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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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The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Deseret News


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


‘National Security Was Compromised’: Fox News Anchor John Roberts Calls Leaked War Plans to The Atlantic a ‘BFD’ — Fox News anchor John Roberts reported that “national security was compromised” when US military war plans were shared with Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg via Signal.


Trump officials shared war plans 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. — Top officials in the Trump administration discussed …


Former defense secretary says somebody ‘needs to get fired’ over Trump admin's shocking war plans leak to journalist
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Top Trump officials included The Atlantic editor in group chat about plans to bomb Yemen
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The final nail in the ‘but her emails’ coffin
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If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign
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Hillary Clinton on war plans leak: 'You've got to be kidding me'
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Buttigieg assails leak as ‘highest level of f‑‑‑up imaginable’
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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
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Trump: ‘I may give a lot of countries breaks’ on reciprocal tariffs
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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.


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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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 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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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.
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Exclusive: Louis DeJoy Resigns as Postmaster General
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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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The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk
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Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand
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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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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'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
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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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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 cuts $3B from congressional deal he hated — THE SCOOP — President Donald Trump is cutting nearly $3 billion in spending, much of it reserved for foreign aid, by unwinding part of a 2023 fiscal deal loathed by conservatives, three senior White House officials told Semafor.


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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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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‘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'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.