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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding  —  School to ban masks, empower police and rein in controversial academic department  —  Columbia University will cede to President Trump's far-reaching demands in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding he revoked this month …
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New York Times:
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million  —  A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand.  It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump.  He did not forget it.  —  Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.
Discussion: Daily Mail and KDFX-TV
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes  —  Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES  —  I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information …
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Trump revokes security clearances of former opponents Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Axios
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Trump revokes access to classified material for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and Biden officials
Discussion: The Independent, RedState and DNyuz
Janine Phakdeetham / Bloomberg:
Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Blinken
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport  —  The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process …
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Trump revokes legal status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday …
New York Times:
How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump  —  Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump.  Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal.  —  Since President Trump's first term …
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NBC News:
Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm's decision to give in to Trump's demands
New York Times:
Who Will Defend the Defenders of the Constitution?
Discussion: Washington Times and ABC News
Reuters:
Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown  —  Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.  —  Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants …
Discussion: Gothamist and Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.
Washington Post:   DHS shuts down internal watchdog agencies that advocated for immigrants
Thor Benson / Public Notice:
How #TeslaTakedown is bringing the fight to Musk  —  “Part of the reason people are coming out is because they feel it's having a real impact on Elon's pocketbook.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🚙🪧🚙  —  While the Trump administration and DOGE recklessly dismantle the federal government …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump downplays Jan. 6 by suggesting Tesla arson attacks are more serious
Washington Post:
Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency  —  Leland Dudek backed off his argument that a ruling blocking Elon Musk's cost-cutting team from access to sensitive data could apply to all agency employees.  —  just now
David Smith / The Guardian:
The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism  —  From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we're nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say  —  Entering the magnificent great hall of the US Department of Justice …
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge  —  Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration's judiciary clash intensifies  —  In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution …
CNN:
Trump says he didn't sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act  —  President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Appears Skeptical of Trump's Use of Wartime Law to Deport Venezuelans
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality  —  Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working.  But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Makeover of US Diplomacy Leaves Many Allies at a Loss
Discussion: Asia Times
Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network  —  Six Voice of America journalists sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration on Friday, alleging their moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network were unlawful and unconstitutional.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
Discussion: The Newsguy, JURIST and The Hill
Newsweek:
Finland, Denmark Issue Travel Warnings For US  —  Denmark and Finland have revised their travel guidance for transgender individuals planning to visit the United States.  —  Newsweek has contacted the ministry for comment via email.  —  Why It Matters  —  The move follows similar guidance updates …
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Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people
Discussion: NPR, New York Magazine and Reuters
Andrew Solender / Axios:
“They hate us”: Democrats confront their own Tea Party  —  Democratic members of Congress, back home in their districts for the last week, have been encountering a level of anger and hostility that some see as reminiscent of the 2010 Tea Party wave.  —  Why it matters: The dynamic could spill …
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda  —  New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies  —  One in five Americans plan to turn their backs for good on companies …
Victor Mather / New York Times:
George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76  —  He claimed a world title in his 20s and again in his 40s, and then made millions selling grills.  —  George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45 …
WBUR:
Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Mass. and mental health advocate, dies at 88  —  Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts who was an outspoken advocate for people with mental illness and addiction in the face of her own experiences with those diseases, has died.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 21, 2025  —  These days, I keep coming back to the quotation recorded by journalist Ron Suskind …
Alix Martichoux / The Hill:
Fungus labeled ‘urgent threat’ by CDC is spreading rapidly, hospital study finds
Erica Orden / Politico:
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan may soon find out if their future boss bows to Trump
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Trump announces Boeing wins sixth-generation aircraft contract for F-47
 Earlier Items: 
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Trump admin considers shutting down some CDC expert panels
Discussion: Reason
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump memo grants government-wide firing power to OPM
Discussion: The White House
Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Trump says student loans moving to SBA, ‘special needs’ to HHS