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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems go into “complete meltdown” as Schumer folds  —  House Democrats erupted into apoplexy Thursday night after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would support Republicans' stopgap government funding measure.  —  Why it matters: House Democrats feel like they “walked the plank,” in the words of one member.
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Sarah Ferris / CNN:
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge  —  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” …
Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown.  We Must Not Give Them One.  —  Over the past two months, the United States has confronted a bitter truth: The federal government has been taken over by a nihilist.  —  President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon.
New York Times:
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence  —  On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress to the Trump White House.  —  The Republican-led Congress isn't just watching the Trump administration gobble up its constitutional powers.
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Reason
emptywheel:
Democrats Have to Stop Making Political Decisions with an Eye Towards 2026  —  I've been out of pocket as events moved towards today's cloture vote on the dogshit continuing resolution Republicans have written.  It's not yet clear whether seven Democrats (in addition to John Fetterman) …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Trump lauds Schumer's ‘guts’ in backing bill to avoid shutdown
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:   Young Democrats' Anger Boils Over as Schumer Retreats on Shutdown
New York Times:
Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party
Wall Street Journal:
Universities Scramble to Avoid Being Trump's Next Target  —  Amid DEI backlash and funding threats, universities nationwide cancel events, rescind grad school offers  —  Ohio University suspended next month's Black alumni reunion.  The University of Massachusetts revoked admission offers to biomedical graduate students.
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Frank S. Zhou / The Harvard Crimson:
First They Came for Columbia  —  Like many autocrats before him, Donald Trump has launched what could be a devastating attack on universities.  —  Over the last week, the Trump administration has cancelled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University and $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University.
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign  —  More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump's campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
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” …
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
USPS signs agreement with DOGE, agrees to cut 10,000 workers: ‘Broken business model’  —  The service plans to cut 10,000 employees in the next 30 days through a voluntary early-retirement program  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy informed members of Congress on Thursday he has signed …
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Vance booed at Kennedy Center after Trump board takeover  —  Vice President Vance was met by a chorus of boos from audience members at the Kennedy Center while attending a National Symphony Orchestra performance late Thursday.  —  The former Ohio senator responded to the jeers with a smile …
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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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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
There Was a Second Name on Rubio's Target List  —  As the details of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by U.S. immigration agents first emerged this week, attorneys I spoke with were so astonished that they wondered if the government had made a mistake.  President Donald Trump and other administration officials …
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Dems ask Trump admin to explain Khalil's arrest, calling it ‘playbook of authoritarians’
Discussion: The Guardian and Jewish Insider
Bloomberg:
Washington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from Congress  —  Local leaders across the DC metro area are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the city.  —  A decision before Congress to strip $1.1 billion …
Axios:
Focus group: Trump swing voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse  —  Most Michigan swing voters in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups said that although they voted for President Trump in November, they have objections, frustrations and fears about his behavior since he returned to power.
Discussion: Raw Story
New Republic:
Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court  —  Elon Musk is suddenly facing lots of bad news.  A judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers, a blow to Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
Vox:
Canada is so furious at the US right now  —  The US and Canada are meant to be the best of friends, but they're in the midst of a pretty ugly fight.  —  It began with President Donald Trump's ascent to the White House, when he began referring to his outgoing Canadian counterpart as …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts  —  From funding cuts to tariffs, farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead.  —  Jennifer Gilkerson never imagined …
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump's fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada  —  No matter how we do the math, the numbers don't add up.  —  Just now  —  “We're spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.”  — President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13
Politico:
Judge rejects DOJ's effort to expand reach of Trump's Jan. 6 pardon  —  U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, called the Justice Department's position irrational.  —  A federal judge has denied the Justice Department's attempt to apply President Donald Trump's blanket pardon …
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
Paul Krugman:
Everybody Hates Elon  —  And other tales of collapsing confidence  —  After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, progressives had one great fear about his economic policies — namely, that he wouldn't do much.  Oh, he'd slap on a few tariffs, make a big show of eliminating “woke” spending …
Discussion: UPI
Wired:
These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration  —  The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency.  —  At least 10 people associated with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency …
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza  —  The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted …
Discussion: WTOP News, Al Jazeera and Reuters
Kasha Patel / Washington Post:
Global sea level rose higher than expected last year.  Here's why.  —  Last year's rate of average global sea level rise was 0.23 inches per year, higher than the expected 0.17 inches per year, NASA found.  The rise follows are trend of rapidly increasing rates over the past 30 years.  —  Just now
Discussion: Al Jazeera, UPI and Raw Story
American Prospect:
Friday Catblogging  —  A tribute to Kevin Drum  —  Kevin Drum, pioneer of an entirely new communication medium called blogging, was in my life for more than 20 years.  I wouldn't exactly call him a friend, more of a colleague, but I knew more about him than some of my friends.
Discussion: New Republic, Eschaton and Mother Jones
Associated Press:
‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources  —  The directive came before Kash Patel was confirmed as FBI director, sources say.  —  The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington.
Makiya Seminera / Associated Press:
North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump  —  Before answering an attendee's question about President Donald Trump's “destructive and disastrous trade war,” Rep. Chuck Edwards made a plea to the rowdy crowd at his Thursday town hall in Asheville, North Carolina.
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Democrats Have a Man Problem  —  Chances are low that Joe Rogan will save your soul—or your party.  Since Donald Trump's election victory, countless Democrats have lamented their party's losses among men, and young men, in particular.  One refrain has been a yearning for a “Rogan of the left” …
 
 
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Discussion: Fortune
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
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Laura Kayali / Politico:
Portugal rules out buying F-35s because of Trump
Reuters:
Trump calls discussions with Putin ‘productive’, urges him to spare Ukrainian troops
ICE:
ICE, law enforcement partners arrest more than 200 alien offenders during enhanced gang operation in Northern Virginia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Herper / STAT:
RFK Jr. says measles vaccine routinely causes deaths. That's not true
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“You must sacrifice”: MAGA excuses for Trump's trade war echo “prosperity” preachers
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE's behest
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