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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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Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time — Trump's “Team of Amateurs” Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way — This afternoon, just before 1 pm ET, The Atlantic posted what is, hands down, the wildest and most insane story I have ever read about US national security …
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The Hill, New York Times and Raw Story


Waltz's future in doubt following accidental war plan leak — “You can't have recklessness as the national security adviser,” one official said. — The stunning revelation that top administration officials accidentally included a reporter in a group chat discussing war plans …
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USA Today and The Guardian

If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign — I don't know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye. He's just blown his credibility as a military leader. — On Monday, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg published one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.
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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 …


“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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Trump officials shared war planning in unclassified chat with journalist — The Atlantic reported that its top editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally added to a group chat where Trump's national security team plotted attacking Yemen. — just now — Top officials in the Trump …
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Axios, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Washington Times, Raw Story and Roll Call


Former defense secretary says somebody ‘needs to get fired’ over Trump admin's shocking war plans leak to journalist — ‘This is just a serious blunder,’ Leon Panetta stated, adding that it ‘could violate espionage laws’ and ‘undermine our national security’
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Trump Officials in Signal Fiasco Attended Secret Mar-a-Lago Dinner Shortly After Celebrating Bombing
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Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn't be disciplined over war plans Signal chat
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Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit

Trump Team Leaks War Plans in Jaw-Dropping Security Fiasco
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The final nail in the ‘but her emails’ coffin
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Hillary Clinton on war plans leak: 'You've got to be kidding me'
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DHS Sec. Noem says will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target — The News — 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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Jordan briefs Trump on plans to rein in federal judges
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Trump's Elon Musk Obsession Is About to Cost Him Big Time
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US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns — Louis DeJoy has resigned as postmaster general of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) amid uncertainty about the agency's future under President Trump. — DeJoy had notified the USPS board of directors in February that it was “time for them to begin the process of identifying his successor.”
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DeJoy stepping down as USPS postmaster general immediately
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Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say — The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.


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.


Greenland to Trump: No, we didn't invite you — A delegation that includes second lady Usha Vance is slated to arrive on the island on Thursday. — Greenland did not invite an American delegation to come visit this week, the self-ruling island's government said Monday, flatly denying a claim made by President Donald Trump.
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Trump's Moves on Greenland Appear to Be Backfiring
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Anger in Greenland over Usha Vance and Mike Waltz's planned visit this week
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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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Senators press Trump Social Security nominee on his views about privatizing the agency
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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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Trump portrait to be removed at Colorado Capitol after president's criticism — A portrait of President Trump that has been hanging in the Colorado Capitol for years is coming down after the president trashed the painting as “truly the worst” and suggested it was intentionally distorted to make him look bad.
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army — Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “ No Other Land ” on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military …


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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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.”


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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Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand — Progressive stars Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew large crowds in recent days as they made stops in Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado as part of a “fighting oligarchy” tour to rally supporters unsettled by the actions of the Trump administration.
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‘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 …


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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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work …