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9:35 AM ET, March 14, 2025

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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.
Sen. Adam Schiff / The Schiff Notes:
My Vote on the GOP Spending Bill  —  I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill.  On cloture.  On all of it.  When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him.  Not without a fight.  —  Sen. Adam Schiff  —  Transcript  —  Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
SCOOP: Trump crafts plan to cut spending without Congress after shutdown is averted  —  Trump and his allies believe the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional  —  The White House has already started mapping out how to make good on its promise to slash federal spending in preparation …
New York Times:
Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party  —  Many Democrats had agitated for the party to hang together and block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the leader said doing so would prompt a shutdown that would only empower Mr. Trump.
New York Times:
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Reason
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Schumer backs away from shutdown, says he'll vote to advance GOP bill
Associated Press:
Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Sixteen thoughts on an averted shutdown
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: The fight Dems didn't want
Discussion: Arizona Republic
Punchbowl News:   3/14/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Schumer folds on funding and Democrats are furious
Michael Gold / New York Times:
As Congress Weighs a Spending Bill, Earmarks Are a Casualty
Discussion: Reuters
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Federal Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University  —  Department of Homeland Security officials conducted the search as the Trump administration sought to deport a former student and pro-Palestinian activist.  —  Department of Homeland Security officials searched two dorm rooms …
Discussion: Axios, Fox News, Zeteo, New York Post and Reuters
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider, Fortune and CBS News
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Wired:
Inside Elon Musk's ‘Digital Coup’  —  Musk's loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people's most sensitive data.  The next step: Unleash the AI.  —  As America's most decorated civil servants sipped cocktails …
Discussion: Politico
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.
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.
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep Mercilessly Taunted in Another Wild Town Hall Clash
Discussion: Mediaite and The Independent
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New York Times:
Stocks Tumble Into Correction as Investors Sour on Trump  —  The S&P 500 is now more than 10% below its last record high — a line in the sand for investors worried about a sell-off gathering steam.  —  The world's most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction on Thursday …
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Jason Karaian / New York Times:
Gold Hits Record High Amid Tariff Anxiety
Discussion: CoinDesk and Daily Mail
Associated Press:
Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva Of Arizona Dies From Complications From Cancer Treatment  —  Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a 12-term Democrat from Arizona, has died after complications from cancer treatment, his office says.  —  Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona …
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Associated Press:
Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, champion of environment and progressivism, dies at age 77
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Vladimir Putin Met With U.S. Envoy in Moscow, Kremlin Says  —  The diplomatic effort signaled that Russia was keen to keep negotiating with the United States about a cease-fire in Ukraine.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy …
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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.
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: NPR
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
Associated Press:
Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE's behest, internal records show  —  Federal agencies will begin to vacate hundreds of offices across the country this summer under a frenetic and error-riddled push by Elon Musk's budget-cutting advisers to terminate leases that they say waste money.
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers Funded by Federal Aid  —  The university, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration's cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget.  —  Johns Hopkins University, one of the country's leading centers …
Antonio Pequeño IV / Forbes:
Musk Retweets 'Hitler Didn't Murder Millions' Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy  —  Tesla chief and presidential adviser Elon Musk shared a post Thursday that said public sector workers, not Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, murdered millions of people, marking the billionaire's latest Nazi-related post …
Discussion: Haaretz, NPR, Twitchy and MeidasTouch News
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: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Washington Post:
JD Vance booed as he arrives at Kennedy Center concert  —  The reaction toward the vice president comes on the heels of recent steps by the Trump administration to overhaul the national arts institution in D.C.  —  Just now  —  When Vice President JD Vance took his seat at the Kennedy Center …
Matt White / Task & Purpose:
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans  —  Arlington National Cemetery is the most venerated final resting ground in the nation, overseen by silent soldiers in immaculate uniforms with ramrod-straight discipline.  Across its hundreds of acres in Virginia …
 
 
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