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.

Jordan briefs Trump on plans to rein in federal judges  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said he briefed President Donald Trump over the weekend about his panel's plans to examine how the federal judiciary is working to block key parts of the administration's agenda.

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.

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.”

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’  —  A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

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.

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.

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.”

Teachers Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Push to Shut Education Dept.  —  The lawsuits accuse the government of dismantling the department without the required approval of Congress.  —  The Trump administration's campaign to dismantle the Education Department drew a pair of court challenges on Monday …

Russian-American businessman who loaned $8M to Trump Media in 2021-2022 sent $10.8M to firm that may link to Don Jr. and Eric Trump's new business partners  —  Last year The Guardian reported that Russian-American businessman Anton Postolnikov, the nephew of an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin …

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 …

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.