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3:35 PM ET, March 24, 2025

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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 …
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
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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Paul Krugman:
Social Security: A Time for Outrage  —  Trump's policies attack his own base — but who will tell them?  —  Donald Trump is often described as a “populist.”  Yet his administration is stuffed with wealthy men who are clueless about how the other 99.99 percent lives, while his policies involve undermining …
Discussion: The Hill, McSweeney's and Raw Story
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump demands Colorado take down ‘purposefully distorted’ painting  —  President Trump is demanding that Colorado take down it's “purposefully distorted” painting of him hanging in the State Capitol.  —  “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado …
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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Trump calls on Polis to remove ‘purposefully distorted’ portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado capitol
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 …
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
Illinois progressive Congress member attracts Gen-Z challenger
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
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 …
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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.
ABC News:
Judge keeps block on Trump gang deportations, says they face ‘torture, beatings’ in El Salvador  —  An appeals court is set to weigh President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act.  —  Alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua who were deported by the U.S. government …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Judge Rejects Trump's Request to Allow Deportations Under Wartime Law
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.
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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mass firings of probationary workers  —  The appeal is part of a nascent effort by the Trump administration to press the Supreme Court to rein in district court judges.  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge's order to rehire probationary federal workers
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Charles Schumer could be in trouble  —  Polling shows the Senate Democratic leader is in a historically bad position for a party leader, as some call to replace him.  —  Just now  —  To lead your party in either the House or the Senate is to consent to being disliked.
Discussion: The Hill
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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.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement  —  AOC, solidarity, and people power.  —  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.
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 …
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.
April Rubin / Axios:
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to landmark press freedom case  —  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case seeking to challenge the 1964 precedent that protects news outlets from litigation for publishing critical information about public figures.
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.
Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
Trump says any country buying Venezuelan oil will face a 25% tariff  —  President Donald Trump said Monday that he will impose tariffs of 25% on any nation that purchases oil from Venezuela.  —  “Venezuela has been very hostile to the United States and the Freedoms which we espouse.
Angus Chen / STAT:
Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump  —  Budget cuts and research delays threaten to reverse progress on what had been a bipartisan cause  —  Mark Vieth was stunned when he saw the numbers.  Vieth coordinates the Defense Health Research Consortium …
Chris Prentice / Reuters:
Exclusive: Interim SEC chief cast sole vote against suing Musk  —  Days before Republicans took the helm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January, the agency's five commissioners held a closed-door vote on whether to sue Elon Musk.  —  Since 2022, the agency …
Discussion: Ars Technica
Politico:
‘Not how this works’: The GOP agenda is stuck amid House vs. Senate infighting  —  To show quick progress, lawmakers will have to make a host of difficult decisions in the coming weeks.  —  Congressional Republicans left Washington riding high after their big victory on government spending.
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump to nominate Susan Monarez for CDC director, elevating from acting role, sources say  —  President Trump has decided to pick Dr. Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sources familiar with the decision tell CBS News …
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel and Fox News
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk  —  The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump 's top financial backers …
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
‘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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, STAT and Baltimore Sun
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Cuts Put Entire Student Loan System at Risk … Education Department staffers warn that Trump's mass firings will do irreparable harm to the student loan system.  At least 300 people were fired last week from Federal Student Aid, the office within the department that manages student loans.
Discussion: The Guardian
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
Bloomberg:
Trump Expects to Be ‘Satisfied’ With DOGE Cuts in Few Months  —  President Donald Trump said he expected efforts to slash the size of the federal government's workforce would bring it down to an appropriate level in the next two to three months as he met with billionaire adviser Elon Musk and Cabinet officials on Monday.
 
 
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Simon Shuster / Time:
Exclusive: Zelensky on Trump, Putin, and the Endgame in Ukraine
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica:
The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Amelia Hansford / PinkNews:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett eviscerates transphobic Republicans: ‘Find the trans child ruining your life’
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
US supreme court sharply divided on Louisiana race-based redistricting case
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Cruelty and Indecision: Trump's Recipe for Economic Chaos
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Future Mole Fears on the Potomac
 Earlier Items: 
Mother Jones:
Ed Martin Is Trampling the Rule of Law. And He Won't Shut Up About It.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
The Abundance Agenda  —  I spent the last few days digesting Abundance by Ezra Klein …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Youngkin wants controversial U-Va. board member to resign, people familiar say
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Law firm targeted by Trump could have been ‘destroyed,’ chairman says in explaining deal with Trump
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's new religion case could devastate American workers
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Associated Press:
Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers
Discussion: Associated Press
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Putin's Aims in Trump Talks on Ukraine
Discussion: The Moscow Times
 

 
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources describe rising tensions at Warner Bros. Pictures amid movie flops, with WBD CEO David Zaslav losing confidence in co-heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
After White House criticism, WHCA says comedian Amber Ruffin won't headline this year's annual dinner “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division”

CNBC:
Elon Musk says xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal valuing xAI at $80B and X at $33B; xAI was reportedly in talks to raise funds in February at a $75B valuation
 
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