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9:25 AM ET, March 16, 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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Court blocks deportations hours after Trump says he invoked 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 announced that he had invoked a law last used to justify Japanese internment camps.
Discussion: DNyuz and USA Today
Associated Press:
Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later  —  A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States.
Politico:
Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act
America's Voice:
BREAKING: Trump Admin Aiming to Invoke Alien Enemies Act, the “Tip of a Very Dangerous Spear” for Democracy
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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Associated Press:
Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations  —  President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming, with the organization's director saying all VOA employees have been put on leave.
Steve Herman / The Newsguy:
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation's conscience  —  I am speaking here in my personal capacity and not as a representative of any agency or organization, past, present or future...  My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America's story to the world — honestly …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Liberal group calls for Schumer to step down as minority leader after spending bill vote
Discussion: DNyuz, The Hill and Fox News
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat
David Pozen / Balkinization:
A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)  —  By Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Jamal Greene, Olatunde Johnson, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen  —  On Thursday, the president of Columbia University received a remarkable letter …
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning  —  President Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on the Houthi-held areas in Yemen on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until the Iran-backed rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor.
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New York Times:
Trump Orders Attacks on Militant Sites in Yemen and Issues a Warning to Iran
New York Times:
Trade War Retaliation Will Hit Trump Voters Hardest  —  The counties where tariffs could hit jobs, by presidential vote winner  —  Source: New York Times analysis of data from Lightcast and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.  Note: Vote results are for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Discussion: Fox Business
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
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Democratic Party's favorability drops to a record low  —  The Democratic Party's favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters.
Joe Rennison / New York Times:
President Trump Is Making Foreign Stocks Great Again  —  For years, the S&P 500 soared above the stock indexes of other countries.  But since Trump's inauguration, it has fallen 6 percent and is now trailing major markets in Europe and China.  —  President Trump has promised to create …
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 …
Vox:
Were companies ever serious about DEI?  —  The buzzwords “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are everywhere right now, but you can't be blamed if you don't quite have a handle on what they mean.  —  The origins of DEI date back to the civil rights era — but recently “DEI” …
Jessica Craig / Vox:
The devastating impact of Trump's slashing foreign aid, in 3 charts  —  In about three short months, the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to foreign aid, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods around the world.  After initially pausing all US foreign aid spending for 90 days …
Lauren Villagran / USA Today:
He voted for Trump.  Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.  —  Bradley Bartell and Camila Muñoz had a familiar small-town love story, before they collided with immigration politics.  —  They met through mutual friends, had a first date at the local steakhouse …
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Michael Waltz, Trump's National Security Adviser, Is Taking Fire From Both Sides  —  Mr. Waltz has worked hard to burnish his credentials among the president's supporters, in the process dismaying his former associates while not convincing his new ones.  —  Stephen K. Bannon …
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees  —  The president, who recently had himself installed as the center's chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.  —  When President Trump was criticized by some of the artists …
 
 
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John Green / The Atlantic:
The World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
Discussion: The Dispatch
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Jesse Watters Says His Mom Is ‘Upset’ Over DOGE Cuts
Randall / AsAmNews:
JACL condemns Trump erasure of 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion
Associated Press:
At least 26 dead in massive US storm after Kansas reports 8 fatalities
Spencer Humphrey / WKRN-TV:
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Fortune
CNN:
“Delete' is one of their favorite terms': Inside DOGE's IRS takeover ahead of tax season
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
A mural of Anthony Fauci was meant to inspire staff. Then NIH took it down.
 Earlier Items: 
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.
Washington Post:
Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Whitewashing American history
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Keeping With Kennedy's Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments
Sharryse Piggott / WUNC:
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks