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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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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


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


‘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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The Hill, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo and Deseret News

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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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, 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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PBS NewsHour, Politico, The Hill, Raw Story and The US Sun



Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn't be disciplined over war plans Signal chat
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The final nail in the ‘but her emails’ coffin
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New York Post, Raw Story and New Republic

Trump's NSA Who Leaked War Plans to Reporter in a Group Chat Previously Shredded His Predecessor Over Leaked Intel
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Top Trump officials included The Atlantic editor in group chat about plans to bomb Yemen
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Hillary Clinton on war plans leak: 'You've got to be kidding me'
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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.


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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Greenland to Trump: No, we didn't invite you
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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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New York Times, Associated Press and Washington Examiner


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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Reuters, Axios, The Hill, The Guardian, Baltimore Sun and The Forward


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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Raw Story, Associated Press and WCSH


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.”


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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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
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Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand
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The Detroit News and Fox News


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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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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‘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 …
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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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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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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.


SCOTUS Hears Latest Conservative Assault on the Voting Rights Act — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in two Louisiana redistricting cases consolidated into one — Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais — centered on the state's newly minted second majority-Black congressional district.
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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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