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5:15 PM ET, March 25, 2025

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Joanne Stocker / CBS News:
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia  —  President Trump's Ukraine and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen …
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NPR:
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers  —  Several days after top national security officials accidentally included a reporter in a Signal chat about bombing the Houthi sites in Yemen, a Pentagon-wide advisory warned against using the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
NBC News:
Trump stands by national security adviser despite leaked military plans, saying mishap had ‘no impact’ on Yemen strikes  —  “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he's a good man,” President Donald Trump said of his national security adviser in a Tuesday phone interview with NBC News.
James Laporta / CBS News:
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat  —  The National Security Agency sent out an operational security special bulletin to its employees in February 2025 warning them of vulnerabilities in using the encrypted messaging application Signal, according to internal NSA documents obtained by CBS News.
Politico:
'It's so unbelievable': Cyber world stunned over war planners using Signal  —  Regardless of app security, experts say communicating the military plans of the U.S. government in a non-classified space creates a massive security vulnerability.  —  Lawmakers and experts are sounding the alarm …
FPWellman / On Democracy with FPWellman …:
It's a thousand times worse than you think  —  Whiskeyleaks seems appropriate  —  The explosive news broke yesterday that National Security Advisor Michael Waltz had opened a Signal group chat to discuss the planning for strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen and included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
emptywheel:
Seven Reasons Trump's Entire National Security Team Should Resign in Disgrace  —  The White House, with the help of Politico, is trying to make National Security Adviser Mike Waltz the fall guy for adding Atlantic editor Jeff Goldberg to the Signal thread on which they planned war strikes against Yemen.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Atlantic editor suggests he's open to sharing Hegseth's full war plans texts publicly
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
What #SignalGate means for transparency & accountability — and what Congress & the Justice Department should do now.
NPR:
Intelligence leaders: We didn't share classified information in Signal chat group
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Officials in Leaked Chat Had Criticized Clinton's Use of Private Email Server
Washington Post:
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down  —  A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
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Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
Former Social Security Chief Courts Florida Seniors Enraged by Musk's Cuts
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Self-professed ‘DOGE person’ Frank Bisignano gets his confirmation hearing to lead Social Security
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn't Even the Worst Part Of It … I haven't had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about the war cabinet planning a military campaign on the Signal app.  So a few brief thoughts.  —  To state the obvious, in any normal administration Hegseth and Waltz …
Discussion: FIRST DRAFT
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges  —  Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges …
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks  —  The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and legal representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump's actions in court than during his first term.  —  Just now
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Deborah Pearlstein / New York Times:
They Are America's Most Powerful Law Firms. Their Silence Is Deafening.
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump Signs Order in Attempt to Vastly Reshape U.S. Elections  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are conducted, a move that will likely be swiftly challenged by voting rights organizations across the country.
New York Times:
Now Europe Knows What Trump's Team Calls It Behind Its Back: ‘Pathetic’  —  Trump officials have demanded more European military spending and questioned the continent's values.  Leaked messages show the depth of the rift.  —  Trump administration officials haven't kept their disdain for Europe quiet.
Discussion: USA Today
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Who is the most popular U.S. political figure?  —  Maybe Democrats can learn something from them  —  There is a lot of debate right now over why and how the Democrats lost the 2024 election, and what to do about it before 2026.  The takes have been catalyzed by recent surveys showing …
Discussion: Townhall
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Will Democrats finally get a shot at taking out Susan Collins?
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
SCOOP: Jasmine Crockett hit with censure effort for mocking paraplegic Texas governor as ‘Hot Wheels’  —  Rep. Jasmine Crockett appeared to mock Gov. Greg Abbott's disability during an event over the weekend  —  FIRST ON FOX: A GOP lawmaker is moving to have Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Plans to Freeze Family-Planning Grants  —  Tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other groups would be cut off while the administration examines their DEI efforts  —  The Trump administration is moving to freeze tens of millions …
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia's President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings  —  Katrina Armstrong warns of ‘devastating’ risk of funding cuts  —  Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong met with anxious faculty over the weekend in an effort to generate support, warn of the jeopardy …
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants  —  New York CNN —  Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants.  But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Influencers May Have Been Paid to Break With RFK  —  Secret cash flies in the MAGA soda wars  —  IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN READING YOUR social media feed and suddenly noticed that conservative personalities have latched on to some obscure issue they've never cared about before …
Adam Wren / Politico:
A Rising Democratic Star Is Ready for New Leadership — Without Chuck Schumer  —  Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow says it's time for a new generation to take on Trump.  —  Mallory McMorrow doesn't claim to have all the answers for the Democratic Party.  But as the 38-year-old Michigan Democrat gears …
New York Times:
White House Says Russia and Ukraine Agree to Stop Fighting in Black Sea  —  The agreement announced after parallel sets of talks in Riyadh would be the first significant step toward the full cease-fire the Trump Administration had been pushing, but it still would fall short.
Wired:
Trump Admin Plans to Cut Team Responsible for Critical Atomic Measurement Data  —  The team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes measurement data crucial for advanced research in areas like astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and semiconductors.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
FBI launches Tesla vandalism task force  —  The FBI confirmed Monday it has established a task force to investigate the wave of vandalism and arson incidents targeting Tesla in recent weeks.  —  “Director [Kash] Patel has been unequivocally clear: The FBI will be relentless in its mission …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Noem says she plans to ‘eliminate FEMA’  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she planned to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during a televised Cabinet meeting Monday.  —  While giving a status report on border security, Noem added, “and we're going to eliminate FEMA.”
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
The Worst and the Dimmest  —  Most relatively informed citizens will be aware by now of the biggest news story that has come out of this administration: national security officials accidentally added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat where they discussed operations against the Houthis in Yemen.
Discussion: To the Contrary
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Cuban ‘hopeful’ about Trump administration lowering prescription drug prices  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban in an interview with The Hill said he is hopeful the Trump administration will move to lower prescription drug prices.  —  Cuban has criticized President Trump in the past …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
He Served His Country And Voted For Trump.  Then He Was Fired.  —  Anthony Muro helped other vets through his dream job at the VA. Now he frets over the future of veteran health care as Trump cuts government agencies.  —  NORTHLAKE, Ill. — Anthony Muro settled into a stool at the American Legion hall …
 
 
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Elon Musk, DOGE team will sit down with Fox News' Bret Baier
Discussion: The Hill
Deirdre Heavey / Fox News:
Dems who railed against domestic terrorism silent as Trump floats 20-year jail sentence for Tesla vandals
Discussion: HotAir and Techdirt
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
GOP-led states push for control of school aid as Trump promises a smaller federal role in education
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg Weighs Releasing Trump War Planning Texts (Podcast Preview)
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Trump administration pauses some green card applications as part of aggressive vetting effort
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Education Department Reeling After Layoffs
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Arrests of Campus Protesters
Discussion: The Guardian and New Republic
John Eligon / New York Times:
Trump to Name Right-Wing Media Critic Ambassador to South Africa
Discussion: Bloomberg
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk's ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email Clogs Government Inbox
Liz DeSantis / 14 News WFIE Evansville:
School board member storms out of meeting after public outlash to anti-LGBTQ remarks
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A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: Signal downloads were up 45% from the daily average on March 24 in the US and up 42% in Yemen, after The Atlantic's story; global downloads grew 28%

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