalise Trump's Turnberry golf course  —  The Palestine Action group spray painted the clubhouse and gates and dug up the greens, in protest over the US president's plans for Gaza  —  Pro-Palestinian protesters have vandalised one of Donald Trump's golf courses …
Washington Post:
Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots  —  The string of violence against Tesla storefronts, charging stations and vehicles exacerbates the company's woes, analysts said.  —  The woman in the black hoodie walked onto the Tesla car lot prepared to inflict damage.
Discussion: Mediaite
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New York Times:
Rage Against Elon Musk Turns Tesla Into a Target  —  The backlash against the electric vehicle company has turned violent at times, as its billionaire chief executive parlays his support for President Trump into consequential influence over the federal government.
Discussion: The Post Millennial
eutoday.net:
US Intelligence Ban Leads to Heavy Ukrainian Losses  —  The decision by the United States to suspend military intelligence sharing with Ukraine has contributed to significant battlefield losses, with Russian forces advancing along key frontlines.  —  Reports indicate that the halt …
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The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak:
Ukraine fought alongside US in Iraq; never demanded minerals
Discussion: Washington Post
Viktoria Lytovchenko / online.ua:
The US is ending support for Ukrainian F-16s, but there is a way out  —  Читати українською  —  US President Donald Trump's team has ordered the termination of vital support for F-16 fighter jet jamming equipment that Ukraine has.
Discussion: Forbes
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Trump signs order to limit who gets public service student loan forgiveness  —  The president says some nonprofit organizations that qualify for the program are engaging in illegal activity, without offering any proof.  —  In a move that could upend a popular federal program …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign  —  The Harris-Walz campaign should have “rolled the dice” more, he told POLITICO.  —  HELENA, Montana — Tim Walz thinks he and Kamala Harris played it too safe last year.  —  He thinks they should have held more town halls.
Christine Fernando / Associated Press:
FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts  —  The country's preeminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by President Donald Trump's administration.
Washington Post:
Trump's Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge  —  The transferring of at least three national security officials amounts to a complete gutting of leadership in the highly sensitive National Security Division.  —  just now  —  The Justice Department …
Alan J. Keays / VTDigger:
Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say  —  Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington.  —  A Shelburne police sergeant …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
'You Can't Pin Him Down': Trump's Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover  —  President Trump's shifting positions and outright lies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn.  —  What does President Trump really believe?  —  Does he want to run for a third term, or is that just a joke?
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Threat To Take Over Canada Is a Scandal  —  Americans would never accept another nation threatening our country the way Trump insists on doing with Canada  —  As an American teenager who grew into a semblance of political consciousness during the height of George W. Bush's War on Terror …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Some Republicans act as if Musk is the first to uncover waste.  He isn't.  —  Outside groups from across the ideological spectrum have spent decades documenting questionable government spending.  —  Just now  —  Supporters of Elon Musk's chainsaw approach to slashing the federal government speak …
Discussion: Citizens Against …
Jason Sattler / The Last Billionaires:
Why America is on the verge of committing atrocities against our neighbors  —  People have to be ‘coached’ into evil with propaganda.  Trump and Musk have turned what our right has done for decades up to 11.  —  During Trump's first regime, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis became …
Jesse Coburn / ProPublica:
How the Terrorgram Collective's Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill  —  This story contains references to homophobia, antisemitism and racism, as well as mass shootings and other violence.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
Discussion: prima donna … and FRONTLINE
Don Braid / calgaryherald:
Invading Canada would spark guerrilla fight lasting decades, expert says  —  Canadian ‘niceness’ is a myth that would vanish overnight in the face of invasion  —  An expert on insurgency says an American military incursion into Canada would be a disaster — for the United States.
Discussion: Twitchy
Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
US ‘to cease all future military exercises in Europe’  —  Nato countries could be forced to plan manoeuvres without US as Trump continues pivot away from bloc  —  The United States has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises in Europe, according to reports.
Stephen Council / SFGATE:
Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from California reservoirs just got even uglier  —  The Washington Post snagged a memo written by an Army Corps of Engineers official who worked on the releases  —  When it happened, the late-January release of around 2.2 billion gallons from California …
Discussion: Washington Post
Lauren Weber / Washington Post:
Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care  —  Potential Medicaid cuts could devastate America's teetering rural health-care system and jeopardize Republicans' political power among rural voters.  —  HONDO, Tex. — Jaylee Williams needed to find somewhere to deliver her son.
Discussion: KFF
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
'I'm on the side of the workers': the Minnesota senator calling out Trump and Musk  —  Tina Smith is leaving at the end of her term, and says she would call Musk a dick even if she had to face re-election  —  The American people “can see in Elon Musk and in Donald Trump” the …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Fox News Suddenly Starts Panicking About Trump's Economy: “Weakening!”  —  Fox News figures are willing to propagandize on President Trump's behalf on pretty much every horror that he throws our way.  Do Fox personalities back Trump when he sells out our allies in tandem with murderous tyrant Vladimir Putin?
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Mail and Politico
New York Times:
Musk Doesn't Understand Why Government Matters  —  Elon Musk's life is a great American success story.  Time and again, he has anticipated where the world was headed, helping to create not just new products but new industries.  His achievements, from his pioneering role in online payments …
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Some House members have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — and others voting drunk, high: lawmakers
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
NBC News:
HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer
Discussion: UPI, Business Insider and The Hill
Claude Malhuret / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
New York Times:
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut
Discussion: Heatmap News
New York Times:
Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
FBI Director Patel asked for private security team and personal direct line to Trump: WSJ
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Trump says brief economic pain is worth long-term gain. Will Americans agree?
Discussion: NBC News
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David Smith / The Guardian:
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
Molly McKew / Great Power:
America needs to stop cheering for the pickled egg
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Putin Won  —  The Russian dictator has bent the world, including the United States, to his vision.
Discussion: New York Times
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Insiders Loaded Up On Firm's Stock—Right Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump's Involvement Sent Shares Soaring
Ryan Murphy / WHRO Public Media:
Controversial military-themed brewery shuts its doors after a year in Norfolk, citing “woke mob”
Discussion: Daily Press
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Stephen Miller's outside army
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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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

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

Katie Campione / Deadline:
WGA members “overwhelmingly” ratify a new three-year deal with CBS News that includes AI protections and is modeled after a recent ABC News contract
 
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