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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans  —  The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.  —  I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming.
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Amy Mackinnon / Politico:
‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration's war plan group chat  —  One Democratic lawmaker also called for immediate hearings on the incident.  —  Members of Congress and national security staffers were stunned Monday by a bombshell report that top Trump administration officials …
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
“Heads should roll”: Congress erupts over stunning Trump admin leak  —  Members of Congress in both parties exploded in anger Monday after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a highly-sensitive Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen.
Media Matters for America:
Fox's Brian Kilmeade: “It's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people”  —  Co-host Lawrence Jones: Constitutional rights “are afforded to illegals in this country.  We should revisit that.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security  —  Claims of massive problems by Elon Musk and President Trump are at odds with the agency's audits and reports.  —  Just now  —  Elon Musk put a big target on the Social Security Administration in the first weeks of the Trump administration …
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Paul Krugman:
Social Security: A Time for Outrage  —  Trump's policies attack his own base — but who will tell them?  —  Donald Trump is often described as a “populist.”  Yet his administration is stuffed with wealthy men who are clueless about how the other 99.99 percent lives, while his policies involve undermining …
Discussion: The Hill, McSweeney's and Raw Story
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump demands Colorado take down ‘purposefully distorted’ painting  —  President Trump is demanding that Colorado take down it's “purposefully distorted” painting of him hanging in the State Capitol.  —  “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado …
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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Trump calls on Polis to remove ‘purposefully distorted’ portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado capitol
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Dems' dark, deep hole  —  Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years — and they fear things could actually get worse:  — The party has its lowest favorability ever.  — No popular national leader to help improve it.
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand
Discussion: Fox News
ABC News:
Judge keeps block on Trump gang deportations, says they face ‘torture, beatings’ in El Salvador  —  An appeals court is set to weigh President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act.  —  Alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua who were deported by the U.S. government …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Judge Rejects Trump's Request to Allow Deportations Under Wartime Law
CNN:
‘Historical loss’: Alleged gang leader evades US justice with deportation to El Salvador
Discussion: RedState
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
‘We Are in an Emergency’: Progressive TikTok Star Launches Bid to Unseat Old-Guard Dem  —  The Democratic district where Kat Abughazaleh is running hasn't had a competitive primary in decades  —  Illinois 9th District has only been represented by two people since 1965 …
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
Illinois progressive Congress member attracts Gen-Z challenger
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
Trump says any country buying Venezuelan oil will face a 25% tariff  —  President Donald Trump said Monday that he will impose tariffs of 25% on any nation that purchases oil from Venezuela.  —  “Venezuela has been very hostile to the United States and the Freedoms which we espouse.
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Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
Anger in Greenland over Usha Vance and Mike Waltz's planned visit this week  —  Greenland's prime minister says move is ‘demonstration of power’ and accuses US of interfering in its political affairs  —  Greenland's prime minister, Múte B Egede, has called for the international community …
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New York Times:
Trump's Moves on Greenland Appear to Be Backfiring  —  The Greenlandic government is calling an upcoming visit by Trump officials “aggressive,” pushing the island further from the United States.  —  For more than 150 years, U.S. officials have repeatedly wanted, as President Trump puts it, to “get” Greenland.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is  —  Who is President Donald Trump's most dangerous enabler?  As his second term got underway, it initially appeared that this coveted title might fall to FBI Director Kash Patel, who'd vowed to investigate Trump's enemies.
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
23andMe files for bankruptcy, Anne Wojcicki steps down as CEO … Embattled genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Missouri federal court on Sunday night.  —  The company's CEO, Anne Wojcicki, has resigned from her role …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mass firings of probationary workers  —  The appeal is part of a nascent effort by the Trump administration to press the Supreme Court to rein in district court judges.  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge's order to rehire probationary federal workers
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Charles Schumer could be in trouble  —  Polling shows the Senate Democratic leader is in a historically bad position for a party leader, as some call to replace him.  —  Just now  —  To lead your party in either the House or the Senate is to consent to being disliked.
Discussion: The Hill
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement  —  We had a good show in Phoenix and during our conversation something clicked for me that I want to unpack today.  —  I'm leaving this edition unlocked.  I hope you'll share it.  And if you're not a member of Bulwark+ yet, I hope you'll consider joining today.
NBC News:
Man charged with assault at Tesla dealership after driving car at protesters  —  The protest was one of several across the country in opposition to Tesla founder Elon Musk, who has been slashing government costs and firing thousands of federal workers.  —  A man was arrested and charged …
April Rubin / Axios:
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to landmark press freedom case  —  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case seeking to challenge the 1964 precedent that protects news outlets from litigation for publishing critical information about public figures.
Fritz Farrow / Associated Press:
Trump appoints Alina Habba as US attorney for New Jersey  —  Habba served as Trump's personal attorney before becoming White House counselor.  —  Counselor to the President Alina Habba speaks to reporters outside the West Wing at the White House, Mar. 17, 2025, in Washington.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Gulf of Fear  —  When news anchors tiptoe around the name Gulf of Mexico, it's not just semantics—it's a glimpse at how the press starts to flinch under political pressure.  —  In China, Taiwan doesn't exist—at least not as a country.  On official maps, it's a province.
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump to nominate Susan Monarez for CDC director, elevating from acting role, sources say  —  President Trump has decided to pick Dr. Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sources familiar with the decision tell CBS News …
Politico:
‘Not how this works’: The GOP agenda is stuck amid House vs. Senate infighting  —  To show quick progress, lawmakers will have to make a host of difficult decisions in the coming weeks.  —  Congressional Republicans left Washington riding high after their big victory on government spending.
Chris Prentice / Reuters:
Exclusive: Interim SEC chief cast sole vote against suing Musk  —  Days before Republicans took the helm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January, the agency's five commissioners held a closed-door vote on whether to sue Elon Musk.  —  Since 2022, the agency …
Discussion: Ars Technica
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump senior adviser files defamation suit against The Daily Beast  —  Senior Trump political adviser Chris LaCivita has filed a defamation suit against The Daily Beast, alleging that the outlet published “malicious” and “damag[ing] reporting about him during the 2024 campaign “with reckless disregard for the truth.
Angus Chen / STAT:
STAT+: Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump  —  Mark Vieth was stunned when he saw the numbers.  Vieth coordinates the Defense Health Research Consortium, which advocates for a Pentagon program that has long received about $1.5 billion a year in federal funds …
 
 
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Cuts Put Entire Student Loan System at Risk
Discussion: The Guardian
Simon Shuster / Time:
Exclusive: Zelensky on Trump, Putin, and the Endgame in Ukraine
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica:
The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Amelia Hansford / PinkNews:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett eviscerates transphobic Republicans: ‘Find the trans child ruining your life’
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
US supreme court sharply divided on Louisiana race-based redistricting case
Jordyn Dahl / Politico:
Tesla's Europe sales collapse as anti-Musk backlash grows
Discussion: Carscoops
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Future Mole Fears on the Potomac
 Earlier Items: 
Mother Jones:
Ed Martin Is Trampling the Rule of Law. And He Won't Shut Up About It.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
The Abundance Agenda  —  I spent the last few days digesting Abundance by Ezra Klein …
Discussion: Political Wire
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Law firm targeted by Trump could have been ‘destroyed,’ chairman says in explaining deal with Trump
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's new religion case could devastate American workers
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Associated Press:
Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC says its content spend will fall by £150M to £2.5B in the next 12 months as it faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge”

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach CEO Jim Mullen steps down with immediate effect after six years, replaced by Chief Revenue Officer Piers North; Mullen will join a horse racing company

Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban, who has acquired 92 community newspapers across the US with the goal of revitalizing local journalism
 
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