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8:05 AM ET, March 18, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Who is the judge stopping Trump's deportations, and what comes next?
Discussion: Slate
New York Times:
Timeline of Trump's Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge's Order
Washington Post:
Trump escalates fight with federal courts over deportation authority
NBC News:
'We're not stopping': Trump officials raise the stakes in showdowns with judges
Tiffany May / New York Times:
Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump's Cuts to Voice of America  —  Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free Asia, for highlighting human rights abuses in China.  —  Chinese state media is gloating about drastic budget cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia …
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Darcy Spencer / NBC4 Washington:
Voice of America journalists placed on leave due to ‘bias against Trump Admin’
Discussion: CBS News and The Independent
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 …
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  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had ordered the attack early Tuesday, saying Israel would “act against Hamas with increasing military strength.”  —  Israeli forces launched a large-scale attack across …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Insists He Was Being “Sarcastic” About Major Campaign Promise  —  One month before the election, 70 percent of Americans felt that foreign affairs comprised either a “very important” or “extremely important” component of their vote.  But as it turns out, Donald Trump's repeat campaign promises …
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Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Trump's Lust for Canada Echoes Putin's Lust for Ukraine
Discussion: Mother Jones
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 …
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost.  Economists Disagree.  —  President Trump and his advisers say his policies may cause short-term pain but will produce big gains over time.  Many economists are skeptical of those arguments.  —  Presidents usually do all they can to avoid recessions …
Discussion: DNyuz
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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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 …
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 …
Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump's mass deportation plans hit riskier phase with legal immigrants, court fights  —  The new strategy, especially involving immigrants with green cards or American spouses, poses political test.  —  President Donald Trump's immigration agenda has reached a turning point in recent days …
Discussion: New York Times, Reuters and The Hill
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
'Don't Tell Melania': Trump Once Offered Rising MAGA Star His Bed  —  The alleged comments cast new light on the president's eyebrow-raising marriage to Melania Trump.
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 …
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.
Punchbowl News:
3/18/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Paxton plots to take on Cornyn in Texas battle royale  —  Senate Budget Republicans to huddle with parliamentarian  —  The Vault: Inside the scramble to save CDFIs  —  Paxton plots to take on Cornyn in Texas battle royale
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 …
 
 
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Discussion: Reason
Helen Branswell / STAT:
WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health
Discussion: Reuters
Reuters:
Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador
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Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Conor McGregor anti-immigration rant in White House condemned by Irish PM
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Arrests Midwife and Associate on Charges of Providing Abortions
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of F.D.A. After Republican Senator's Pressure Campaign
Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:
Commerce Department Director Leaves Job With a Scathing Musk Warning
Discussion: Ars Technica, DNyuz and The Guardian
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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