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Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says  —  Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.  —  A Georgetown University researcher …
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The Hoya:
DEVELOPING: GU Researcher Detained By Immigration Agents  —  Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow March 17, seeking to deport him and accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy.  —  The researcher, Badar Khan Suri of the Georgetown School …
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
USA Today:
Exclusive: Trump to sign order Thursday aimed at eliminating Education Department  —  Trump will direct his education secretary, Linda McMahon, to take ‘all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.’  —  Joey Garrison Zachary SchermeleUSA TODAY
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Cory Turner / NPR:   Trump to sign order aiming to close the Education Department
Associated Press:
Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook  —  The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.”  —  When he took the stage in downtown Eau Claire, Wis., on Tuesday night to rev up Democrats ahead …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Back on the road, Tim Walz tries to find his voice and fill ‘the void’  —  Eau Claire, Wisconsin CNN —  Backstage in a dressing room drinking a can of diet Mountain Dew as 900 people filled a theater in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn't be there if not for “the void.”
Discussion: Telegraph, The Hill, Axios, Twitchy, USA Today and WPR
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: Elon Musk's PAC playbook in Wisconsin's court race
Washington Post:
Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files  —  The data belongs to more than 200 former congressional staffers and others with connections to decades-old investigations.  —  The Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former …
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Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast:   Trump Lawyer Livid as JFK Files Leak His Social Security Number: ‘Absolutely Outrageous’
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found  —  France's research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched  —  France's research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month …
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Pieter Haeck / Politico:
Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding
Discussion: Raw Story
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million  —  The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.  —  A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded damages totaling more than $660 million …
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Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing  —  Tesla's (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing.  —  Many Tesla shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla's accounting for years …
Discussion: Financial Times
New York Times:
Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges  —  Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Tesla falls after Commerce secretary recommends buying stock  —  Tesla shares fell early Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in Elon Musk's car company.  —  Why it matters: Cabinet secretaries don't typically recommend individual stocks …
New York Times:
Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board  —  The president, who recently took over Washington's major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents.  —  During his first visit to the Kennedy Center since making himself …
Discussion: The Daily Signal and New Republic
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Trump Is Breaking Things.  They Can't All Be Fixed by the Courts.  —  The second Trump administration appears to have learned some lessons from the first.  For instance, even when courts eventually strike down the administration's policies, there are tactics that can keep those policies …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Martin Kettle / The Guardian:
Europe doesn't need Trump to form a western alliance - and one is already taking shape  —  Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum  —  An Atlantic alliance without the United States?  It sounds like a contradiction in terms - Hamlet without the prince.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Trump team makes plans for military to hold migrants at border  —  If enacted, miles of buffer zone would become a temporary military installation, giving U.S. troops their most direct role yet in the president's enforcement mission.  —  The Trump administration is evaluating plans …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Trump's Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation  —  Many in higher education worry Trump's efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science.  Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
NBC News:
Trump-appointed prosecutor's office drops assault case against Enrique Tarrio  —  Ryan J. Reilly and Ted Oberg  —  The U.S. Attorney's for the District of Columbia has dropped an assault case against Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys member who was serving 22 years in federal prison following …
Discussion: WUSA and The Gateway Pundit
Stephen Engelberg / ProPublica:
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy  —  Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead.  That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story turns out to be.
New York Times:
Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns  —  Federal judges are worried that online threats against judges who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence.  —  President Trump's angry call …
The Atlantic:
Stephen Miller Has a Plan  —  During the first Trump administration, when Stephen Miller's immigration policy proposals hit obstacles in federal court, rumors would circulate about his plans to dust off arcane presidential powers.  Government lawyers were wary of overreach …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More than a dozen judges have said Trump and Co. probably broke the law  —  Trump is now averaging one such finding about every four days.  —  Just now  —  From the start of his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration signaled a willingness — even a desire …
Discussion: CNN
Marcia Brown / Politico:
USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks  —  The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms.  —  The Agriculture Department has halted millions of dollars worth of deliveries …
Discussion: Raw Story, BatBoyBlog and Adventus
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year  —  Dozens of Social Security Administration offices across the country are slated to close this year due to actions taken by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as part of the Trump administration's …
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Hill
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses  —  Multiple pages scrubbed from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website due to a Trump order  — Never miss global breaking news.  Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.
New York Times:
Reinstated, but Not Back to Work: Fired Workers Linger in ‘Limbo’  —  More than a dozen federal agencies have reinstated employees and immediately placed them on administrative leave, according to court filings.  —  Erin Cagney was supposed to hear on Monday that she could go back to doing …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides … Each time we hear more about the unfolding situation with the takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace, the story gets darker and involves greater abuses of power.  My colleague Kate Riga is, as I write …
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
A U.S. Retreat in the War of Ideas  —  Trump shuts down networks that help evade dictatorship firewalls.  —  President Trump has adopted Ronald Reagan's “peace through strength” theme to echo the Gipper's successful foreign-policy realism.  But what Mr. Trump ignores is the idealism …
Discussion: Raw Story
Billal Rahman / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Trump Voter Says He Doesn't Regret Choice Despite Wife's ICE Arrest  —  says he does not regret his decision, even after federal immigration  —  as the couple returned home from their honeymoon.  —  Bradley Bartell's wife, Camila Muñoz, is a Peruvian citizen who overstayed …
Miranda Murray / Reuters:
Germany updates US travel advice after citizens detained  —  Germany updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasise that a visa or entry waiver does not guarantee entry for its citizens after several Germans were detained at the border recently, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, UPI and Politico
New York Times:
How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More  —  President Trump's expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.  —  President Trump called for one federal judge seeking basic information about his deportation efforts …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Martine Powers / Washington Post:
With talk of a 51st state, a mystery: Why is Trump obsessed with Canada?  —  Canadians say President Trump's 51st-state rhetoric is a threat to national security.  They're also perplexed by the origin of his vision for Canadian annexation.  —  Just now  —  As President Donald Trump argued …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's mind control  —  To fully appreciate President Trump's mesmerizing control over Republicans, consider their scant public dissent over ideas many of them privately disdain:  — Support for Vladimir Putin.  — Support for on-again, off-again tariffs, and a worsening economy.
Holden Thorp / New York Times:
The Autism Mystery That Isn't  —  President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have vowed to tackle what they describe as a scourge threatening American children.  The rise in autism has been precipitous: One in 36 children is affected today, up from four in 10,000 in the 1980s, the president warned in a recent executive order.
Discussion: Florida Politics
 
 
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Andrew Kerr / The Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats in Congress Drive Luxury Cars on Taxpayer Dime
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Democrats are desperately searching for new leaders. AOC is stepping into the void.
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Democrats Show Up In Republicans' Backyards To Troll Them
Meredith Whittaker / Financial Times:
The war on encryption is dangerous
Discussion: Fortune and The Daily Signal
Punchbowl News:
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Jordan Hart / Business Insider:
Elon Musk says he's shocked at the level of Tesla hate and vandalism happening: 'I've never done anything harmful'
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Reuters:
Russian state has claimed assets worth $28.7 billion, prosecutor says
Reuters:
Exclusive: US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin
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Freddy Martinez / 404 Media:
Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
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