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5:30 PM ET, March 24, 2025

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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.
Discussion: The Hill and Deseret News
Washington Post:
White House acknowledges ‘inadvertent’ leak involving top Trump officials
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Top Trump Officials Debated War Plans on Unclassified Chat Shared With Journalist
Discussion: The Hill and 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
Lorie Konish / CNBC:
Senators press Trump Social Security nominee on his views about privatizing the agency
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
Zach Everson / Forbes:
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.
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
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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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump demands Colorado take down ‘purposefully distorted’ painting
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Full-Blown Meltdown’: Trump Flips Out Over A Not-Very-Flattering Official Portrait
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.
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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 …
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: The Detroit News and 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
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
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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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 …
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
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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Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
Trump says any country buying Venezuelan oil will face a 25% tariff
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Brendan Ruberry / Semafor:
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 …
Discussion: Federal News Network
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.
Discussion: emptywheel
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Jordyn Dahl / Politico:
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 …
Discussion: Carscoops
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 …
Leo Sands / Washington Post:
Europe races to lure U.S. scientists as Trump puts pressure on universities  —  Some European universities are offering funding for American scientists considering a relocation and promising a safe haven free from academic censorship.  —  Europe is investing millions in a flurry …
ProPublica:
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change  —  It's unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies.  One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
Discussion: ABC News
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.
 
 
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
China is turning up pressure on Walmart. That could mean higher prices for US customers
Discussion: Washington Examiner and KTVZ-TV
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
FBI launches Tesla threats task force: ‘This is domestic terrorism’
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Cuts Put Entire Student Loan System at Risk
Discussion: The Guardian
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
Angus Chen / STAT:
STAT+: Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
US supreme court sharply divided on Louisiana race-based redistricting case
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Future Mole Fears on the Potomac
Chris Prentice / Reuters:
Exclusive: Interim SEC chief cast sole vote against suing Musk
Discussion: Ars Technica
Mother Jones:
Ed Martin Is Trampling the Rule of Law. And He Won't Shut Up About It.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's new religion case could devastate American workers
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Gulf of Fear  —  When news anchors tiptoe around the name Gulf of Mexico, it's not just semantics …
 

 
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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:
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