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9:35 PM ET, March 15, 2025

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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated …
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Associated Press:
Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later  —  A federal judge on Saturday barred the administration of President Donald Trump from deportations under an 18th century law that Trump invoked just hours earlier asserting the United States was being invaded …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Court blocks deportations hours after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act  —  A little before 7:00 p.m. Saturday, a federal judge issued an order temporarily stopping deportations set in motion by President Donald Trump hours earlier when he invoked a law last used to justify Japanese internment camps.
Discussion: Bloomberg, USA Today and Forbes
Politico:
Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act  —  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the return of planes already headed to Central America.  —  A federal judge has ordered an immediate hold on efforts by President Donald Trump to quickly deport Venezuelan …
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Federal judge blocks Trump's plan to target ‘alien enemies’ for deportation
Discussion: DNyuz
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
Discussion: New York Times
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump orders cuts  —  Employees at Voice of America were placed on paid leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks  —  Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions.  —  All full-time staffers …
Associated Press:
Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
Discussion: The Independent and Rolling Stone
Steve Herman / The Newsguy:   Requiem for the voice that carried a nation's conscience
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness
Discussion: Politico and The Wrap
New York Times:
Trump Orders Attacks on Militant Sites in Yemen and Issues a Warning to Iran  —  The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.  —  The United States carried out large-scale military strikes …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran
Susanne Barton / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Ordered Military Action Against Houthis in Yemen
Discussion: israelhayom.com and RedState
New York Times:
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her  —  Ranjani Srinivasan's student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities.  That was just the start of her odyssey.  —  The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning.
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Tom Mooney / The Providence Journal:
Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order.  What we know.  —  A federal court order that would have halted the immediate deportation of a Rhode Island doctor was issued Friday evening while the doctor's departing plane sat on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport, said a family friend and colleague.
Discussion: The Boston Globe
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Keeping With Kennedy's Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments  —  In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.  —  Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Indivisible:
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer surrendered leverage in the Senate, paving the way for a GOP funding bill that jeopardizes critical programs and accelerates the efforts of Trump, Musk and congressional Republicans …
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Sarah Betancourt / New Hampshire Public Radio:
Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained  —  A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut.  That Isn't True.  —  Mr. Kristof reported from South Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya.  Ms. Fezehai is a photographer and visual journalist based in Kenya.  —  As the world's richest men slash American aid for the world's poorest children, they insist that all is well.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mediaite
Spencer Humphrey / WKRN-TV:
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City retiree said his Social Security benefits were suspended without warning — and with no explanation given when he reached out.  He worries it may have to do with the place …
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:   Voters flood town halls with fears of Social Security cuts, putting heat on GOP over Musk and DOGE
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy …
Washington Post:
Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status  —  Their arrests, weeks before TPS is set to expire for many Venezuelans, raised alarms that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents and children.  —  Just now  —  The Venezuelan couple …
Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk  —  Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
Discussion: Coeur d'Alene Press
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid  —  The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid female and minority contractors.
Discussion: Blaze Media
Randall / AsAmNews:
JACL condemns Trump erasure of 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion  —  President Trump's crusade to wipe out any reference to diversity, equity and inclusion is leading to a whitewashing of American history.  —  On March 7, r eports surfaced that some 26,000 images equated with DEI …
Pduskie / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America's Enemies”  —  RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America's Enemies”  —  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed today by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that its federal grant agreement …
 
 
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
A mural of Tony Fauci was meant to inspire staff. Then NIH took it down.
Mike Brock / Notes From The Circus:
The Day That Never Ends  —  In a political maneuver that would make Kafka blush …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Invading Canada Is Not Advisable
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Kash Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Whitewashing American history
Discussion: driftglass and New York Times
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
How Pete Hegseth is pushing his beliefs on US agency: ‘nothing to prepare forces’
Discussion: Raw Story and E&E News
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump's Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance
Discussion: Twitchy
STAT:
STAT+: At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
ABC News:
Trump revokes nearly 20 executive orders issued by Biden administration
Discussion: The Hill and The Post Millennial
Sharryse Piggott / WUNC:
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
András Pethő / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
NBC News:
A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally
 

 
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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

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