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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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‘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 …
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“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.
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Top Trump officials included The Atlantic editor in group chat about plans to bomb Yemen
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National security council investigating after Trump officials accidentally text journalist top-secret Yemen war plans - live
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Top Trump Officials Debated War Plans on Unclassified Chat Shared With Journalist


Atlantic journalist says Trump officials included him in war plans group chat
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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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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 …
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The Hill, Raw Story and McSweeney's

Senators press Trump Social Security nominee on his views about privatizing the agency
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New York Times and Washington Examiner


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.”
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Raw Story


Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance's Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price — A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump's first administration bought Vice President JD Vance's Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market.


Trump calls on Polis to remove ‘purposefully distorted’ portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado capitol — “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves,” Trump said. — President Donald Trump on Sunday night disparaged a portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado Capitol as …
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Trump demands Colorado take down ‘purposefully distorted’ painting
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Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director, elevating from acting role — President Trump has decided to pick Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making permanent the acting role she has served at the public health agency in recent months.
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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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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
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The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk
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Washington Examiner, The Federalist, The Daily Wire, New York Post and Washington Times

Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand
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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.
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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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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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Judge Rejects Trump's Request to Allow Deportations Under Wartime Law
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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 …
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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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Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation — Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Immigration agents visited residences looking for her. — A 21-year-old Columbia University student …
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Baltimore Sun


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.


‘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 …


Trump: ‘I may give a lot of countries breaks’ on reciprocal tariffs — President Trump on Monday signaled he may provide exemptions for certain countries when his administration imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports next week. — “I may give a lot of countries breaks.
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DHS Sec. Noem says will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target — US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting Monday that the department would move to “eliminate” the government's disaster relief agency, days after President Donald Trump signed …
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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.
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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.
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Tesla's Europe sales collapse as anti-Musk backlash grows — To add insult to injury, Chinese EVs are surging. — Tesla's downward spiral is turning into a rout, with its share of European electric car sales falling by 58 percent in the first two months of this year …
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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 …


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 …
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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.
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