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2:40 PM ET, March 23, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:   Pelosi Privately Urged Hakeem Jeffries to ‘Use Your Power’
Associated Press:
AOC tries to broaden her appeal within a Democratic base spoiling for a fight
Matthew Yglesias / Bloomberg:
Democrats Need More Combative Centrists
Discussion: Twitchy and Fortune
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Schumer Refuses to Step Down Despite Criticism
CNN:   ‘Use your power’: Hakeem Jeffries at a crossroads as Democrats urgently search for strategy
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 …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
New Trump memo seen as threat to lawyers, attempt to scare off lawsuits  —  Legal experts fear the latest move will allow the administration to make claims against litigators for defending immigrants or challenging the constitutionality of actions.  —  just now
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Playbook: Trump's legal hit list grows
Discussion: JURIST and Migrant Insider
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 …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
'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 …
Mickey Djuric / Politico:
Snap election pits Canada against Trump  —  Canada's new prime minister said he needs a mandate from Canadians to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.  —  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election on Sunday, saying he needs a mandate from Canadians to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.
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David French / New York Times:
Canada, May I Introduce You to Ukraine?
Discussion: The Hill
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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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
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 …
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
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 …
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.
Ben Gutierrez / Hawaii News Now:
Immigration crackdown now hitting green card holders  —  HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Green card holders are officially Lawful Permanent Residents of the United States, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  But being a resident of the United States is very different from being a citizen.
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Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:   'They've never been afraid before': Why some green card holders' concerns are growing
New York Times:
Deportations Haven't Surged Under Trump.  But Here's How They've Changed.  —  In the first two months of President Trump's immigration crackdown, the administration has taken new and unusual measures to conduct deportations.  It has enlisted military planes, pressured other countries …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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.
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
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.
Discussion: Fox News and Off the Kuff
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Wants to Force Immigrants to Share Their Social Media Handles When Applying for Citizenship  —  Experts say this is an assault on the First Amendment  —  Soon, if a new proposal from the Trump administration goes into effect, immigrants applying for green cards or citizenship …
Discussion: The Intercept
Mike Levine / ABC News:
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine and Russia Had Cease-Fires Before.  The Killing Didn't Stop.  —  Over a decade of war, Russia has used pauses in fighting to gain ground.  ‘The one who observes’ a cease-fire ‘is the one who loses.’  —  KYIV, Ukraine—It was a scorching summer day in 2014 when Artem Kravchenko …
 
 
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump moves closer to court crisis
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Bloomberg:
What Arrest of Erdogan's Top Rival Means for Turkey
Sabrina Haake / Raw Story:
John Roberts has created a monster — and he knows it
Palm Beach Post:
Protesters denounce Musk, DOGE outside Tesla showroom
Aziz Huq / The Atlantic:
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Walz reemerges as Democratic fighter with shots at Musk
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Post
NBC News:
Trump allies press the White House to dial back Elon Musk's media interviews over his Social Security jabs
 Earlier Items: 
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
CNN Host Says Trump Doesn't ‘Really Do Much’ Before Noon
Leah Willingham / Associated Press:
In West Virginia coal country, new Social Security barriers present challenges to the most vulnerable
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Republicans, independents crave answers from GOP congressman in Alabama
Jon Passantino / Status:
Hanging by a Thread  —  Meta's decisions at the once promising “Twitter killer” …
Ben Westcott / Bloomberg:
Australia Treasurer Warns of ‘Seismic’ US Global Economic Shock
New York Times:
Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Emily Bregel / Arizona Daily Star:
Sen. Ruben Gallego: Trump set political ‘trap’ for Dems on deportation issue
 

 
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