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9:45 AM ET, March 23, 2025

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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
SpaceX Positioned to Secure Billions in New Federal Contracts Under Trump  —  Elon Musk's role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies.  Supporters say he has the best technology.  —  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket preparing …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jordan Young / NBC4 Washington:
Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43  —  The cause of her death is still under investigation  —  Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said.
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Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Former federal prosecutor found dead in Virginia home  —  A former federal prosecutor was found dead Saturday morning at a home in Alexandria, Virginia, authorities said.  —  Officers with the Alexandria Police Department were dispatched to the home at 9:18 a.m. Eastern Time on a report of an unresponsive woman.
Philip Holsinger / Time:
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced  —  On the night of Saturday, March 15, three planes touched down in El Salvador, carrying 261 men deported from the United States. … I was there to document their arrival.  —  For more than a year, I have been embedded throughout …
Discussion: Notes From The Circus and Salon
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Emily Bregel / Arizona Daily Star:
Sen. Ruben Gallego: Trump set political ‘trap’ for Dems on deportation issue  —  U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego said President Donald Trump has set a political “trap” for Democrats with his controversial deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador.  In an interview with the Arizona Daily Star …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Venezuela Says It Will Resume Accepting U.S. Deportation Flights
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession  —  A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.  —  President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump ramps up retribution campaign against legal community
Washington Post:
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants  —  The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. history.
J. Michael Luttig / New York Times:
Trump Won't Win a War Against the Courts  —  President Trump has wasted no time in his second term in declaring war on the nation's federal judiciary, the country's legal profession and the rule of law.  He has provoked a constitutional crisis with his stunning frontal assault on the third branch …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Chuck Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader  —  The Senate minority leader responded to criticism from within his party about his handling of a GOP government funding bill and accused Trump of triggering a constitutional crisis.  —  WASHINGTON — A defiant Senate …
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
CNN Host Says Trump Doesn't ‘Really Do Much’ Before Noon  —  CNN host Kaitlan Collins says President Donald Trump is not a morning person.  “He doesn't really do much in the morning,” Collins said on The New Yorker podcast Friday.  “Maybe he'll be posting, but he's not doing a lot of meetings or press conferences or anything.”
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NBC News:
Trump allies press the White House to dial back Elon Musk's media interviews over his Social Security jabs  —  Republicans are voicing concerns about Musk's downsizing efforts, which include closing some Social Security offices and curtailing telephone services.
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Reuters:
Trump's Social Security chief backs down from ‘shutting down’ agency
Discussion: New York Times
Jon Passantino / Status:
Hanging by a Thread  —  Meta's decisions at the once promising “Twitter killer” serve as a cautionary tale about the risks of prioritizing corporate interests and political appeasement over user trust. … Earlier this week, Meta made a small but notable change to Threads …
New York Times:
Columbia University's Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed  —  Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.  —  Many professors saw it as surrender, a reward to the Trump administration's heavy hand.
Washington Post:
They were arrested during routine ICE check-ins.  Then they disappeared.  —  Deportation proceedings are often shrouded in secrecy.  But lawyers say the lack of information about the Venezuelan migrants deported under the Alien Enemies Act is nearly unprecedented.
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Voice of America journalists sue Trump officials for dismantling the outlet  —  The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, asks a federal judge to order officials to restore the outlet.
E. Rosalie / InfoEpi Lab:
CDC Clone Site, Rife with False Vaccine Claims, Hosted by Group Previously Led by HHS Secretary  —  A CDC clone site with false vaccine claims is hosted by an NGO once led by the current HHS Secretary.  With CDC logos, real social media links, and a near-identical design, it may violate federal laws.
Discussion: New York Times
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences  —  The Trump administration has sparred with Maine and singled out its governor in recent weeks over his order banning trans athletes from playing in women's sports.  —  President Donald Trump is demanding a …
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Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
Trump presses Maine governor for ‘full throated apology’ after transgender athlete spat
Ben Westcott / Bloomberg:
Australia Treasurer Warns of ‘Seismic’ US Global Economic Shock  —  Trump Branding Migrants as Criminals Is Complicating Plans to Bring Them Home … Year of Elections … Balance of Power
Associated Press:
US decision to limit Canadian access to border-straddling library prompts outpouring of emotion  —  For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Quebec have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vermont to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House - no passport required.
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff vows defiance to Trump ahead of 2026 election  —  U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff came home to Atlanta Saturday to rally core Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump's administration.  “Georgia will bow to no king!”
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Republicans, independents crave answers from GOP congressman in Alabama  —  Rep. Dale Strong's constituents are demanding a response as the politician faces backlash to DOGE cutbacks in a district awash with federal money.  —  Just now  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — She didn't want to be dismissed …
 
 
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Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
'They've never been afraid before': Why some green card holders' concerns are growing
Leah Willingham / Associated Press:
In West Virginia coal country, new Social Security barriers present challenges to the most vulnerable
New York Times:
Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Lawmakers fear DOGE cuts will drive away next generation of federal workers
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
Kennedy praises cellphone bans in schools, citing mix of science and misinformation
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Returns to His Trump Playbook in a Big Wisconsin Race
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
US federal workers split on support for Trump's return to office mandate: Survey
Discussion: Business Insider
Glenn Rifkin / Washington Post:
Kitty Dukakis, humanitarian and activist for mental health, dies at 88
 Earlier Items: 
Sophie Gable / Daily Mail:
Box office figures reveal extent of Disney's humiliation over ‘woke’ Snow White car crash
FPWellman / On Democracy with FPWellman …:
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump said he didn't sign the Alien Enemies Act proclamation. So who — or what — did?
Discussion: The Hill
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans His Tariff ‘Liberation Day’ With More Targeted Push
Discussion: Reuters and Fortune
New York Times:
Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
A Deplorable Week in Review
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
SCOTUS refuses to revive a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump ally Steve Wynn, in a case seeking to overturn, or narrow, the 1964 NYT v. Sullivan ruling

Brian Welk / IndieWire:
Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land's co-director Yuval Abraham says co-director Hamdan Ballal was “lynched” by Israeli settlers and arrested by soldiers

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