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.

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 …

DeJoy stepping down as USPS postmaster general immediately  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is stepping down from his job effective immediately — days after asking DOGE for help cutting costs.  —  Why it matters: The Postal Service has been the focus of intense scrutiny with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

White House scraps public spending database  —  The White House budget office has taken down its website where approvals of federal funding provided in appropriations laws are statutorily required to be posted for public viewing, a move likely to face major blowback from members of Congress and government watchdogs.

‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the Crown Jewel of American Science  —  Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump's policies.  —  A week after Donald J. Trump was inaugurated …