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Jasmine Mooney / The Guardian:
I'm the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks.  It felt like I had been kidnapped  —  I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention.  Yet, compared with others, I was lucky  —  There was no explanation, no warning.
Discussion: Documented and Raw Story
Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  On Feb. 20, nearly 7,000 probationary employees …
Politico:
Hill Republicans already hated the ‘idiotic’ call to impeach judges.  Then Trump jumped in.  —  The speaker has to deal with a new Trump-driven demand just as he moves to put the GOP's policy agenda into overdrive.  —  Hard-right House Republicans have a new project …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis  —  Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather how much damage it will cause.  —  Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump doubles down on attack against judge after Roberts rebuke
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump, book says  —  Even as 2024 election loomed, reporters say, Democratic Senate leader was sure GOP would ‘expel the turd of Trump’  —  Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate minority leader, insisted Republicans would move on from Donald …
Discussion: Politico
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
2028 POV on 2025 Dems  —  Just now … Good morning, Early Birds.  Allergy season seems to be starting in D.C. and especially these cities.  Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  In today's edition ... Analysis shows Republican tax cuts and benefit reductions …
New York Times:
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left  —  The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.  —  Executive actions intended to cripple top Democratic law firms.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Kari Lake Accosted Ruben Gallego at a Posh D.C. Club  —  INSIDE NED'S CLUB WASHINGTON, DC—the swanky new private members' club featuring vintage gold and green furnishings, a renowned chef and mixologist, and a rooftop with views of the White House—cable news figures can often …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants  —  The school faces a deadline to yield to administration demands, with $400 million in federal funding at stake  —  Columbia University is getting close to yielding to President Trump's demands in negotiations to restore $400 million …
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Christopher L. Eisgruber / The Atlantic:
The Cost of the Government's Attack on Columbia  —  American universities have given the country prosperity and security.  The Trump administration's attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.  —  The United States is home to the best collection of research universities in the world.
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NBC News:
U.S. Institute of Peace sues to block DOGE ‘takeover by force’
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump Gets a Taste of Putin's Tactics  —  Vladimir Putin isn't going to make this easy for Donald Trump.  —  For weeks, Trump has bragged about his close relationship with his Russian counterpart and declared that Putin wanted to bring a quick end to the war that he, of course, started more than three years ago.
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CBS News:
Russia strikes Ukraine hospital hours after Trump says Putin agreed to halt attacks on infrastructure
The Guardian:
Judge grudgingly extends deadline for Trump administration to give details on deportation flights - live  —  US government has until noon ET Friday to either provide details of the flights or to invoke a doctrine shielding information on national security grounds
Discussion: New York Times, USA Today and CBS News
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NBC News:
Trump administration pushes back on judge's request for answers about deportation flights
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Trump's Sister Declared The Immigration Law He Used Unconstitutional  —  Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization.  —  SaveComment  —  In a historical twist, Donald Trump's sister was the federal judge who ruled unconstitutional the immigration law …
Washington Post:
Trump aides prep new tariffs on imports worth trillions for ‘Liberation Day’  —  The administration has already unnerved investors with duties on Canada, Mexico and China.  Advisers are readying a bigger move.  —  White House aides are preparing to impose new tariffs on most imports on April 2 …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:   Trump's Tariffs Have Sown Uncertainty. That Might Be the Point.
Paul Krugman:
Smears, Sadism and Social Security  —  Why Elon Musk wants to make seniors suffer  —  We often think of Social Security as a retirement program, which it is; most Social Security beneficiaries achieve that status simply by reaching retirement age.  But the program also helps Americans …
Reuters:
Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’  —  Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party called “a coup against our next president”.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Trump Administration Goes To War With Health-Care Quality  —  Inside its plan to destroy a small agency that keeps you safe.  —  ∙ Paid  —  On March 14, the same day Senate Democratic leaders cast their fateful votes to fund the government, other Democrats were bracing for Donald …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Minnesota lawmaker behind ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ bill accused of soliciting teen  —  Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) was arrested for soliciting a teen on Monday, authorities said, hours after he introduced a bill proposing “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS) as a form of mental illness.
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Minnesota State Senator Arrested In Sting On Same Day He Introduced ‘TDS’ Bill
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker … For days now, the State Department has remained mum about the news that it terminated a contract with a humanitarian group that was tracking the fate of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia after the Russian invasion.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional  —  Most of us know what it means for something to be unconstitutional.  An unconstitutional act is one that violates some aspect of the Constitution as understood by the courts, although the public and its representatives are also free …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Marvin Kalb / The Contrarian:
Silencing VOA Is Like Silencing America  —  Have you ever heard of Willis Conover?  —  You would have if you were a young Russian, tired of communist propaganda during the Cold War, desperate to listen to the swing and jazz music of the West.  Late at night, after you assumed the censor had gone to bed …
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Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
Jackie Robinson's Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge  —  Robinson trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II.  —  The military story of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball after serving as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army …
Discussion: KSBW, Axios, HuffPost and The Independent
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
Can NASA remain nonpartisan when basic spaceflight truths are shredded?  —  “Let's bring them home NOW, Sir!”  —  It looked like the final scene of a movie, the denouement of a long adventure in which the good guys finally prevail.  Azure skies and brilliant blue seas provided a perfect backdrop …
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NBC News:
NASA astronauts return after unexpected nine months in space
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Guys Win: Andrew Tate, Rape Politics, and the Authoritarian Right  —  Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics. … The Tampa Bay Young Republicans posted this to X on February 27, in anticipation of the arrival in the United States of Andrew and Tristan Tate …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
They're coming for immigrants first  —  And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.  —  Just now  —  There is a long-standing divergence in how Americans view criminal justice.  While everyone agrees that those who commit crimes should be punished …
Discussion: Roll Call
David Weigel / Semafor:
Walz on governing under Trump: ‘I am not going to enable him’  —  The Scene  —  EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — On Tuesday evening, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz crossed state lines for “the most unsatisfying I-told-you-so tour in the history of politics.”  He held a town hall meeting in a Republican-held House seat …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump drastically cutting back annual human rights report  —  Sections on women's rights and the security of LGBTQ+ people are among those being axed.  —  The Trump administration is slashing the State Department's annual human rights report — cutting sections about the rights of women, the disabled, the LGBTQ+ community and more.
 
 
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's letter to Iran included 2-month deadline for new nuclear deal
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Manchin, Romney join board of directors for top budget watchdog
Discussion: Washington Examiner, UPI and Grabien
Stephanie Earls / Gazette:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Elon Says He's ‘Never Done Anything Harmful.’ Americans Disagree
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
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Katherine Hapgood / Politico:
Trump's order to cut main street lending program earns GOP rebuke
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Paulina Dedaj / Fox News:
Trump admin pauses $175M in federal funding to UPenn over inclusion of trans athletes in women's sports
The Guardian:
EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘Real people will be hurt’
New York Times:
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New York Times:
‘We Finally Got You.’ Immigrant-Rights Advocate Arrested in Colorado.