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Schumer Refuses to Step Down Despite Criticism — The Senate minority leader drew criticism from fellow Democrats after voting for a Republican funding bill — After caving to Donald Trump and voting for a Republican-backed short-term government funding bill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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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 …


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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


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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Former federal prosecutor found dead in Virginia home
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Tax Cheats Could Prosper Under Trump, IRS Experts Say — The Internal Revenue Service could lose 10 percent of its revenue — $500 billion — because taxpayers and businesses think the Trump administration won't go after them for not paying taxes … According to internal projections …
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Talking Points Memo, The Independent and Washington Post
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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.
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New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters and Wall Street Journal


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 …
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Venezuela Says It Will Resume Accepting U.S. Deportation Flights
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The Independent, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg


Canada, May I Introduce You to Ukraine? — I had a conversation last week with a Canadian journalist about the culture war on American campuses. After we finished talking about that, she had one final question for me. — “What the hell is Trump thinking about Canada?”
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The Hill and CityNews Montreal
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Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 — Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years …


March 22, 2025 — Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend's rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump last night told reporters that he didn't sign the proclamation that set that legal process in motion.
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Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences
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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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Reuters and The American Spectator


More US states report measles cases amid vaccine misinformation — Ohio, Maryland and Alabama among states to report new cases, with 378 confirmed in first few months of 2025 — More US states are reporting measles cases as the Texas outbreak expands, surpassing last year's total, amid vaccine misinformation and hesitancy.
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Homan says Trump administration won't defy judge's order on deportation flights — But Trump's “border czar” says he doesn't care what judges think. — Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, appears in ABC News' “This Week” on Mar. 23, 2025. — Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's …
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Raw Story


'This is not your grandmother's Easter Egg Roll': White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event — The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year's Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns …


John Roberts has created a monster — and he knows it — Five or six years ago, I was in federal court on an evidence motion. I don't remember the issue, the claim, or whether I was for or against the motion. What I do remember like it happened today is the exchange I had with the judge.


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.
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The Boston Globe, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Vanity Fair, Robert Reich, Associated Press and Los Angeles Times


Protesters denounce Musk, DOGE outside Tesla showroom — Jasmine Fernández Antonio FinsPalm Beach Post — (This story has been updated to add new information and to change or add a photo or video..) — WEST PALM BEACH — Protesters lined up outside the Tesla showroom …
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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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JURIST, The White House, Daily Mail, Elias Law Group LLP, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, The Guardian and Migrant Insider


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 …