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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.
Washington Post:
White House acknowledges ‘inadvertent’ leak involving top Trump officials  —  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  —  Several top officials …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton on war plans leak: 'You've got to be kidding me'  —  Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shared her surprise Monday about a report from The Atlantic's editor, who said he was swept up in a text message chain with top Trump administration officials on plans for an attack on Houthi rebels.
Colby Hall / Mediaite:   ‘National Security Was Compromised’: Fox News Anchor John Roberts Calls Leaked War Plans to The Atlantic a ‘BFD’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Thune: GOP will find out how journalist was included in Trump war plans chat group
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Buttigieg assails leak as ‘highest level of f‑‑‑up imaginable’
Discussion: Raw Story
The Guardian:
National security council investigating after Trump officials accidentally text journalist top-secret Yemen war plans - live
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:   Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn't be disciplined over war plans Signal chat
Wall Street Journal:
Top Trump Officials Debated War Plans on Unclassified Chat Shared With Journalist
Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic 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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Lorie Konish / CNBC:
Senators press Trump Social Security nominee on his views about privatizing the agency
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.
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
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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New York Times:   Trump Nominates Susan Monarez to Lead C.D.C.
Eric Cortellessa / Time:
Exclusive: Louis DeJoy Resigns as Postmaster General  —  Louis DeJoy has resigned from his role as Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a source familiar with the matter.  He told the USPS Board of Governors on Monday that it would be his last day on the job …
Discussion: Raw Story and WCSH
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Kelly Tyko / Axios:
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Full-Blown Meltdown’: Trump Flips Out Over A Not-Very-Flattering Official Portrait
Brendan Ruberry / Semafor:
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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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.
Emily Peck / Axios:
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.
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
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
Angus Chen / STAT:
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 …
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: IJR
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 …
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
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.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
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.
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.
 
 
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