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NBC4 Washington:
US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building  —  President Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order aiming to shrink the federal government  —  Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace.  Group says DOGE arrives  —  The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization on Monday, in its latest effort …
CNN:
DOGE gains access to US Institute of Peace after Trump administration overhauls board  —  Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency, accompanied by DC police officers, gained access to the US Institute of Peace Monday after being turned away last week.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Plans to Press White House Over Deportation Flights  —  Where Things Stand  — Deportation flights: A federal judge is set to press Trump administration lawyers at a 5 p.m. hearing about whether the White House had violated a court order in deporting migrants with little to no due process.
NBC News:
Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations  —  The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge pressed …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The judge who tried to stop the deportation planes is not happy with the Trump administration
New York Times:
Timeline of Trump's Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge's Order
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
What can be done if Trump is openly defying the courts?
New York Times:
Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Across White House Complex  —  Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel's Office.  —  Starlink, the satellite internet service operated …
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Susannah Patton / lowyinstitute.org:
Silencing the Voice of America  —  Data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been.  —  The Trump administration cares little for soft power.  The abrupt shuttering of the Voice of America and other US-funded media outlets including Radio Free Asia attest to this.
Darcy Spencer / NBC4 Washington:
Voice of America journalists placed on leave due to ‘bias against Trump Admin’
Discussion: CBS News
Erin Alberty / Axios:
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order  —  Articles about the renowned Native American Code Talkers have disappeared from some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled “DEI.”  —  Why it matters: From 1942 to 1945 …
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Washington Post:
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser  —  Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.  —  Jon Swaine is an investigative reporter on Signal at jonswaine.55.  Alex Horton is a national security reporter on Signal at alexhorton.85.
Discussion: Associated Press
Emily Peck / Axios:
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support  —  An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposes changes to its phone service that could derail the benefits application process for many Americans.  —  Why it matters: The Trump administration has repeatedly …
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Trump's Lust for Canada Echoes Putin's Lust for Ukraine  —  Expansionist rhetoric, economic grievance, and fantasies of erasing an “artificial” border.  —  AMERICA'S ALLIES ARE REPORTEDLY STUNNED by two things Donald Trump has done since returning to power.  One is his alignment of U.S. foreign policy with Russia.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
Discussion: NPR and Washington Examiner
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump to end Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden  —  When President Joe Biden took office, he extended protections to Trump's adult children for six months.  —  President Donald Trump said Monday that he is terminating Secret Service protection for his predecessor's two adult children: Hunter and Ashley Biden.
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Associated Press:
Trump revokes Secret Service detail for Joe Biden's children
Discussion: Washington Times
Reuters:
Trump revokes secret service protection for Biden's children Hunter and Ashley
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
At Kennedy Center, Trump envisions remaking Honors, suggests he could host  —  Trump and his board suggested several artists for the awards, including Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth.  —  President Donald Trump visited the Kennedy Center on Monday …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas  —  Israel resumed the war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against what it described as Hamas targets all across the enclave overnight.  —  The big picture: The strikes come exactly two months …
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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Israel Carries Out ‘Extensive Strikes’ in Gaza, Imperiling Cease-Fire
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.'s Scientific Research Arm  —  More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump appoints Charlie Kirk, Walt Nauta, Michael Flynn to military boards  —  President Trump on Monday announced a slew of allies would be appointed to the Board of Visitors at the nation's military academies, including lawmakers and conservative media personalities.
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump stacks military academy boards with MAGA loyalists, including Michael Flynn and Charlie Kirk
Discussion: New York Times
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas Sends Letters to 20 Law Firms Requesting Information About DEI-Related Employment Practices  —  WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity …
Elaine Chen / STAT:
STAT+: NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease  —  The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Schumer is doing damage control.  It isn't working.  —  The Senate minority leader and his aides have been talking privately with liberal groups.  —  Chuck Schumer is in damage-control mode.  It isn't going great.  —  The Senate minority leader and his aides in recent days …
Financial Times:
Europe courts US scientists fleeing Trump crackdown  —  Cambridge university among institutions seeing chance to hire talent unsettled by US spending cuts  —  Science institutions in Europe and beyond are racing to hire researchers from the US looking to flee the Donald Trump administration's crackdown on research agencies.
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia.  Here is How We Would Respond.  —  Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university.  —  Everything that has been posted on Drezner's World over the past …
NBC News:
Plane's wing hits runway during landing attempt at New York's LaGuardia Airport  —  No one was injured in the incident involving a Delta Connection flight that was making a “go-around” due to an approach problem Sunday, officials said.  —  The wing of a passenger plane landing …
Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Conor McGregor anti-immigration rant in White House condemned by Irish PM  —  Micheál Martin says MMA fighter's comments before Trump meeting 'do not reflect spirit of Saint Patrick's Day'  —  Ireland's prime minister has denounced anti-immigration comments made by Conor McGregor …
 
 
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
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Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of F.D.A. After Republican Senator's Pressure Campaign
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Kentucky GOP lawmakers vote to protect conversion therapy
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
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William P. Davis / New York Times:
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Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:
Commerce Department Director Leaves Job With a Scathing Musk Warning
Discussion: Ars Technica and DNyuz
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Give back the Statue of Liberty, French MEP tells US
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lays Groundwork for Investigating People Pardoned by Biden
 

 
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Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press:
The National Association of Theatre Owners changes name to Cinema United, saying it is “complicated having the same name as a multinational military alliance”

David Roeder / Chicago Sun Times:
Around 20% of Chicago Sun-Times staff, or 30 employees, took buyouts and have resigned, including most of the editorial board; 5 WBEZ workers also took buyouts

Samantha Masunaga / Los Angeles Times:
The California Film Commission chooses a record 51 films to receive incentives in the state's film and TV tax credit program, including 46 indie films
 
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