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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Senate moves ahead on shutdown votes  —  Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.  —  Senate leaders struck a deal on Friday to pave the way for passage of the House GOP's seven-month stopgap spending bill and avoid a government shutdown.
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Dem Civil War Erupts With ‘Screaming’ and Primary Threats Behind Closed Doors  —  Democrats are finally fighting amid MAGA 2.0—but it is with each other.  President Donald Trump picked a side in the party's burgeoning civil war Friday, praising his longtime foe, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight  —  “This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill.  —  WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats …
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Ex-Democratic Leader Schumer  —  Today on TAP: He has defied the will of the vast majority of Senate Democrats and played right into the hands of Trump.  Time for a new leader.  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves a Senate Democratic caucus luncheon outside the Senate Chamber …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown  —  A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a Republican-crafted bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, taking a crucial step toward avoiding …
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  —  Where Things Stand  — Shutdown averted: The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure.
CNN:
Democrats join with Republicans to advance House-passed government spending bill  —  Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday on a key procedural vote to advance a bill that would ultimately avert a government shutdown at midnight, despite intensifying pressure from across the Democratic Party to block the GOP's funding measure.
NPR:
Senate passes spending bill to avoid a government shutdown  —  The Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September.  The measure was approved largely along party lines, but an earlier procedural vote exposed deep divisions among Democrats.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside House Dems' furious anti-Schumer movement
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer Under Fire as Pelosi and Other Democrats Criticize Shutdown Retreat
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘History will know that day because of what we did’: DOJ prosecutor who worked Jan. 6 cases resigns
Discussion: CNN, New York Times, The Guardian and NPR
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Funding bill may grant Trump, Musk more control over federal spending
Discussion: WTOP News
NBC News:
Senate passes GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   Chuck Schumer and the Wildfire: A Parable
Axios:
Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Here Are The Democrats Who Advanced A GOP Bill To Avoid A Government Shutdown
Politico:   ‘Uniting anger’: Democrats fume over Schumer's handling of funding fight
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University  —  The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control …
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules  —  A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday demanded …
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
How The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing Antisemitism to Undermine Our Democracy
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Trump calls his opponents ‘scum’ and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department  —  For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.  —  President Donald Trump on Friday walked into the Department of Justice …
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Liam Reilly / CNN:
Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech  —  President Donald Trump launched some of his harshest attacks yet on the media on Friday, using a speech at the Department of Justice to baselessly accuse outlets including CNN of illegal and corrupt behavior.
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces  —  A new Media Matters analysis found 9 out of the 10 top online shows assessed are right-leaning … The 2024 presidential election has been dubbed the “podcast election” …
more at Mediagazer »
Jordan Green / Raw Story:
The head of Trump's antisemitism task force just re-posted two antisemitic X accounts  —  Leo Terrell, the Department of Justice lawyer who heads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, has made multiple appearances on the network and other conservative outlets to unapologetically press …
New York Times:
Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss  —  Experts have warned that the president's efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel.  —  President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm …
Discussion: The Hill
Isabel van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Musk Immediately Calls for Judges to Be Impeached After DOGE Rulings  —  Elon Musk threw a tantrum after his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was dealt a series of legal setbacks, immediately calling for the impeachment of federal judges.  “Without judicial reform …
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Politico:
What court orders? Trump's moving full steam ahead to slash more federal workers
Discussion: The Status Kuo, NBC News and Salon
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Boehler withdraws nomination as special presidential envoy for hostages affairs  —  Adam Boehler, who oversaw unprecedented direct negotiations with Hamas on behalf of President Trump, has withdrawn his nomination for the position of special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, according to two White House officials.
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Kevin Drum, Influential Early Political Blogger, Dies at 66  —  Writing on his own and for Washington Monthly and Mother Jones, he earned a reputation as a serious policy thinker.  He also invented Friday cat blogging.  —  Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online …
Tara Palmeri / The Red Letter:
Fear and Loathing in the West Wing  —  Inside the revolt against Elon Musk...  Welcome back to The Red Letter.  —  The tolerance for Elon Musk inside of the White House is wearing thin, as they deal with the fallout of his calamitous interview with Larry Kudlow when he touched the third rail - entitlements.
New York Times:
A Close Elon Musk Friend Joins His Effort on Social Security  —  The involvement of Antonio Gracias, an investor who has known Elon Musk for two decades, suggests that Mr. Musk has made overhauling the Social Security Administration a priority.  —  A private equity investor …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
U.S. Department of Education:
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into 45 universities under Title VI following OCR's February 14 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) …
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution  —  The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries  —  A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.  —  The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans  —  Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.  —  Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children  —  Even as President Donald Trump and government-demolition czar Elon Musk appear to actively favor Russia's interests amid discussions of how to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has struck a studiously neutral posture.
Discussion: The i Paper
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of abuse in floor speech  —  The legal action seeks to carve out an exception from the speech or debate clause of the Constitution.  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by one of the four men she has publicly accused …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
David French: Trump Admits He's Violating the Constitution  —  Trump & company aren't even attempting to create a pretext for why they're punishing the free speech of political opponents.  They are basically confessing in writing to violating the First Amendment.
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US court allows Trump to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge's ruling that had blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Reuters
Murray Brewster / CBC News:
Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister  —  Payment for first 16 aircraft already made  —  Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighter and will hold conversations with rival aircraft makers …
 
 
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Ray Furlong / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Can Trump Do Anything To Make Putin Accept A Cease-Fire In Ukraine?
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Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language
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Crisis is the solution to the public attention problem
NBC News:
Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone
Discussion: CNBC
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Why Is Gavin Newsom Seeking Common Ground With the Right?
Will Knight / Wired:
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
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Phelim Kine / Politico:
Radio Free Asia set to lay off most US-based staff due to government funding freeze
 Earlier Items: 
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Rubio says South Africa's ambassador no longer welcome in US after criticizing Trump
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Wyden, Sanders blocked from attempt to pass stand-alone health package
Associated Press:
Federal judge considers blocking DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Times-Tribune
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93
Department of Homeland Security:
VIDEO: Columbia University Student Whose Visa Was Revoked for Supporting Hamas and Terrorist Activities Used CBP Home App to Self-Deport
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Voice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse
Axios:
Focus group: Trump swing voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Source says “most” journalists at Voice of America were put on administrative leave, a day after Trump signed an EO aimed at eliminating the USAGM

The Times:
An investigation into the unsolved 1977 murder of The Sunday Times foreign correspondent David Holden in Egypt suggests he doubled as a KGB spy and had CIA ties

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