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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.
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Sun Yu / Financial Times:
Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk's companies  —  Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul's ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX  —  Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled …
Discussion: New York Times
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Secret Service shoots armed man near White House  —  The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man near the White House around midnight on Sunday, the agency said in a statement.  —  The big picture: While there has been no reported threat to President Trump, the Secret Service has been under …
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 …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Atlantic:
The FAA's Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know  —  On January 29, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people, in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in recent history.
Discussion: CNN
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.
Chris Lunday / Politico:
German lawmakers float ‘Euro Eyes’ spy network amid uncertainty on US intel  —  Senior German lawmakers sound alarm bells that a sudden cutoff could leave Europe dangerously exposed.  —  BERLIN — The Bundestag's top intelligence experts are calling for a European spy network …
Washington Post:
DOGE's $1 spending card limit touches everything from military research to trash pickup  —  The crackdown on routine expenses is part of a campaign by the president and billionaire Elon Musk to reset the scope and mission of America's sprawling bureaucracy.  —  Just now
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.
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.
New York Times:
The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA  —  President Trump has made clear he wants to keep both men and their allies within his movement, but the tensions are growing.  —  After word leaked out about a clash at the White House where members …
NBC News:
Trump wants to see more than just a minerals deal to restart aid and intel to Ukraine  —  U.S. and Ukrainian officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia this week, with Trump focused on Zelenskyy's willingness to make concessions in negotiations.  —  WASHINGTON — As U.S. and Ukrainian officials prepare …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
‘Gut punch’: Democrats decry Trump's plan to cut 80,000 at Veterans Affairs  —  Democrat lawmakers and veterans' groups are fuming over the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plans to cut roughly 80,000 employees in the coming months, decrying the lack of transparency and lack of pushback from their colleagues across the aisle.
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
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 …
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CNN:
‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse  —  Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization …
New York Times:
Undocumented Workers, Fearing Deportation, Are Staying Home  —  Fearing roundups, many immigrants are staying home.  Construction, agriculture, senior care and hospitality employers say labor shortages will worsen.  —  The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work.
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
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 …
New York Times:
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut  —  Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service's ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China Hits Canada With Tariffs in Indirect Riposte to Trump  —  Beijing, which set steep duties on canola, peas and pork, wants Canada and Mexico to resist U.S. pressure to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.  —  China announced tariffs of up to 100 percent on canola, pork and other foods …
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New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Could Help Tesla, by Hurting Its Rivals More
Discussion: New York Post
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: USA Today
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  —  Up to a dozen members of Congress reportedly have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — with some even showing up drunk or stoned to cast votes.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Oliver O'Connell / The Independent:
Trump's Florida golf weekends are costing taxpayers $18m, report says - as he hits the links again  —  President has played golf on six out of seven weekends since returning to White House  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech …
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.
Washington Post:
Republicans unveil another extension to try to avert government shutdown  —  With less than a week to go before a March 14 shutdown deadline, it is not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the continuing resolution unveiled Saturday.  —  Just now  —  Congressional Republicans are racing to avert a government shutdown.
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Patti Davis / New York Times:
My Father Spoke to Me Only Once About Why He Led This Nation
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
'I'm on the side of the workers': the Minnesota senator calling out Trump and Musk
Discussion: Twitchy
NBC News:
HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer
Discussion: CBS News and UPI
Claude Malhuret / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
Discussion: The Mahablog
Stephen Council / SFGATE:
Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from California reservoirs just got even uglier
New York Times:
Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers
 Earlier Items: 
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Threat To Take Over Canada Is a Scandal
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Trump says brief economic pain is worth long-term gain. Will Americans agree?
Discussion: Axios
Jason Sattler / The Last Billionaires:
Why America is on the verge of committing atrocities against our neighbors
Jesse Coburn / ProPublica:
How the Terrorgram Collective's Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
Discussion: FRONTLINE and prima donna …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
'You Can't Pin Him Down': Trump's Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover