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Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China — The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk's government role and highlight his conflicts of interest. — The Pentagon was scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military's plan for any war that might break out with China …
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Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after NYT report on secret China war briefing — “They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump's billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media. — Donald Trump's top adviser Elon Musk has openly threatened Pentagon employees …
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Musk to Receive Top-Secret Briefing on U.S. War Plans for China — The Trump adviser is expected to get a look at the Pentagon blueprint despite his companies' financial stakes in China and defense contracts — WASHINGTON—Elon Musk will receive a briefing Friday on the U.S. military's top-secret war plans …
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Elon Musk Leaves Pentagon After Discussions About China and Tech — The Trump adviser had been originally set to receive a briefing on top-secret war plan but revelations of the meeting caused a change of course — WASHINGTON—Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday morning …
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Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope — Some of the nation's oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
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‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia's President Confronts Trump's Ultimatum — With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Katrina Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education — Columbia University's interim president, Katrina Armstrong, faces no easy way forward.
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We Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid. — Democratic voters are even angrier than you think. — As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knows better than anyone, the Democratic base is pissed off. And not just a little. — The intensity of the anger roiling …
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There Is a Way for Democrats to Stop Trump and Save America
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GOP push to ratify DOGE cuts runs into political reality — Despite widespread interest on Capitol Hill, it's not clear the White House is interested in rescissions. — Senate Republicans want to put their stamp on President Donald Trump's cost-cutting campaign and are urging …
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Republican Representative's Defense of Elon Musk Drowned Out by Boos


Social Security Acting Head Says DOGE Ruling Threatens Agency — The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge's ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments …
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Judge bars Musk's DOGE team from Social Security records in scathing ruling
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Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can't Have Personal Data
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Exclusive: Section 230 May Finally Get Changed as Lawmakers Prep New Bill — In June 1995, two young congressmen reached across the aisle to introduce legislation that would become the defining legal protection of the internet era: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act …
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Trump calls on Justice Roberts to stop nationwide injunctions against his policies — President Donald Trump demanded that Chief Justice John Roberts and the U.S. Supreme Court rein in federal judges who have issued injunctions around the country that have impeded an array of his policies.
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“Ludicrous” Situation: Jeffrey Epstein Case Redaction Takes Over FBI's New York Office — The bureau's New York field office normally chases drug dealers and spies. Right now, according to multiple sources, priority one is redacting the sex trafficker's case files.
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Scoop: Musk's PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against “activist judges” — Elon Musk's political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to “activist judges,” a cause that President Trump is pressing as judges block or delay several parts of his agenda.
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Musk PAC offering $100 for Wisconsin petition signatures opposing ‘activist judges’
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J.D. Vance Is the Most Disliked New Vice President in History — The public isn't taking to his obnoxious style, which bodes well for politics in the post-Trump era. — Kamala Harris's likability, competence, and political acumen were publicly questioned throughout her vice presidency.
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The Bidens want back in — With the Democratic Party struggling to find a new direction, former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden have offered to jump in and help with fundraising and rebuilding. — WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has told some Democratic leaders …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit


Exclusive: Tesla trade-ins on pace for record high amid Musk backlash — Motorists have traded in a record number of Tesla (TSLA.O) electric vehicles this month, Edmunds data showed, amid a wave of protests against CEO Elon Musk's work as an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Is the Sleeping Giant Awakening? — Europe is a superpower, if it wants to be — Travel day; in fact, filing from the airport lounge. And I can't really say that I learned a lot — no conversations with the powerful, or for that matter wise taxi drivers.


Big Law Firm Reaches Deal With Trump Over Executive Order — Paul, Weiss — one of three law firms targeted by President Trump as part of his retribution campaign — said it resolved the conflict by agreeing to a range of commitments. — President Trump and the head of the law firm Paul …
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Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to enable parents, teachers, and communities to best ensure student success, it is hereby ordered:
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Anti-Vaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad' — The child's parents doubled down on their decision not to vaccinate their child even after her death — The parents of an unvaccinated Texas child who died from measles appeared in a video formulated …
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Deep Civil Society and Collective Action — Journalism. Higher education. The federal bureaucracy. Nonprofits. The military. And now the law firms. — Across the United States right now, the same conversation is happening in these and other establishment professions.


UAE commits to $1.4 trillion investment framework in US, White House says — The United Arab Emirates has committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the United States after top UAE officials met President Donald Trump this week, a White House official said on Friday.
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State senator resigns after being charged with soliciting sex from a minor — Republican lawmaker Justin Eichorn was caught in a sting operation, allegedly soliciting sex from a 17-year-old girl, who turned out to be a law enforcement officer. — Just now


Trump suggests sending Tesla vandals to El Salvador prisons — President Trump on Friday suggested sending anti-Tesla protesters to a notorious prison in El Salvador if convicted. — Why it matters: Trump has put the full weight of the U.S. government behind defending and promoting …
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Exclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources say — The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement's ability to counter white supremacists …
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Small Business Administration cutting 43% of staff in latest move to downsize executive branch — Washington — The Small Business Administration on Friday said it is cutting more than 40% of its staff as part of the Trump administration's wider effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy.
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White House scrambles after JFK files expose Social Security numbers — The White House rushes to mitigate the errant release of more than 400 Social Security numbers and other private information in JFK files. — After the Social Security numbers of more than 400 former congressional staffers …
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Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk are not your friends — 🎙️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers. If you aren't one already …
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Elon Musk received court summons in SEC suit over failure to properly disclose Twitter stake … Elon Musk received a court summons last week in connection with the SEC's lawsuit over his alleged failure to properly disclose purchases of Twitter stock in 2022 before bidding to buy the company, according to a filing on Thursday.
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March 20, 2025 — It seems as if the Trump administration is rushing to tear apart as much as it can as opponents of its wholesale destruction of the United States government organize to stop them. — Today, members of the “Department of Government Efficiency” team showed up at the Institute …
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In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks — U.S. safety regulators on Thursday recalled virtually all Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago. — The National Highway Traffic …
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